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Cyber Insurance Explained: What It Covers, Who Needs It

Security Boulevard

Cyber insurance offers financial protection and support in the event of a cyber attack, data breach, or other cyber-related incidents. Ironically, the security that insurance brings to policyholders stands in contrast to the shifting, dynamic state of the cyber insurance market in general.

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Lloyd’s excluding nation-state cyber attacks from Cyber Insurance

CyberSecurity Insiders

Lloyd’s London, one of the largest insurance services providers in the world, has disclosed that it is making amendments to its cyber insurance laws that will come into effect from March 2023. All insurance companies exclude the risks inferred from war like situations.

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The future of cyber insurance

IT Security Guru

Cyber insurers 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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Cyber War now excluded from Cyber Insurance

CyberSecurity Insiders

For all those companies who are planning to renew their cyber insurance policy or are in a procedure to take one, here’s a piece of information that might interest you. Most of the Cyber Insurance companies have excluded ‘Cyber War’ consequences from their policies. that’s insane….isn’t isn’t it? .

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Cyber Insurers Pull Back Amid Increase in Cyber Attacks, Costs

eSecurity Planet

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 cyber insurance policies or reduce coverage, moves that could further squeeze organizations under siege from hackers.

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Cyber Insurance: The Key to Business Resilience in a Risky World

Security Boulevard

Picture this: your company falls victim to a cyber-attack, resulting in loss of revenue and significant operational downtime. The post Cyber Insurance: The Key to Business Resilience in a Risky World appeared first on Security Boulevard. Do you know what your next steps should be?

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Cyber attacks on Microsoft Exchange Email Servers could surge up cyber insurance claims  

CyberSecurity Insiders

CyberCube, a cyber analytics firm, claims that the rise in cyber-attacks on Microsoft servers could also increase cyber insurance claims filed by many companies. . The post Cyber attacks on Microsoft Exchange Email Servers could surge up cyber insurance claims appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.