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Cyber insurance claims are made by 4 out of 10 companies

November 10, 2015November 8, 2015 Julie Campbell

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A new survey has revealed that a very large percentage of businesses have filed against their policies. When it comes to business coverage, cyber insurance has been increasing quite rapidly in popularity as a results of the many high profile data breaches that have occurred over the last few years. Unfortunately, while coverage is more common, it’s also being used quite a bit by the companies that have it. While the idea behind buying a policy is usually to get it just in case, while hoping that it will never…

Cyber insurance benefits become increasingly clear to businesses

June 16, 2015June 13, 2015 H. Cutner

A recent RIMS survey revealed that companies are purchasing this coverage at a growing rate. The RIMS Cyber Survey 2015 has been released and what it has revealed is that 51 percent of the members of that Risk Management Society have purchased stand-alone cyber insurance policies in order to protect them from the threats associated with data breaches and other digital invasions. It is clear that the steady stream of data breach news headlines is starting to impact the perceived risk. In order to better understand the risk management strategies…

Cyber insurance covers only 2 percent of large U.K. businesses

March 25, 2015March 23, 2015 Julie Campbell

A recent report issued by the British government showed that big firms rarely purchase this coverage. The British government released a report, this week, that revealed that among large companies, only 2 percent have separate cyber insurance coverage against digital security and data breaches. That number drops nearly to zero percent when it comes to the same coverage for smaller businesses. The report was a response to the concerns that have been voiced with regards to the lack of cyber insurance protection for the majority of companies, in an environment…

Senate places a focus on cyber insurance coverage against data breach

March 23, 2015March 21, 2015 G. Turner

A subcommittee is currently looking into the protection that is required for consumers through those policies. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), the chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security recently held an “Examining the Evolving Cyber Insurance Marketplace” hearing to place the focus on the issue of data breaches. This hearing looked into the market selling policies that are meant to provide consumers with protection against cyber attacks. It examined the rapidly growing cyber insurance market and heard experts speaking about the various challenges,…

Spending on cyber insurance skyrockets as high profile cases rise

February 18, 2015February 16, 2015 Julie Campbell

The size of the problem associated with cyber attacks is becoming clearer as data breaches make more frequent headlines. The number of large companies and corporations that have experienced highly publicized data breaches is rapidly rising, and other businesses have not failed to notice; having responded with the purchasing of cyber insurance policies to help to protect themselves from the extensive damages that this type of digital attack can bring. Insurers that offer this type of data breach liability coverage are seeing notable growth in that business. At the same…

Cyber insurance is spiking in popularity among SMBs

October 15, 2014October 13, 2014 Julie Campbell

Smaller and medium sized businesses are discovering that data breach liability protection is vital. According to recent data that has been released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, last year, alone, there were more than 3,000 businesses in the United States that experienced a data breach, and the increase in cyber insurance policies shows that companies have not all failed to learn the lesson from this threat. Among those businesses, many of them are small and medium sized firms with minimal protection. The rapid rise in cyber attacks…

Cyber crime insurance launched by former US homeland security chief

October 10, 2014October 7, 2014 Julie Campbell

The coverage is the result of a collaboration among syndicates operating through the Lloyd’s of London market. A new cyber crime insurance product has now been launched by Tom Ridge, a former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, by his firm, which created it in collaboration with a number of syndicates that operate through the Lloyd’s of London. This insurance coverage is meant for businesses with under $500 million in market capitalization. This means that approximately 80 percent of all American publicly quoted companies fit into the target market for this…