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

Arctic Wolf: A Third Party Made The Call In Half Of Ransom Payments

Security leaders trust AI with almost nothing. Their carriers approved ransom payments in half the cases where money moved. A third party made the payment decision in half of the ransomware cases where a ransom got paid. Arctic Wolf names the cyber insurer as the example. The finding sits on page 13 of the company’s … Read more

One Ransomware Group. One Device. Nearly Half Of All Claims. At-Bay’s 2026 InsurSec Report

At-Bay’s analysis of more than 6,500 claims documents how Akira ransomware and a single VPN brand reshaped the cyber insurance loss landscape in 2025. Cyber insurance claims hit record highs in 2025. Frequency rose 7% year-over-year. Average severity climbed to an all-time high of $221,000. Those are the headline numbers. The story behind them is … Read more

Cyber Insurance Claims Report: 86% Of Ransomware Victims Eighty-Six The Idea Of Paying

In the old Popeye cartoons, Wimpy liked to say, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” When it comes to ransomware payment, companies seem to be stealing Wimpy’s line and saying, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for your ransomware today.” And just like the cartoon, Tuesday, or “pay day,” never comes. Coalition’s new … Read more

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