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Cyber insurance is changing fast, and carriers now expect real, working security controls, not just promises on a form. Miss a baseline like MFA or patching, and a single breach can turn into a denied claim plus weeks of downtime. This guide breaks down the seven requirements most insurers look for and shows what happens … Read more
The cyber insurance market remains soft, reports broker Gallagher Specialty, and now is the time to purchase coverage before cyber insurance premiums increase. “There is currently a healthy abundance of capacity, and the market continues to observe greater flexibility in underwriting and security controls. The competition and growth strategies in underwriting have led to better … Read more
Adapt To Overcome – This threat is alive. It will mutate and exploit. It is motivated by both chaos and profit. Experts can assess the risks of fire and water using decades of knowledge. You could say they don’t evolve. Cyber attackers do. That makes cyber risk assessment a greater challenge. That’s why cyber insurance … Read more
Wind (including hurricanes) and earthquakes have long been the “peak perils” that keep insurance executives up at night and dominate the $54 billion market for cat (catastrophe) bonds to backstop insurance and resinsurance companies. But now cyber cat bonds are moving up in demand, in part because cyber risk is (in general) uncorrelated with natural … Read more
Anatomy of a Cyberattack – On July 8, 2025, Marks & Spencer Chairman Archie Norman appeared before the UK Parliament’s Business and Trade Sub-Committee. The hearing focused on the April cyberattack that shook the British retail giant. Norman, joined by General Counsel Nick Folland and Corporate Affairs Director Victoria McKenzie-Gould, delivered a sobering account of … Read more