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cyber risk modelling

Cryptoasset insurer BlockRe to launch new risk assessment tool

19th November 2018

BlockRe, a cryptoasset insurance company, has announced the launch of a new underwriting and risk assessment tool to aid in the issuing of insurance policies in the cryptoasset and blockchain space. BlockRe claims the solution, which was created in July, will be one of the only comprehensive third-party risk assessment tools ... Read the full article

CNA to utilise CyberCube’s risk modelling and analytics platform

7th November 2018

Cyber risk analytics firm CyberCube has announced that CNA, one of the largest U.S commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurance companies, has signed an agreement to use its cyber insurance risk modelling and analytics platform. CyberCube’s platform combines single risk underwriting and aggregation modelling to help insurers measure the financial impact ... Read the full article

Asia’s cyber re/insurance market set for growth: Guy Carpenter

31st October 2018

The cyber re/insurance market continues to be dominated by the U.S, but markets in Asia are beginning to see steady growth, which is likely to accelerate as new regulations are implemented and as understanding of the risk develops, according to analysts at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter. Approximately 85% of global cyber ... Read the full article

Aon and Guidewire model silent cyber risks for U.S dam attack

25th October 2018

Re/insurance broker Aon and Guidewire Software, a platform provider for property and casualty (P&C) re/insurers, have collaborated on a scenario that models insured losses related to a hypothetical cyber attack on a U.S hydroelectric dam. The scenario analysed an attack in which a hacker opens the flood gates of a hydroelectric ... Read the full article

Modelling the un-modellable: An interview with CyberCube CEO Pascal Millaire

23rd October 2018

In 1957 while at his home in Richmond, Virginia, a blind seven-year old boy named Joe "Joybubbles" Engressia discovered that by whistling into the phone at a frequency of 2600 Hz he was able to mimic the dial tone used by AT&T to route calls, an exploit that allowed long-distance ... Read the full article

AIR develops advanced probabilistic cyber model

22nd October 2018

Global catastrophe risk modeller AIR Worldwide has announced the development of a probabilistic model for cyber risk, which is capable of accounting for security breaches and cloud server provider downtime for global insurance portfolios. The new cyber model from AIR will be included in the firm's latest release of ARC (Analytics ... Read the full article

Risk modeller Kovrr develops new silent cyber product

4th October 2018

Kovrr, an Israel-headquartered cyber risk modeller, has developed a new silent cyber risk offering that enables insurance and reinsurance carriers to identify uncalculated capital at risk and quantify policy clauses that may leave them liable in the event of a cyber-attack. The product, which Kovrr claims is the first fully integrated ... Read the full article

Capsicum Re partners with AIR Worldwide on silent cyber risk models

5th September 2018

Specialist reinsurance broker Capsicum Re has announced that it is collaborating with AIR Worldwide, the catastrophe risk modelling arm of Verisk Analytics, in order to enhance the re/insurance industry’s modelling of silent cyber incidents. As part of the arrangement, Capsicum Re has also adopted AIR’s cyber modelling and analytics platform, ARC, ... Read the full article

PCS launches enhanced Cyber Index service for catastrophic cyber events

4th September 2018

Property Claim Services (PCS), a subsidiary of the data analytics and risk assessment firm Verisk, has announced enhancements to its Global Cyber Index service including coverage for catastrophic cyber events, and industry-wide insured losses of over $250 million. The improved product is now available for existing PCS Global Cyber users, addresses ... Read the full article