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Are Cyber Attacks at Risk of Becoming 'Uninsurable'?

Lohrman on Security

There are dark clouds on the horizon as well as conflicting forecasts regarding cyber insurance in 2023 and beyond. Where will the insurance market go from here on cybersecurity coverage?

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The future of cyber insurance

IT Security Guru

Cyber insurers are losing money. Their loss ratios – total claims plus the insurer’s costs, divided by total premiums earned – are now consistently above 60%, which presents something of an existential threat to the insurance industry, making cyber risk a potentially uninsurable area due to falling profitability.

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Lloyd’s excluding nation-state cyber attacks from Cyber Insurance

CyberSecurity Insiders

Lloyd’s London, one of the largest insurance services providers in the world, has disclosed that it is making amendments to its cyber insurance laws that will come into effect from March 2023. All insurance companies exclude the risks inferred from war like situations.

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Lloyd’s to end insurance coverage for state cyber attacks

Javvad Malik

Lloyds of London has told its members to exclude nation state cyber attacks from insurance policies beginning in 2023, saying they pose unacceptable levels or risk. So who will decide whether an attack is a nation state or just little Timmy trying to impress his friends on the Discord channel? .”

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Are Cyber Attacks at Risk of Becoming ‘Uninsurable’?

Security Boulevard

There are dark clouds on the horizon as well as conflicting forecasts regarding cyber insurance in 2023 and beyond. Where will the insurance market go from here on cybersecurity coverage? The post Are Cyber Attacks at Risk of Becoming ‘Uninsurable’? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Large Insurer Says Cyber Attacks Are Becoming 'Uninsurable'

SecureWorld News

While claims due to natural catastrophes are expected to top $100 billion in 2022 -- as it did in 2021 -- losses due to cyber attacks continue to climb. Insurance underwriters have no choice but to try and limit exposure through providing less coverage or hiking up the cost of cyber insurance.

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Good-bye, insurance coverage for nation-state cyber attacks

Security Boulevard

announced that it will require its underwriters, globally, “to exclude catastrophic state-backed hacks from stand-alone cyber insurance policies” starting in March 2023. This elimination of cyber policies involving nation-state adversaries is not surprising. Last week, Lloyd’s of London Ltd.

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