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Cyber insurance and reinsurance news, covering the growth of cyber reinsurance underwriting, the risks faced by cyber risk insurer’s, major cyber loss events, cyber reinsurance product development and cyber risk innovation trends.
Cyber risk is an emerging and fast-growing class of insurance and reinsurance business, so our cyber reinsurance news follows industry trends and reports on innovations, industry cyber risk capacity issues, as well as what is happening in the cyber underwriting market.
Arch Insurance International launches event cancellation cyber coverage
29th January 2026
Arch Insurance International, part of Arch Capital Group and a provider of specialty insurance solutions across multiple lines, has launched its event cancellation cyber coverage. This new coverage is offered as a cyber extension to an event cancellation policy, protecting against the cancelation, abandonment, curtailment, interruption, postponement, or relocation of an ... 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
Moody’s flags Zurich’s move for Beazley as catalyst for cyber consolidation
21st January 2026
Moody's has suggested that the proposed acquisition of Beazley by Zurich would be credit-positive for the Swiss insurer, accelerating its push to build leadership in specialty insurance and driving further consolidation in the cyber insurance market, where both are major players. On Monday, Zurich announced it had submitted an enhanced ... Read the full article
Insurance CEO confidence in revenue growth down 18% for 2026: PwC
20th January 2026
PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey has revealed that just 46% of insurance CEOs are confident about their company's prospects for revenue growth over the next 12 months, an 18% dip from 56% in 2025. The company's latest CEO survey is based on responses from 4,454 CEOs across 95 countries and territories, ... Read the full article
Cyber reinsurance buyers benefit from favourable supply dynamics at 1/1: Howden Re
19th January 2026
According to global reinsurance broker Howden Re, buyers of cyber reinsurance benefitted from favourable supply dynamics at the January 1st, 2026, renewals, supported by strong competition and a manageable loss environment. Although there were several high-profile attacks on individual insureds and a number of systemic events, financial impacts were not material ... Read the full article
CFC launches extension to its flagship cyber cover for SMEs
8th January 2026
CFC, an insurance provider with a focus on carbon-related risks, has launched a new extension to its flagship Cyber Proactive Response cover for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This extension was developed to provide essential protection for SMEs by addressing financial losses caused by contingent business interruption (BI), such as when ... Read the full article
Cowbell announces next cycle of growth and names John Botros as CFO
7th January 2026
Cowbell, a cyber and specialty insurance provider focused on small and medium-sized enterprises, has announced the next cycle of its organisational journey, aimed at accelerating global growth while advancing profitability and scale, alongside the appointment of John Botros as Chief Financial Officer. Building on the company’s strong performance and its recent ... Read the full article
Coalition expands cyber coverage to UK Crown Dependencies and Gibraltar
7th January 2026
Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has expanded its UK operations to include organisations domiciled in the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, the remaining Channel Islands, and Gibraltar. The move marks significant broadening of the firm’s geographic footprint, allowing organisations in the UK Crown Dependencies and Gibraltar to ... Read the full article
Cyber market benefited from more-than-adequate capacity at 1.1: Gallagher Re
5th January 2026
The cyber market benefited from more-than-adequate capacity at the January 1st, 2026, reinsurance renewals, with levels far exceeding those available a few years ago, according to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re's 1st View renewal report. Ian Newman, Global Head of Cyber, and Jennifer Braney, Head of International Cyber, said that while the ... Read the full article
Model Context Protocol introduces a new phase of AI-driven cyber risk: KYND
29th December 2025
As Model Context Protocol (MCP) usage accelerates, KYND is calling on the insurance industry to rethink its approach to cyber exposure and to increase technical awareness of MCP, as it introduces a new class of systemic risk that is easy for cyber insurers to miss. Cyber risk specialist KYND has released ... Read the full article
Cyber risk to grow more systemic in 2026 as digital dependencies deepen: Coalition
24th December 2025
According to executives at Coalition, cyber risk in 2026 will be defined less by isolated breaches and more by hidden interdependencies that drive correlated, systemic loss, forcing re/insurers to demand deeper technical clarity, stronger underwriting discipline, and broader coverage responses. A host of executives from Coalition have shared their perspectives on ... Read the full article
Mosaic increases Canada cyber risk capacity to $25m
24th December 2025
Mosaic Insurance, a specialty insurer focused on financial institutions and cyber risk, will increase its cyber-risk capacity per risk in Canada to $25 million (CAD 40 million), starting January 1st, 2026. The move, which more than doubles the insurer’s previous limit of $10 million (CAD 15 million), aims to allow the ... Read the full article
Beazley closes $300m cyber catastrophe bond
15th December 2025
Specialist insurer Beazley has secured $300 million of cyber reinsurance protection with its latest cyber catastrophe bond, PoleStar Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1). This is the fourth and largest 144A cyber catastrophe bond sponsored by Beazley under PoleStar Re Ltd. It means that as of today, the insurer has $670 million in ... Read the full article
Coalition enhances cyber product with addition of Deepfake Response Endorsement
12th December 2025
Coalition, an active insurer focused on preventing digital risks, has added a new Deepfake Response Endorsement to its Cyber Insurance policies worldwide. “Businesses can do everything right - lock down networks, ignore fraudulent funds transfer requests, comply with privacy laws - only to have their reputation damaged by a deepfake,” said ... Read the full article
Verisk and KYND expand collaboration to strengthen cyber resilience
10th December 2025
Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the global insurance industry, has expanded its strategic collaboration with KYND, a provider of cyber risk management services, to bring enhanced cyber risk intelligence to the insurance market. According to research from KYND, 80% of the UK’s top 50 retailers are exposed ... Read the full article
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