Cyber Fines In APAC: Insurable In Most Markets, Prohibited In China

Cyber Insurance News story on the insurability of cyber fines showing a glowing map of Asia Pacific with China highlighted in red

Aon and Wotton Kearney mapped cyber fines across 14 Asia Pacific jurisdictions. In 11, a fine may be insurable. In two, the answer is unclear. When it comes to mainland China, the law rules it out. A cyber fine in Sydney and the same fine in Shanghai land very differently on an insurance policy. In … Read more

ENISA Threat Landscape 2026 Separates Volume From Impact

Cyber Insurance News story on the ENISA Threat Landscape 2026 showing a blurred map of Europe made of cyan dots with one band of sharp red points

ENISA published its 2026 Threat Landscape on 22 September. The press release leads with ransomware, geopolitics, and hacktivist DDoS campaigns against essential entities. Page 13 of the report says something else. ENISA reports that operators in high-criticality NIS sectors describe DDoS as “noise.” Anyone underwriting European cyber risk should start there. What The ENISA Threat … Read more

Marsh And Resilience Bundle Threat Hunting Into Asia Cyber Insurance. China Is Excluded.

Marsh and Resilience launched Cyber Protect across Asia today. The offering is available exclusively to organizations buying cyber insurance brokered by Marsh in the region. It is also available throughout Asia except in China. The release states the exclusion and does not explain it. What Cyber Protect Includes Clients who place cyber cover through Marsh … Read more

Insurers Ranked The Controls That Work. Staff Training Came First.

Cyber insurance controls headline card over the City of London skyline and Tower Bridge, reading eleven controls, six beyond Cyber Essentials, in new ABI guidance.

The Association of British Insurers has published what its members’ claims data says actually reduces cyber losses. Several of the controls sit outside Cyber Essentials entirely, including backups. The Association of British Insurers has published good practice guidance on cyber resilience, setting out the cyber insurance controls its members regard as most effective. The document … Read more

Insurers Rule Out A Cyber Insurance Backstop As Capacity Hits Record Highs

The Association of British Insurers and PwC UK set out where the market has grown, where cover stops, and how much of the small business sector still buys nothing. The Association of British Insurers has published its UK Cyber Insurance Market Assessment, produced with PwC UK, and it carries a direct statement of position. Structural … Read more

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