Does Cyber Insurance Cover Scams? It Depends

You lose money to a scam. You assume something will cover it. A bank. A card. A cyber policy. Often, the money is just gone. That gap is wide and expensive. Scams drained more than $450 billion from people worldwide last year, according to Bitdefender’s new Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026. Many of those losses … Read more

Messi Beats Ronaldo. Your Password Still Loses

Specops research finds Messi beats Ronaldo in breached password data with 1,221,563 occurrences versus 923,582, as World Cup 2026 football passwords dissolve into cybersecurity breach warnings.

Specops Finds Over 1.2 Million Breached Passwords Named After The World’s Most Famous Footballer The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off in weeks, and somewhere between the group stage predictions and the replica shirt sales, a cybersecurity company has settled one of football’s great debates using data nobody expected. Lionel Messi beats Cristiano Ronaldo, not … Read more

Markel Adds Upfort Shield Tools For Cyber Insurance Policy Holders

Deal Targets Middle-Market Cyber Risk Markel is giving eligible U.S. cyber insurance policyholders access to Upfort Shield to curb common attacks. The package adds AI automation, monitoring, training, and endpoint detection and response. The insurer aims to cut claim frequency as carriers tighten renewal standards. Markel said eligible policyholders can activate the tools alongside their … Read more

Rich Boomers Lag on Personal Cyber Insurance: Report

America’s wealthiest households are confronting rapidly escalating cyber threats, yet many remain significantly underinsured and lack adequate family and personal cyber insurance, according to new findings from the 2025 PRMA Private Client Insurance Insights Survey. The full survey results reveal a widening disconnect between rising digital risks and the protection strategies high-net-worth (HNW) families have … Read more

Another Large UK Company Caught with Inadequate Cyber Insurance? The Co-operative Group Appears Underinsured.

The Co-operative Group is a British operator of retail stores, funeral homes and other businesses. Like Marks and Spencer, another major UK retailer, the Co-op, which generates billion-of-dollars in yearly revenue, has been hit with a major cyber attack. But compared to Marks and Spencer, the Co-op appears to be grossly underinsured for cyber threats. … Read more