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

Cyber Insurers Doing Well, Cyber Reinsurers Not So Much: S&P

Consistent with other recent reports, S&P Global Ratings finds global cyber insurance premiums surging, about $12 billion last year and headed to almost twice that by 2025. At the same time, increases in premium rates have moderated. The cybersecurity market has “returned to profitability,” accord to S&P. The news is less positive concerning reinsurers, which … Read more

Insurance for Catastrophic State-Backed Cyber Attacks? Lloyd’s Exclusions Continue to Confuse Markets As Other Insurers Struggle With Their Own Strategies 

When Lloyd’s provided updated guidance and exclusions for nation-state cyber attacks, some industry players and news outlets concluded the organization intended to jettison all such coverage. Not so, Lloyd’s said earlier this year, asserting it wanted to ensure such coverage was distinguished from general cyber insurance and its risk was properly priced. But customers continue … Read more

Demand Not A Constraint for Cyber Insurance Industry — Lack of Capital & Expertise Could Be: Gallagher Re

“’One of the things we hypothesized right from the start was that cyber is going to be the most capital-constrained and most expertise-constrained class of business in the market. And so we focus on assisting our client base with those two key elements; whether it’s our expertise in helping them navigate the cyber landscape or … Read more

Insurance-Linked Securities Sure to Grow Alongside Broader Cyber Insurance Market: Fitch 

Although it feels bigger to us and, no doubt, others working in the sector, cyber insurance remains a tiny fraction of total U.S. direct premium written (DPW). But cyber is growing much faster than other categories and will almost certainly require growing capital-markets support to cover systemic and tail risk. “The issuance of Beazley’s $45 … Read more

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