Cyber
Why the NHS needs cyber insurers’ help
Tom Draper, head of insurance, UK, at Coalition, explains how the NHS is vulnerable to cyber attacks and explains ways insurers can come to the rescue of the nation's healthcare provider.
Bloomberg forecasts fines will cause surge in cyber cover demand
Demand for cyber insurance is set to grow amid a spate of high-profile attacks and fines for accidental leaks, according to a market report from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Property payouts hit £4bn; RSA's latest launch; Konsileo's £8m fundraise
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Howden buys Storfield; Hiscox’s drone partnership; SiriusPoint's CUO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Carl Tatman, Crawford UK
Carl Tatman shares his plans to expand solutions for local authorities and housing associations in his new role as client account director at Crawford UK.
What brokers can do to get cyber insurance on the agenda
Trade Voice: Stefan Daines, broking director at Daines Kapp and member of the CII’s Broking Community board, looks at what brokers can do to combat staggeringly low uptake of cyber insurance and worrying misconceptions around the product.
Bspoke’s Hood partnership; CFC’s European expansion; Pool Re’s head of underwriting
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Is carbon insurance the biggest opportunity in decades?
With carbon insurance tipped to become a billion-dollar market by 2030 as demand for risk transfer in the carbon credit supply chain grows, Harry Curtis looks at the risks involved and the first movers in the nascent market.
Big Interview: Paul Brand, Convex
Paul Brand, group CEO of Convex, sits down with Harry Curtis to discuss the insurer and reinsurer’s plans to hit and surpass $5bn GWP, the difficulties of technology adoption, and why he thinks current market conditions are “brittle”.
CrowdStrike event focuses minds on cyber ‘grey rhinos’
July’s CrowdStrike outage has trained the attention of companies buying cyber insurance and the industry itself on the spectre of systemic, high-impact events with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Why insurers should get ready for Dora rules now
With the Digital Operational Resilience Act coming into force on 17 January, Rowan Armstrong, partner at Browne Jacobson, says it is vital that UK-based insurers operating in the European Union embrace enhanced digital operational resilience testing,…
Aviva’s Rokstone partnership; EXL’s language model; Aon’s broking promotion
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
LMA calls for underwriter training to address ‘silent’ transition
The Lloyd’s Market Association has recommended that underwriters go through transition training to understand client’s transition pathways and avoid “silent” transition risks.
Axa XL extends cyber cover to internal GenAI risks
Axa XL has extended its cyber insurance coverage to emerging generative artificial intelligence risks, but risks associated with popular GenAI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot remain out of scope.
Over half of risk managers think key risks are set to become uninsurable
More than half of risks managers believe that some of the key business activities and locations are set to become uninsurable, a survey by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations has found.
Pen’s cyber revamp; Chubb’s construction practice; Unum CEO joins ABI board
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Axa
Axa grabs the eight spot on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: AIG
AIG holds steady in fifth place on Insurance Post’s Top 100 UK Insurers List in 2024.
Top 100 UK Insurers 2024: Aviva
Aviva Insurance Limited is ranked number 1 and Aviva International Insurance Limited is ranked number 2 on the Top 100 UK Insurers 2024 list.
Insurers hike spending on cyber security
Combined cyber security spending for insurance companies and asset managers increased by 53% between 2019 and early 2023, a Moody’s survey has shown.
Diary of an Insurer: Hamilton’s Jacqui Spencer-Sim
Jacqui Spencer-Sim, divisional director of cyber underwriting at Hamilton and and deputy chair of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s Cyber Business Panel, uses the CrowdStrike outage to explain the insurance implications of a cyber event to students and…