Cyber – Page 17
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NewsGuy Carpenter appoints former Swiss Re director as MD and co-head of cyber
The newly created role demonstrates the broker’s ambition to strengthen its market position in this line of business
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FeaturesBriefing: Intangible asset underinsurance offers post-pandemic opportunity
The Covid-19 spotlight has illuminated the protection gap around intangible assets – this is a wake-up call the sector can’t ignore
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NewsAviva predicts uptick in cyber insurance sales post-pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many SMEs to work remotely, but this comes with a larger cyber risk exposure for businesses
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IT InterviewAston Lark boss Peter Blanc on mission to ‘build best broker’ amid acquisition spree
With ten acquisitions completed this year and counting, Aston Lark boss Peter Blanc tells Insurance Times the motives behind the broker’s spending spree and how he envisions the business developing
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NewsCovid-19 pandemic sees opportunistic fraud increase
At Insurance Time’s first Fraud Charter roundtable of the year, held virtually, delegates pointed out that opportunistic fraud has risen, for example via scams such as door knocking
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NewsCovid-19 pandemic creates new cyber threats
A recent Insurance Times webinar, sponsored by CGI, took a look at the evolving cyber threats arising in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsPaying cyber ransom threats is to ensure customer survival says expert panel
Although a ‘contentious area’, industry leaders said cyber insurers that pay customers’ ransom payments are simply aiming to make ‘sure our customers survive after a particularly unpleasant incident’
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FeaturesBriefing: Will cyber insurance be the casualty of the next ‘black swan’ event?
The issues surrounding business interruption cover linked to pandemic-caused claims hit insurers and hit them hard. It’s only natural, therefore, to want to look ahead to other products that may follow the same trajectory if another black swan event arises - and cyber insurance has “certain parallels” according to the ...
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NewsCommercial insurance pricing up by 44% in UK – Marsh
Global commercial insurance pricing was also up by 22% in Q4 2020
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NewsControl systems are in cyber criminals’ crosshairs, warns report
The London market has been warned it needs to better understand the rising threat of cyber attacks to industrial and manufacturing facilities, as criminals switch their focus to find new ways to extort and disrupt businesses
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NewsLloyd’s warns syndicates of ‘increasingly high risk’ cyber attack threats from Internet of Things devices
Lloyd’s worked in partnership with CyberCube and Guy Carpenter on its new report for syndicates, designed to support their understanding of emerging cyber risks
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FeaturesFirms exposed to underinsurance as reputation becomes ‘massively growing risk issue’
Reputation-related insurance products are expected to become a ‘staple’ within the next five years as this risk becomes a rising agenda item for businesses
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News AnalysisAmazon’s Ring incidences expose cyber insurance inconsistencies and new IoT risks
Insurance Times explores the emerging risks from Internet of Things’ devices, as well as how it could be an opportunity for brokers and insurers
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NewsBroadway Insurance Brokers’s new director of business development set to ‘supercharge’ expansion
He has more than 40 years of experience and is one of the North West’s most respected bankers
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NewsE-scooter insurance demands from local authorities are ‘very different’
Local authorities have very different capabilities when dealing with the procurement of e-scooters and insurance demands also vary
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NewsCyber insurers see ‘strong growth’ for coverage after spate of online scams amid lockdown
Despite this, insurers must have adequate capacity to cover evolving cyber fraud
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News2021 set to be ‘less profitable’ year for insurers – Fitch Ratings
Credit ratings agency identifies the key factors that are contributing to market outlooks in the UK
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NewsService to measure cyber ‘human error’ risk
The Workforce Cyber Culture Assessment assesses people risk and the impact of business culture in a cyber context
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IT Interview‘Current insurance models aren’t fit for purpose’ for autonomous vehicles – Rideshur
The MGA believes it could have some form of autonomous vehicle specific insurance available as early as next year
