Reinsurance News
Cyber risk news
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.
Beazley reveals leadership team for cyber & tech business
24th June 2020
Specialist insurer Beazley has revealed a new leadership structure within its global cyber & tech underwriting team, designed to support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration between the team globally. As Beazley announced previously, from the 1st of July 2020, Paul Bantick will take on global responsibility for cyber & tech. In ... Read the full article
US cyber insurance market’s loss ratio up 10% on claims frequency: Aon
17th June 2020
The loss ratio for the U.S. cyber insurance market increased by 10 percentage points year-on-year in 2019 to approximately 45%, as insurers both small and large felt the effects of an increase in ransomware attacks, reports insurance and reinsurance broker Aon. The fifth edition of Aon's annual U.S. Cyber Insurance Profits ... Read the full article
Aon partners with GK8 on digital asset coverage
12th June 2020
GK8, a cyber security company that offers technology for managing and safeguarding digital assets, has announced that its product is now insurable via Aon UK Ltd. The partnership will utilise insurance provided by a panel of insurers led by Arch Underwriting at Lloyd’s Syndicate 2012, and will enable GK8 clients to ... Read the full article
Aon enhances CyQu cyber risk assessment to reflect remote working exposures
11th June 2020
Global re/insurance brokerage Aon has announced the expansion of its cyber risk assessment methodology, CyQu Enterprise, to help analyse and understand the cyber security impacts in light of the increase in remote working amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Designed specifically for SMEs, Aon's CyQu is an automated cyber self-assessment. Businesses complete a ... Read the full article
P&C industry has entered into a “new era of catastrophe losses” – KBRA
10th June 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the recent wave of civil unrest and the looming cyber risk threat, has altered the risk landscape for property and casualty (P&C) insurers and reinsurers, reports Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA). As explained by KBRA, for the global P&C sector the definition of "catastrophe" has, ... Read the full article
FERMA suggests EU resilience framework for non-physical cat risks
27th May 2020
The Federation of European Risk Management (FERMA) has called on the European Commission to create a resilience framework for catastrophic risks, in an effort to address the shortage of business interruption insurance without physical damage (NDBI). FERMA says its resilience framework would have the flexibility to respond to a range of ... Read the full article
Munich Re-backed At-Bay raises $34mn in Series B round
24th February 2020
At-Bay, a cyber insurance start-up writing policies through Munich Re’s HSB Specialty Insurance Company, has announced a $34 million Series B funding round. Led by Munich Re Ventures and Acrew Capital, the new investment brings At-Bay’s total funding to $51 million. At-Bay offers continuous vulnerability monitoring across the perimeter of each portfolio ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s details phased implementation of silent cyber mandate
30th January 2020
Lloyd's of London has revealed updated arrangements for the phased implementation of classes of business that require underwriters to ensure that all policies either affirm or exclude cyber cover. The Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance marketplace announced last year that is to mandate that all policies clearly state whether they will provide ... Read the full article
Arceo.ai adds former Twitter exec Mike Convertino as CSO
30th January 2020
Arceo.ai, a risk analytics provider for the cyber re/insurance market, has announced the appointment of Mike Convertino as Chief Security Officer. Convertino previously served as Chief Information Security Officer at Twitter, leading a team that protected the company's infrastructure and users from hacking and other types of compromises. He was an early ... Read the full article
CyberCube CEO calls for public-private collaboration on cyber standards
27th January 2020
Pascal Millaire, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of cyber risk analytics firm CyberCube, has argued that re/insurers must work closely with governments to help enforce minimum security standards as the world continues to grow its cyber vulnerabilities. Speaking alongside the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Millaire said that the re/insurance ... Read the full article
Hiscox targets systemic cyber risk with CyberCube agreement
13th January 2020
Hiscox has entered into an agreement with cyber risk analytics firm, CyberCube, to leverage CyberCube’s Portfolio Management solution in order to produce better insight into potential systemic cyber risk. The agreement provides Hiscox with access to CyberCube’s technology, which will stress test the specialist re/insurer’s book of global commercial insurance business ... Read the full article
Beazley & RenRe collaborate on capital markets-backed cyber reinsurance
9th January 2020
Specialist insurer Beazley has secured additional catastrophe cover for cyber events through the launch of a new reinsurance product in collaboration with Bermuda-based reinsurer, RenaissanceRe (RenRe), and which is backed by the capital markets. An announcement on the deal reveals that the vast majority of the security behind the deal will ... Read the full article
Analysts expect double-digit cyber premium growth
24th December 2019
For at least the next three to five years, equity analysts at Goldman Sachs expect double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from current global cyber premium base of less than $5 billion of global commercial premiums. Currently, cyber premiums account for less than 1% of the international commercial insurance market, and ... Read the full article
AXIS Capital’s Drew Walter joins Ascot to lead Cyber & Commercial E&O
20th December 2019
Ascot has named AXIS Capital’s Drew Walter as Executive Vice President and Head of Cyber & Commercial E&O, based in New York. In his new role, Walter will be tasked with building a business writing cyber as well as technology, media and miscellaneous E&O classes of business. He joins the firm from ... Read the full article
CAC Specialty forms new Professional Liability & Cyber Practice Group
5th December 2019
CAC Specialty has announced the launch of its new Professional Liability and Cyber Practice Group, which is to be led by Adam Lantrip as Senior Vice President (SVP). The newly-established Professional Liability and Cyber Practice Group is responsible for the design, placement, and ongoing service of complex professional liability, cyber, and ... Read the full article
Getting your daily reinsurance news from Reinsurance News is a simple way to receive only the reinsurance industry news that matters, delivered directly to your email inbox.
