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“’We’ve been seeing the cost of cyber insurance increase for years now, but this year it went to a whole new level,’ said Michael Zurlo, president of the New York State Association of Counties and the Clinton County administrator. It’s a kind of insurance local governments can’t be without, Zurlo said…This year, Clinton County paid … Read more
It’s possible the stark difference might be due to different starting levels of commercial versus personal policies…but the stats do indicate the growth of personal cyber insurance. “From June 2021 to June 2022, Acuity Insurance saw cyber liability insurance claims on its commercial insurance policies increase by more than 50%. For personal policies, Acuity saw … Read more
“According to a report released by Marsh LLC last week, average cyber liability rates increased 54% in July compared with 133% in December 2021. Cyber rate increases are slowing but rates are still rising significantly, said Neil Kessler, Dallas-based president and chief operating officer of CRC Insurance Services Inc. According to CRC’s analysis, 82% of … Read more
“’So I think we should have reference standards appropriate for SMEs that would be a real target for them to know what they should do to implement cybersecurity. If we do that, then insurers will also be happier to insure them. So we would have better cyber protection and cyber risk management across Europe,’ said … Read more
Resilience CEO Mario Vitale recounts how his company found a vulnerability in the system of a client…and the client was still procrastinating about fixing the problem when the policy’s renewal date arrived. Techmonitor reports what happened next: “At first, Resilience refused to offer the company coverage – until their broker suggested a compromise. If you … Read more