Cyber – Page 15
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NewsPandemic sees growth in lending to better manage insurance costs – Premium Credit
The premium finance provider’s latest research index reveals what lines of cover SMEs have stopped buying and how many are using a broker or insurer
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IT InterviewTechnology is still the ‘bedrock of our business’ – CFC Underwriting’s Dave Walsh
With CFC Underwriting making it onto Insurance Times’s Top 50 Brokers podium yet again, the firm’s chief executive and founder Dave Walsh discusses how it started out in the dot-com era, emphasising that technology is still at the business’s heart today
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News45% of businesses take no action to protect themselves from cyber attacks – NFU Mutual
The commercial insurer has extended its cyber helpline to the end of the year following its research findings
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News AnalysisOnline fraud and cyber scams soar during pandemic lockdown but insurance for it 'fairly new'
A spike fraud and cyber scam in cases has exposed a new risk for the cyber insurance market, Insurance Times looks at what the industry is doing to protect vulnerable customers during the pandemic and why some many not be covered if they work remotely
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NewsTechnology & Innovation Awards finalist 2020 Q&A: CFC data enrichment engine helps brokers sell cyber insurance
Winners for Insurance Times’s Tech & Innovation Awards 2020 will be revealed at a virtual ceremony on 17 September
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NewsTreasury initiates next five-year review of Pool Re
A new Review Advisory Group, composed of chief executives from member insurers as well as other stakeholders, will oversee the project
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NewsCarriers need to merge data to reap cyber insurance benefits says RAND Corporation
Combining application and claims data can help insurers identify the best security controls for their policyholders
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News'Doxing' identified as an ‘evolving threat’ within cyber risk landscape
Furthermore, data breach severity has increased over the past year, with a heavy focus on the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors
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FeaturesCyber Focus: Data exfiltration boosts ransomware risks with reputational threats
Brokers need to adopt a proactive role in assessing commercial clients’ digital security as cyber insurance morphs into a hybrid of preventative risk management services and responsive claims investigation to tackle evolving cyber threats
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FeaturesCyber Focus: How can insurers protect themselves from cyber crime?
Industry experts tell Insurance Times what preventative steps insurers need to take in order to avoid possible data breaches and other cyber attacks where criminals are lured by the honeypot of stored customer data…
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News AnalysisBack to office transitions bring new risks and lessons to the insurance industry
Next month marks the return to offices for most staff in the insurance industry, but as the UK unwinds from lockdown, what risks should brokers be aware of in a post-pandemic world and will office life ever look the same again? Insurance Times investigates
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NewsEcclesiastical urges brokers to advise clients on smartphone cyber risks
Ecclesiastical is encouraging brokers to speak to clients about cyber risks after its survey found that smartphone security complacency could open up devices as a target for criminals.
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NewsMore to do for insurance industry analytics with changing risk landscape – Guidewire
The London Market has been focusing on leveraging analytics to improve processes in the specialised risk marketplace – but how far has the insurance industry really come?
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NewsCovid-19 is the ‘watershed moment’ to improve cyber insurance penetration
Swiss Re detailed the recent history of the cyber insurance market during its virtual media day last week, highlighting how the coronavirus crisis has affected the market and how the pandemic could aid the product’s penetration…
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IT InterviewEtrading Q&A: Insurance needs to digitally keep pace with other business sectors says Applied System’s Fairchild
The software company chief executive explained that ’we are firmly in the middle of a digital revolution of insurance’
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NewsCyber sector challenges present broker opportunities
Current challenges in the cyber insurance market present opportunities for brokers and therefore they have a critical role to play in its growth.
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News AnalysisHasty migration could increase corporate cyber risk exposure
With another high-profile cyber attack case during lockdown, a new challenge has been created for brokers
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NewsEasyJet hit by major cyber attack affecting 9 million customers
Credit card details of 2,208 people have been stolen
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FeaturesCyber cover is ‘modern-day crime policy’ as criminals switch from physical to digital
Insurance Times explores the relationship between cyber cover and traditional crime policies, looking at how these insurances can work together or where there may be gaps in cover
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IT Interviewetrading Q&A: Commercial risks could fluctuate due to Covid-19 pandemic says SSP
With Insurance Times’s etrading 2020 results now available, Savan Shah speaks with Adrian Coupland, customer and marketing managing director at SSP, about the firm’s etrading results and how it is supporting brokers to be operational in these times of disruption
