Cyber
Cyber MGA start-up Bewica targets brokers with portal launch and API offering
Cyber specialist managing general agent Bewica is targeting brokers with a suite of tools including risk assessment and reporting tool
UK Broker Awards: Have you entered yet?
Insurance Age is calling for the UK's best brokers to showcase their skills at the UK Broker Awards.
Report stresses importance of broker advice on cyber cover
Research reveals nearly a third of UK businesses have experienced security breaches or attacks in the past year.
Beazley adds cyber and management liability products to broker platform
Policies are aimed at UK companies with a turnover of up to £350m.
Cyber row continues as ABI responds to Mactavish
ABI director general Huw Evans says Mactavish has “fundamentally misinterpreted” how cyber products are provided, after the insurance governance expert called on the industry for a guarantee that eight particular policy flaws won’t be used as reasons for…
JLT Specialty launches real estate cyber product
Product will include business interruption and privacy related exposures that have resulted from a cyber attack.
Ecclesiastical adds cyber to its Art and Private Client policy
The insurer has updated the policy to include standard cyber cover and cyber-crime and cyber online liability as additional covers.
Podcast: The top five stories of the week
Ida Axling and Siân Barton address the top news pieces over the past five days.
Mactavish lays down the gauntlet on cyber
The insurance governance expert has called on brokers and insurers for a guarantee that eight particular policy flaws won’t be used as reasons for claims refusals after scaremongering row.
Beazley updates cyber policies
Insurer simplifies cyber policies and gives large organisations access to its in-house breach response team.
Insurance Hound: Most read by brokers in January and February 2019
Which topics have been sparking brokers’ interest?
Blog: Brokers need to seize the opportunities in cyber
Michael Whitfield from CPP UK discusses why brokers should be moving cyber risk up the agenda for their SME customers.
Ascent adds physical damage to cyber product
Product is backed by Munich Re and designed for businesses of all sizes.
Blog: How is the debate around cyber affecting clients?
Brokerbility’s Ashwin Mistry considers how the recent row about the quality of cyber products could be interpreted by customers.
Using technology to give mid-market clients a corporate insurance experience
Too large to benefit from government initiatives but too small to employ their own risk managers, mid-market businesses can inadvertently find themselves taking on unexpected levels of risk. As these businesses grow and face new and increasingly complex…
Chubb targets media industry
Insurer focuses on middle market and multinational clients.
PRA CEO letter warns action is needed on cyber
Regulator calls on providers to cover more ground on cyber in relation to risk management, risk appetite and strategy, and pledges to continue to keep cyber insurance underwriting risk under review.
Cyber experts dispute Mactavish report
Market “utterly perplexed” by report which accused some brokers of “scaremongering” to sell products and suggested some cover did not match the needs of companies.
#Insagepeople: 28 January - 3 February 2019
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“Mis-selling” warning issued on cyber
Consultancy Mactavish says cyber policies have “major flaws” and claims brokers and insurers use “scaremongering” tactics to make companies buy cover.
Biba reveals campaigning themes in 2019 manifesto
Document has 30 calls to action and 26 commitments.
CFC expands cyber product
Business interruption has been added along with cover for cybercrime.
Hiscox and Lloyd’s respond to 9/11 hacker reports
The providers confirm they have not suffered a cyber breach in relation to this incident and Hiscox says that the information was originally stolen from a US law firm last year.
CPP Group and DeCyber launch online security products for sports clubs
New solutions are provided in combination with cyber cover from Lloyd’s and are available for brokers to sell.