Crime Is Crime. The Invoice Is Not. New UK Research Puts Cyber Incidents At 28% Of Businesses

UK business crime and cyber insurance graphic showing a British high street shopfront split between a broken shop window with police tape and a ransomware lock screen, illustrating that only one in ten UK businesses hold a specific cyber insurance policy.

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

The Video Wasn’t Fake. Nobody Could Prove What Happened to It. That’s a Cyber Insurance Problem.

A courtroom confrontation in Utah, a new EU deadline, and three overlooked rulings point to where the debate over digital evidence is really heading. Altered images cause harm long before anyone determines who must bear the costs. Digital evidence is now causing problems in connection with cyber insurance claims, and the courts are already dealing … Read more

Silent Push Now Sells Its Data To Other Vendors. The Insurance Case Is Still A Forecast.

Threat intelligence has a timing problem. Most of it arrives after the damage. An indicator of compromise is a receipt, not a warning. Silent Push announced on Aug. 4 that it will sell its underlying infrastructure data to other cybersecurity companies. The Reston, Virginia firm previously kept that data inside its own platform. Now product … Read more

AXA XL S-RM Acquisition Adds Forensics And Incident Data To Risk Advisory

AXA XL announced Thursday it will acquire the remaining shares of S-RM. The specialty insurer already held roughly 49% of the London-based consultancy. AXA XL did not disclose financial terms. The deal needs regulatory approvals and should close by the end of September 2026. S-RM opened its doors in 2005 and now serves clients in … Read more

Hackers Silenced The Water Alarms. Insurers Are Being Asked To Fix It.

Attackers did not just lock operators out. Federal guidance says they learned to disable the alarms that warn something is wrong. A proposal wants underwriters to enforce a standard of care that courts already struck down once. Attackers spent late July inside the control systems of American water utilities. They changed IP addresses. They set … Read more

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