Kovrilo Adds HSB Cyber Cover to Modular UK SME Platform

Kovrilo has added cyber insurance to its modular commercial platform for UK small businesses. The MGA announced the move on 2 July. Specialist engineering and technology insurer HSB, a Munich Re company, underwrites the new cover. The addition comes five months after Kovrilo’s launch. The MISSION-backed MGA went live in February 2026, led by Tim … Read more

Ministers Wrote to the Entire FTSE 350 About the Cyber Pledge. They Got Left “Unread”

The UK government launched its Cyber Resilience Pledge at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday. Seventy businesses signed as founding members, including M&S, Aviva, the London Stock Exchange Group, Nationwide, ITV, and Microsoft UK. Here is the number that matters. Last October, government ministers, the NCSC chief, and the NCA head wrote to the chief executive … Read more

Willis Expands CyMax Facility As The SME Cyber Insurance Gap Persists

The SME cyber insurance gap is stubborn. Willis just widened its answer to it. The broker has expanded its CyMax Facility across EMEA. Four insurers now share the risk. The promise is faster cover and higher limits for smaller firms. The gap it targets is the real story. What Willis Changed CyMax is now a … Read more

Black Kite 2026: Europe’s Ransomware Surge Now Runs Through Your Suppliers

On Friday, 19 September 2025, ransomware hit a piece of software most travelers never notice. Collins Aerospace runs MUSE. It is the shared check-in system used across many European airports. Heathrow, Brussels, Berlin, and Dublin lost their automated systems. Staff checked passengers in by hand. At least 217 flights were canceled. None of those airports … Read more

Critical National Infrastructure Cyber Insurance: The NCSC Warning

The NCSC now links most attacks on UK critical infrastructure to hostile states. That collides with how cyber policies handle war. A utility goes dark. And the darkness cascades. Investigators trace the intrusion to a hostile state. Then the cyber insurer turns to its war exclusion. That sequence is now the central question for critical … Read more

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