What Insurers Need to Know About Next-Gen Cyber Threats
Insurers writing cyber coverage look to their reinsurer for trends, perspective on risk accumulation, and risk management resources.
Some cyber intrusions result in full-fledged data breaches, which trigger mandatory regulatory and legal responses.
The decision to pay or reject ransom demands is a complicated mix of identifying the source, evaluating backup plans and remaining compliant.
Insureds seeking carrier or coverage or insurers seeking reinsurance face the same challenges: demonstrating security controls, training and concentration of risk.
Insurers and reinsurers are learning to better distinguish what cyber risks are insurable, high-risk but insurable, or uninsurable.