Business Email Compromise: Cyber Threat Landscape & Preventing
Business email compromise (BEC), a sophisticated form of phishing that involves attackers manipulating individuals into unwittingly facilitating fraudulent activities
Cyber Hygiene Standards
“Cyber Hygiene Standards” refers to a set of best practices and protocols designed to ensure the security and integrity of digital systems and data. In the context of insurance and technology, this category focuses on maintaining the health of cybersecurity frameworks to protect against threats like malware, data breaches, and unauthorized access. It includes measures such as regular software updates, password management, network security, and employee awareness training.
These standards are critical for insurers to mitigate cyber risks, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and safeguard sensitive information. Adhering to strong cyber hygiene standards helps organizations prevent costly breaches, minimize vulnerabilities, and build trust with clients by ensuring their data is handled securely.
This category reviews the latest trends, tools, and strategies in maintaining robust cybersecurity defenses, offering insights for both professionals and businesses looking to enhance their digital resilience.
Global Cyber Warfare Risks Increases Insurance Market Losses
Cyber warfare and the attendant risk of systemic losses have long cast a shadow over the cyber insurance market
Cyber Warfare in Ukraine: Implications for Global Cyber Threat Landscape
The cyber warfare in Ukraine, a clash of titans in terms of cyber security, has considerable implications for the cyber threat landscape
How Does Cyber Security Hygiene Reduce the Risk of Cyberattacks?
Companies that have strong cyber security hygiene are reducing the risk of being targeted by cybercriminals. Investment in cyber security is crucial in this environment
Cyber Insurer Perspectives on Ransomware. Insurance Market Outlook
The views of the insurance industry are not always prominent in the debate on ransomware. In order to provide a re/insurer perspective, we surveyed cyber insurance
Global cyber insurance and reinsurance industry supported by solid underwriting profitability in 2023 and 2024, with expectations for this trend to continue into 2025
North American life insurer credit losses will remain benign in 2025, despite modest increases due to ongoing pressure on commercial real estate (CRE) assets
Global reinsurers’ profitability will remain strong in 2025 despite lower risk-adjusted prices for most business lines when reinsurance contracts were renewed on 1 January
McGill in partnership with FortuneGuard and ARX introduced a new war risk reinsurance facility to provide commercial property coverage in Ukraine