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“Generali , Accenture and Vodafone have created a package of cyber security services to help the insurer’s corporate clients to detect, react and recover from cyber threats and incidents.” Source: Generali launches corporate cyber insurance services | Reuters
“Meanwhile, cyber security firm Coveware likened the 90%-plus profit margin from ransomware attacks in 2021 to the gains Colombian cocaine cartels made in 1992.” Source: Insurers Cut Their Appetite for Cyber Cover as Ransomware Losses Mount
Be ready to detail how you handled well-known vulnerabilities in 2021. “Every application nowadays includes questions like: Have you had any exposure to SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange Marauder vulnerability, or the Windows Print Spooler vulnerability? They go through basically a list of the top events that we heard about this year and ask clients if they’ve … Read more
We can think of some more. According to the report: “…the biggest misconception around cyber insurance is still summarized by the sentence, ‘It’ll never happen to me.’ Cyber attacks are continuously evolving, and companies that don’t stay educated about the space could be caught off guard, experts say.” Source: Biggest Myths Around Cyber Insurance
“The company explained it will no longer cover losses resulting from ‘cyber-war,’ which it defined as a cyber-operation carried out as part of a war, any retaliatory attacks between specified states, or a cyber-operation ‘that has a major detrimental impact on the functioning of a state.’” Source: Lloyd’s Carves Out Cyber-Insurance Exclusions for State-Sponsored Attacks … Read more