Fears of Massive Cyber War Losses are Overblown: Catastrophic Risk Expert

We’ve reported extensively on the insurance industry’s fear of “cyber war;” debate over exclusions for state-backed, systemic cyber attacks; moves by governments to backstop the cyber insurance industry for massive attacks; and the challenges of current modeling of risk accumulation and catastrophic cyber events. Now comes a contrarian view from a leading cyber risk risk … Read more

Brits Debate Government Backstop to Cyber Insurance Industry

As in the US, the discussion turns on the threat of a catastrophic “systemic” cyber attack, which could generate $3.5 trillion in “global economic damage” according to a recent model prepared for Lloyd’s of London (which has been tightening its war exclusions.) The UK established a backstop decades ago for terrorism coverage after IRA attacks … Read more

Cyber Insurance Market is Unsustainable: KYND Survey

“(M)ore than half (54%) of respondents found the current state of the cyber insurance market to be unsustainable,” reports the useful survey from KYND Limited, a provider of cyber risk management services. The top concern: Systemic risk. The finding tracks with our reporting on industry concerns about systemic risk, from cyber war exclusions to efforts … Read more

Cyber Insurance Industry to be Tested This Year by Cyber War Exclusions: CyberCube

The risk analytics provider to the cyber insurance industry warns about scenarios that could impact the already confused world of cyber war risk and exclusions. Its new report — “CyberCube’s Global Threat Outlook: A Perspective on the Threat Landscape for Q4 2023” — urges re-insurers and those in the ILS markets to consider its findings … Read more

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