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Beazley 2017 Breach Briefing Report

22/07/2017 16:36
At Beazley, we see first-hand the impact of cyber breaches on organizations of all types and sizes. Our Beazley Breach Response (BBR) data breach insurance is backed by our dedicated in-house business unit, BBR Services, which helps policyholders manage the multiple facets of data incident...

A Lloyd's emerging risk report: Cyber exposure decoded. Introducing two scenarios to help insurers quantify cyber-risk aggregation

19/07/2017 10:44
While digitisation is revolutionising business and daily life, it is also making the global economy more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. As the cyber threat grows so the demand for cyber insurance increases. Today, Lloyd’s Class of Business team estimates that the global cyber market is worth between...

DLA Piper hack could cost 'millions', brokers say

10/07/2017 10:06
DLA Piper is still recovering from last week’s cyber attack, with insurance brokers saying that the resulting upheaval could lead to costs “in the millions”. The firm, which fell victim to the ransomware attack that spread across the globe last Tuesday (27 June), is still...

Cyber insurance premiums grew 35% in 2016 -over $1.3 Billion!

06/07/2017 09:30
A.M. Best reported that the top “cyber insurance writers have shifted away from writing packaged policies to standalone coverage by nearly a 70-30 split on the $1.3 billion of direct premiums written in 2016,…and this shift mainly results from many insurance companies realizing that tailored...

Lloyd's Report : Closing the gap – insuring your business against evolving cyber threats

28/06/2017 13:14
Over the past few decades the internet has enabled extraordinary innovation to take place, creating new business models, giving rise to world-changing companies and generating millions of jobs. But this progress has come at a cost. By their nature, digital systems are susceptible to cyber-attacks...

Global cyber attack latest: What we know so far as huge cyber attack spreads across world

28/06/2017 04:14
A GLOBAL cyber attack has spread across the world, hitting computer systems everywhere from the UK and Russia to America and the Ukraine. Here is what we know so far. British, Russian and Dutch firms are among the companies being held to ransom as the massive computer meltdown...

Cyber insurance take-up surges by 35%

24/06/2017 09:21
A new Fitch Ratings report states that cyber insurance’s direct written volume for the property/casualty (P/C) industry grew by 35% last year to $1.35 billion (£1.06 billion). Fitch states that the $1.35 billion figure has likely underestimated the industry’s cyber premium exposure as there are...

Countdown to the EU General Data Protection Regulation: Are You Ready?

23/06/2017 11:44
With less than one year until the May 25, 2018 deadline for compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the "GDPR"), affected companies should already be preparing. The GDPR was passed into EU law in 2016 to increase data privacy protections for EU...

Fifth of firms hit by online ransom demands

23/06/2017 11:42
A fifth of Irish businesses have been the target of online ransom demands in the past year while more than half of top IT professionals don’t believe their firms understand their own security systems, according to a survey by a leading cybersecurity firm. The survey, carried out by information...

Morrisons supermarket chain fined for flouting customers’ marketing wishes

17/06/2017 08:42
A national supermarket chain has been fined for breaking the law on how people’s personal information should be treated when sending marketing emails. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (“Morrisons”) deliberately sent...
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