AI Risk: Shadow AI Usage Surges, Raising Cyber Liability Stakes

Shadow AI usage and AI Risk are significant cybersecurity and cyber liability insurance concerns for 2026

Resisting The New-New-Shiny Thing Is Hard! UpGuard’s new “State of Shadow AI” report lands with a jolt. The study shows widespread use of unapproved Artificial Intelligence at work. “8 out of 10 employees” use unauthorized tools, according to the companion press release. Security leaders participate, too. “68% of security leaders… admit to incorporating unauthorized AI,” … Read more

AI Risk: Cyber Insurance Ransomware Past Warns of Faster, Bigger AI Pain

In the latest episode of the Cyber Insurance News & Information Podcast, host Martin Hinton sits down with AI Risk expert Erin Kenneally, founder of Elchemy, to explore one of the most pressing questions in technology and insurance today: What happens when AI fails and who pays for it? The conversation dives deep into AI … Read more

“We’re Still One Big Systemic Event Away”: A Conversation with Willis’ Peter Foster

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The Biggest Threat: Concentrated Vendor Risk Peter Foster does not hesitate. “The third-party risk is the systemic risk that most underwriters worry about,” he says. “If you compromise 100 to 1,000 companies at a single point of failure, that’s the future risk that’s also here and now.” Foster, Chairman of Willis’ Global FINEX Cyber Solutions, … Read more

AI Risk Insurance: Ransomware Redux or Industry Reinforcement Learning?

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AI Risk Insurance: Can Cyber and Tech E&O Policies Keep Up with Autonomous Agents? If you were a Replit customer and its AI agents mistakenly wiped your entire production database containing 1K+ companies and execs data, would you expect your cyber policy to cover the resulting lost revenue (BI & CBI) and costs to restore … Read more

Cyber Insurance 2025: Coverage Gaps Erode Confidence, But Fixes Are Clear

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The Executive Summary of Arctic Wolf’s 2025 Cyber Insurance Outlook begins with an increasingly common yet no less ominous warning: “The risk of cyber attacks is no longer theoretical; it is a daily operational concern.” The Core Problem: Protection Promised, Protection Denied Many buyers expect broad protection. Claims data tells a tighter story. Only 12% … Read more

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