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Fewer than one in 10 small businesses in the UK and Europe buy cyber insurance, says Munich Re’s Helga Munger. US adoption may run 20% to 30%. Insurers at a Zywave roundtable called that the market’s biggest opening. The Lloyd’s Market Association is about to publish a plain-English policy built to reach them. The Zywave … Read more
Munich Re Group will acquire At-Bay, the US cyber insurtech. The price is $575 million. Munich Re announced the deal Wednesday. It should close in the first quarter of 2027, pending regulatory approval. At-Bay will sit inside Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB). HSB is Munich Re’s technology-focused specialty arm. It has backed At-Bay since the company’s … Read more
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
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
A burglar takes your stock. A hacker takes your Tuesday, your payroll run and your customer list. Both are crime. Both cost money. Only one of them gets insured properly. New research from business lender Capital on Tap surveyed 500 United Kingdom business owners in June 2026. More than one in four, 28%, reported a … Read more