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The useful new 2024 US Cyber Outlook Report from Risk Placement Services (RPS) notes that carriers reduced premiums, increased limits and softened requirements for some cyber controls when ransomware losses declined last year. But this “buyer’s market” is unlikely to continue, predicts Steve Robinson, national cyber practice leader at RPS and his team. “The cycle between hard … Read more
The predictions come in the tech giant’s report “Cybersecurity Forecast 2024: Insights for Future Planning.” The report is a fascinating read for anyone involved in the cyber security arena — we were struck by the section on “Pig Butchering* scams,” among others — but more to point are the comments on cyber liability insurance. “Cyber … Read more
Moody’s, the credit and risk rating company, surveyed 1,700 people from debt issuers representing $80 trillion in outstanding debt across “71 global sectors.” “Despite the higher cost of cyber insurance, only 3% of issuers said they planned to buy less cyber coverage in 2023 than in 2022. The vast majority (82%) plan to purchase about … Read more
The cyber insurance industry has long asserted that its underwriting processes, combined with security tech embedded in policies or supplied by third parties, will improve their clients’ security and impact the broader economy. Some carriers have provided statistics on breaches that appear to support the proposition. Cyber security company Netwrix tested this with a survey … Read more
Risk Placement Services (RPS), a national brokerage, calls itself “brokers in bold.” It recently presented its quarterly cyber update, including a report and presentations by RPS’ Steve Robinson, national cyber lead, Vice Presidents Tim Foody and Zach Kramer, and Jennifer Coughlin of Mullen Coughlin, “a law firm uniquely dedicated exclusively to representing organizations facing data … Read more