Cyber
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News AnalysisAttacking opportunity: Can the cyber insurance market deliver in 2026?
Record cyber attacks in 2025 exposed entrenched supply‑chain vulnerabilities and caused widespread disruption to UK businesses, yet cyber insurance penetration remains low – what opportunities does the market see to protect businesses going forward?
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NewsCyber fine insurance rules leaving businesses financially exposed – Aon
‘Businesses need to understand how fines and penalties are treated across jurisdictions and ensure that their governance, reporting and compliance frameworks are robust,’ says head
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News AnalysisCyber risk takes root on the farm as agriculture goes fully connected
‘Farmers are natural risk managers. They’ve been doing this for hundreds of years – in essence, since the dawn of man,’ says managing director
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NewsBrit renews cyber consortium to meet growing demand
’We are pleased to continue working alongside our capacity partners, brokers and their clients to maintain the London market’s reputation for leadership in cyber,’ says class underwriter for cyber property damage and cyber distribution
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NewsArch launches event cancellation cyber coverage
’This coverage was developed in response to the growing demand for cyber cover for events as the risk of malicious cyber activity facing event organisers rises,’ says head
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NewsBrit launches new cyber and financial institutions consortium
’The launch enables us to offer a flexible deployment solution across multiple lines at scale,’ says class underwriter
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AnalysisIn Focus: Could cyber-centric broker schemes boost commercial cyber insurance penetration?
The latest Insurance Times Schemes Index, published on 15 January 2026, has typically reflected an erratic picture for commercial cyber schemes. With premiums up 12% on six months ago, do cyber-centric broker schemes have the potential to improve uptake of commercial cyber insurance?
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NewsGrowth optimism drives insurance M&A and AI investment – KPMG
‘Insurers are on the front foot, turning market uncertainty into an opportunity for bold action,’ says global head of insurance
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NewsRewards for firms that stay the course in year of 'AI disillusionment' – CyberCube
Speaking in CyberCube’s latest Cyber Predictions Report, chief executive Pascal Millaire warned that firms which succumb to AI disillusionment risk missing out on the greatest rewards
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NewsMGU brings global insurers and reinsurers together in AI insurance facility
‘We’ve brought the capacity and expertise of the world’s top (re)insurers to one table to create one specialised policy,’ says chairman
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NewsCFC partners with Biba over launch of SME cyber cover extension
’We haven’t fully addressed the exposure faced by small businesses of a customer falling victim to a cyber attack and impacting the supply chain like this – until now,’ says head of global cyber underwriting
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NewsBeazley board appoints CUO as executive director
’His appointment to the board will strengthen the board’s technical depth and reinforce underwriting as a core driver of Beazley’s success,’ says chief executive
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NewsAI’s energy appetite and job fears will ignite protest risk in 2026, Beazley warns
’We predict 2026, there will be some sort of physical protest against data centres and what they represent in terms of unwanted energy demand,’ says chief executive
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News AnalysisIn Focus: Ghost portals ‘fool every police officer’ as new fraud trend undermines frontline policing
A fast-growing fraud trend involving fake insurer portals designed to deceive frontline police officers prompted fresh concern among counter fraud leaders attending latest quarterly roundtable
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News AnalysisAutonomous cars could hit UK next year – but is UKGI ready?
‘We’re moving away from insuring the behaviours of a driver to insuring the behaviours of an algorithm,’ says director of motor underwriting
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NewsThe biggest people moves this week
Insurance Times rounded up the most significant appointments, restructures and leadership changes from 1 to 5 December 2025.
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IT Awards 2025Insurance Times Awards 2025: Cowbell achieves over 80% premium growth
Simon Hughes, senior vice president of global distribution and general management UK at Cowbell, speaks on his firm’s entry to the MGA of the Year (under 100 employees) category
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NewsWestfield makes senior hire as it prepares 2026 cyber rollout
‘The cyber market is an area ripe for investment and profitability,’ says divisional director
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IT Awards 2025Insurance Times Awards 2025: Aon says analytics must bridge the gap between risk management and strategy
Martyn Denney, head of innovation and investments, speaks on his firm’s entry to the Excellence in Technology – Broker category
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NewsAI connector protocol MCP driving hidden exposure across portfolios, KYND warns
“Because it acts as a connective layer, MCP creates an attack surface where the impact of a single flaw can be amplified across multiple insureds and portfolios,” says chief executive
