Swiss Re Creates Central Cyber Underwriting Team 

“The new central cyber underwriting team will assume global responsibility for Swiss Re’s underwriting and product development activities in the cyber sector.” The company has hired John Coletti to manage the effort.   Source: Swiss Re to create central cyber underwriting team | Insurance Business

SEC Cracks Down on Cyber Disclosures: Does Cyber Insurance Cover Costs & Fines? 

The answer in most cases appears to be “no.” “A cyber liability policy could respond to an SEC investigation, depending on the policy’s wording, ‘but there’s a big caveat to that, and that is that cyber policies typically exclude non-privacy-related fines,’” (a brokerage executive) said. Then there are the implications for D&O insurance and the … Read more

Cyber Insurers Join NIST to Create New Framework for Cybersecurity Products and Audits; From White House Cyber Summit w/ President Biden and Industry

“The National Institute of Standards and Technology will work with Microsoft, Google and the insurance industry companies Travelers and Coalition to create a new framework designed to help guide the creation of more secure technology products and to audit the security of technology products, the administration said in the fact sheet.” Coalition and Resilience also … Read more

Wisconsin Joins Maine and Iowa as Recent Adoptees of New Cybersecurity Insurance Law 

“The Act establishes investigation procedures, data security program standards, and notification requirements for anyone licensed by Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (licensees), including insurers and agents. Exempt from compliance are licensees with fewer than 50 employees, less than $10 million in total year-end assets, or less than $5 million in gross annual revenue.” … Read more

Ramping Cyber Insurance Premiums Help Hiscox Hit Profitability in H1 2021 

Hiscox Ltd (LSE:HSX) lists increasing cyber insurance rates as part of its turn to profitability in the first half of 2021, according to its 2021 interim and Chairman’s statement. “Rate strengthening is particularly prominent in cyber, where we have seen an average rate increase of 20%, primarily in response to the increased frequency and severity … Read more

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