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The explosion of ransomware and similar cyber incidents along with rising associated costs is convincing a growing number of insurance companies to raise the premiums on their cyberinsurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers. In addition, the U.S.
New research reveals that a record number of organizations are buying cyberinsurance policies as a tool for protecting themselves against cyber risk. However, the cost for those policies is rising dramatically as cyberinsurance premiums soar up to 30% vs. the previous year. cyberinsurance market.
Data from at least one insurance broker tracked a near doubling of clients who were opting in for cyber-specific insurance from 26% in 2016 to 47% in 2020. Lyle said the same rush of companies to shift some of their financial risks around cybersecurity to insurance also likely contributed to those increases.
This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher.
However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. Related: Free tools that can help protect elections I had a deep discussion about this with Todd Weller, chief strategy officer at Bandura Cyber.
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NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today announced it is partnering with leading cyberinsurance companies to help businesses manage their risks online. As a result, some insurance companies have had to raise premiums to cover their costs.
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Cyberinsurers are losing money. Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.
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