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News on cyber risk underwriting in the insurance and reinsurance industry, the launch of new cyber insurance and reinsurance products, cyber risk analytics and more.
New Dawn Risk and Continent 8 partner for iGaming cybersecurity and insurance
25th March 2026
Specialist Lloyd’s broker New Dawn Risk has partnered with Continent 8 Technologies, a provider of managed IT solutions for the iGaming and online sports betting industry. This collaboration merges Continent 8’s cyber security expertise with New Dawn Risk’s insurance proficiency, creating an integrated approach to risk management for operators. Through this partnership, ... Read the full article
Mosaic and Munich Re introduce AI-specific insurance for developers
27th February 2026
Mosaic Insurance, a specialist insurer, has partnered with Munich Re, an international reinsurer, to offer a new insurance product tailored to the needs of AI providers. The scheme draws on Munich Re’s aiSure platform, a recognised tool for evaluating AI risks, to cover exposures not typically addressed by conventional cyber or ... Read the full article
Cyber insurance rates decline despite surge in claims: Lockton
12th February 2026
Cyber insurance premiums have fallen despite an increase in cyber incidents and rising claims, marking a “rare divergence between underlying risk and insurance pricing,” according to a recent report from insurance broking group Lockton. During the 12 months ending August, organisations experienced a 129% increase in ‘nationally significant’ cyber security incidents, ... Read the full article
Coalition to help private equity firms manage cyber risk with new active insurance solution
2nd February 2026
Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has launched its Private Equity Practice, designed to help firms manage cyber risk. This new cyber insurance solution was developed with private equity-focused brokers. Its bespoke design will help private equity firms, sponsors, general partners, and their portfolio companies to manage complex, ... Read the full article
Squalify launches new cyber risk quantification platform
27th January 2026
Squalify, a cyber risk quantification (CRQ) platform, has launched Essential CRQ, a streamlined CRQ offering that enables organisations to rapidly quantify their cyber risk in financial terms, requiring only minimal inputs and delivering results in as little as 24 hours. Built on Squalify’s established platform and leveraging 15 years of cyber ... Read the full article
Non-proportional cyber pricing falls up to 25% as XoL and hard retro gain ground at 1.1: Guy Carpenter
31st December 2025
Guy Carpenter, a global reinsurance intermediary, has released its January 1, 2026 Reinsurance Renewal Report, outlining a cyber renewal season defined by disciplined execution, competitive pricing conditions and continued structural innovation, particularly in cyber reinsurance. According to the report, ceding commissions generally settled between flat and up to two percentage points ... Read the full article
Erik Wrobel joins Resilience as Chief Product Officer
8th December 2025
Cyber risk company Resilience has announced the appointment of Erik Wrobel as Chief Product Officer, responsible for product management, UX design, and engineering. Wrobel has a strong background in product and technology leadership, with a proven track record of guiding high-growth software companies through periods of transformation and scale. "Throughout my career ... Read the full article
CyberCube estimates preliminary AWS outage loss range of $38-581m
24th October 2025
CyberCube, a provider of cyber risk analytics for the re/insurance industry, has estimated a preliminary loss range of $38 million to $581 million for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, which the firm has nicknamed “Amazonk”. This estimate follows the release of CyberCube’s Security Incident Report (SIR) for the event, ... Read the full article
Standardised metrics needed to close $0.9tn cyber risk protection gap: Zurich
2nd October 2025
With the world facing a $0.9 trillion cyber risk protection gap, Zurich is calling for the adoption of standardised national cyber security metrics to close it, which would involve the collaboration between governments and the private sector. This gap highlights the vast difference between economic losses from cyber events and the ... Read the full article
Dragos report estimates up to $330bn in global OT cyber risk
15th August 2025
Dragos Inc., a company specialising in cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) environments, has released its 2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report, produced with Marsh McLennan’s Cyber Risk Intelligence Center. The report applies statistical modelling to estimate the financial impact of OT cyber incidents and evaluate the effectiveness of selected security controls. ... Read the full article
Aon reports expanding insurance capacity amid rising global risks
30th July 2025
Aon, a global insurance and reinsurance broker, has released its Q2 2025 Global Insurance Market Insights, highlighting a notable phase in the insurance market where increased capacity and softening rates are coinciding with intensifying systemic threats. According to Aon, market conditions in the second quarter were broadly favourable for buyers, with ... Read the full article
Mosaic launches tailored cyber and crime coverage for digital asset companies
30th July 2025
Mosaic Insurance, a specialty insurer known for underwriting complex and emerging risks, has expanded into the digital asset space with a new insurance solution designed specifically for this fast-growing industry. The offering combines cyber and financial institutions (FI) crime coverage, addressing long-standing gaps in protection for businesses operating in digital finance ... Read the full article
Munich Re-backed Squalify expands into US with new client and platform updates
18th July 2025
Squalify, a cyber risk quantification platform supported by reinsurer Munich Re, has entered the US market, securing its first significant customer and releasing updates to its platform aimed at expressing cyber risk in financial terms. The Munich-based company, licensed to use Munich Re’s cyber risk quantification model, is extending its presence ... Read the full article
Resilience, CrowdStrike & AWS partnership aims to reduce enterprise cyber risk
16th July 2025
Cyber risk solutions company Resilience has partnered with CrowdStrike and expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises to proactively mitigate cyber risk and minimise material losses from cyber incidents. Customers can now leverage the Resilience Threatonomics Platform to transform security insights into financial risk mitigation strategies, potentially ... Read the full article
Reinsurance must embrace forward-looking risk strategies, says Mandarin Re’s Arthur Underwood
8th July 2025
Mandarin Re’s Chief Underwriting Officer, Arthur Underwood, is urging the reinsurance industry to adopt a more forward-looking approach to risk evaluation and mitigation, as traditional models struggle to keep pace with fast-emerging threats. “The pace of change is accelerating,” Underwood said. “There is growing uncertainty, less confidence in historical trends, and ... Read the full article
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