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Cyber insurance coverage is very costly for health insurance

Julie Campbell
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Following the record breaking data breaches that were suffered by several insurers, premiums are soaring. The large number of high profile data breaches that have been suffered by health insurers over the last year or so have made the cost of cyber insurance coverage skyrocket for those companies. This rise in rates has affected not only insurance companies but also retailers and banks. The reason is that those sectors have also been victims of data breaches and cyber insurance companies are seeing that it is becoming increasingly costly to cover…

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PwC report shows cyber insurance becoming $7.5 billion market in 5 years

Julie Campbell
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These predictions for the Indian market were revealed this week at the Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendezvous. According to the figures that were released at the Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendezvous, the market for cyber insurance could blossom to a hefty $7.5 billion in India as early as the end of 2020, if things continue as they have been. This forecast, along with several other insurance predictions, was released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). PwC also stated that by the end of 2018, the cyber liability insurance market will have risen to $5 billion…

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Insurance losses could be as high as $70 billion in the US from one peril

Julie Campbell
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According to a report from Lloyds, if the power grid in the United States were to be attacked the cost would be massive. Lloyds of London has now released a new report that has shown that if the Northeast U.S. power grid were to fall victim to a cyber attack, the insurance losses would be tremendous and far-reaching. The economic losses that would occur from such an event could actually reach a trillion dollars. Beyond financial disruptions, there would also be issues with water supply and transportation. The insurance losses…

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Insurance companies scramble to find out if Chinese hack reached them

G. Turner
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The industry is attempting to determine if the hackers that breached government employee files also affected them. Cybersecurity experts are cautioning insurance companies that the same Chinese hackers that were behind the data breach of a minimum of four million government employee files may also have been responsible for similar data thefts at two health care giants: Premera and Anthem. The tremendous hack to the Office of Personnel Management was likely not the first large scale American hack for the group. There have been a series of different attacks that…

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AIG CEO says that cyber insurance has a “very small” capacity

Julie Campbell
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Peter D. Hancock recently spoke, saying that this coverage is lagging behind what other forms of protection offer. The chief executive officer of American International Group, Peter D. Hancock, has stated that when it comes to cyber insurance, the coverage has fallen behind the type of protection that is available through other types of policy. Hancock expressed his opinions about this coverage against cyberattacks while speaking at a recent event. While talking at New York University, Hancock expressed that “The largest coverage I’m aware of is for a bank that…

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