Not exact matches
Heidi Shey, a senior analyst at Forrester who studies the
cyber insurance space, says insurers are in an excited «land - grab» state, gobbling up as many customers as they can because insurers believe most businesses will
not file a claim, or there could be a
cyber event that doesn't get covered due to an exemption, such as human error, credit card fraud, or email fraud.
«We are in the early innings of
cyber insurance and we haven't seen what a wave of payouts will look like for the industry,» says Viscuso.
But that long history of data on past catastrophes does
not exist in the
cyber insurance policy world, says Stephen Boyer, the CTO and co-founder of risk - rating company BitSight, a company that assesses company risk for
cyber policies written by AIG, Travelers, and others.
But many in the computer security industry warn that all the excitement in the
insurance space is
not taking into account how much risk insurers have assumed and will be responsible for after a catastrophic
cyber event.
Small businesses may
not be able to match the
cyber security investments made by their deeper - pocketed competitors, but they can still purchase
cyber insurance policies without breaking the bank.
Other US startups Munich Re has partnered with but
not invested in include renters and surety startup Jetty,
cyber insurance company At - Bay, and TLC driver
insurance app Inshur, which recently said it had done $ 3.5 M in gross written premium for its first month.
Obtain
cyber liability
insurance (generally speaking, your comprehensive, umbrella, and E&O
insurance likely will
not cover
cyber liability issues).
I think a lot of organizations are under the assumption that their general liability
insurance will cover
cyber events when it will
not, or won't in its entirety.»
Though
not a lengthy or hotly contentious decision, it remains notable as a Canadian adjudication of a
cyber insurance coverage matter.
As well, many companies are
not aware of gaps in «traditional»
insurance products that more specialty liability
insurance products (i.e. media and Internet liability,
cyber liability) are intended to catch, including breach of fiduciary duty to protect privacy of client information, content exposure (defamation, intellectual property), damages caused by virus, third party financial losses due to system downtime, costs associated with data breach notification following a
cyber attack / hack, etc..
At the time of buying
cyber insurance, a
cyber insurance broker will advise a business on how to obtain a health check on all
insurance policies so that gaps in total coverage are
not taken for granted.
When asked if their firm had
cyber-
insurance covering data breaches, only 22 percent said yes, while 47 percent said their
insurance didn't cover
cyber issues.
For one thing, the
cyber market is still quite young compared to traditional
insurance products and so far, insurers have
not had to pay out on big losses.
«All the standard
cyber risk
insurance I've seen covers employer - owned equipment and
not employee - owned equipment,» says Eric Boehm, a partner at BLG who focuses on technology law.
If it does (we hope it doesn't), it's a wise decision to have a solid game plan and a sweet
cyber liability
insurance policy to help your company stay alive.
Their commercial
insurance products, obtained through various carriers, include but are
not limited to: general liability, property, umbrella, commercial auto, workers» compensation, New York disability, directors and officers, employment practices liability, professional liability and
cyber liability.
Insurers are
not just raising premiums on
cyber insurance coverage, however, and many companies are looking for a solution to...
According to Mr. Paul Delbridge,
Insurance Partner at PwC, «Insurers also need to continue to invest appropriately in their own
cyber security - a business which can't protect itself can't expect policyholders to trust them to protect and advise them.
Considering Alabama sees its fair share of
cyber crime, your Foley small business can't afford to skimp on
insurance and be unprepared.
A Trusted Choice agent can explain what is and isn't covered when you add
cyber protection to your Albany small business
insurance.
Now, if you haven't stored your data through your wireless server provider, a
cyber cloud somewhere, or just don't want to pay for
insurance and a pretty decent deductible, you may be willing to do just about anything to retrieve your phone if something happens to it.
Purchasing
cyber insurance may
not prevent you from being hit by a cyberattack, but it can potentially prevent it from bankrupting your business.