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“Being a privately placed Section 4(2) cat bond, this Cairney deal as it is called, is akin to a transformed collateralised reinsurance deal that has been syndicated across a group of investors and securitized using a segregated cell of a special purpose insurance vehicle.” See more about the $45 million bond here. Source: Beazley’s cyber … Read more
Patricia Riederer, property product analyst with American Family Insurance, does a fine job of explaining it. “’Personal cyber insurance typically covers costs to hire a professional to reinstall your computer’s operating system and restore backed-up data,’ she tells PropertyCasualty360.com. ‘ID theft insurance provides coverage when someone wrongfully obtains and uses your personal information to commit … Read more
We recently wrote about the market anticipation of a trade-able 144a Catastrophe (“Cat”) Bond. Now Beazley, a London-based specialist insurer, has launched something related, the first-ever cyber catastrophe bond. The $45 million bond gives Beazley indemnity for all risks in excess of a $300 million catastrophic event and is backed by a group of insurance-linked … Read more
To get cyber insurance, companies increasingly must adhere to certain security requirements. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is perhaps chief among them. MFA adds an additional layer of authentication and makes it difficult for attackers to gain access to user data. This useful article discusses relatively fast and most cost-effective paths to connecting all your self-hosted apps … Read more
Forget natural disasters, says the CEO. Cyber is the biggest threat, and public-private systems will be needed (note recent US movement in that direction.) “’What will become uninsurable (versus climate change or pandemics) is going to be cyber,” (Mario) Greco said. ‘What if someone takes control of vital parts of our infrastructure, the consequences of … Read more