Insurance Asia on MSN: Cyber insurance trails as only 10% of SMEs buy cover Is cyber liability insurance worth it? Small businesses are often easy targets for malware, ransomware attacks, data breaches and other cyber attacks. For many, these incidents can be a serious threat ...

Understanding the Context

In recent months, purchases of cybersecurity insurance have faced soaring premiums and more exclusions to coverage. Robert Parisi, cyber leader at Munich Re, leads this interactive workshop on making ... Managing general agents (MGAs) underwrite and administer insurance policies on behalf of insurance companies. Just as a broker serves as an intermediary between the buyer and the insurer, the MGA acts ...

Key Insights

Insurance has always evolved with new forms of risk, but cyber insurance has moved faster than any line before it. It is still young yet already central to how companies think about resilience. In my ... Insurance Business America: Personal cyber insurance moves from optional to essential for households Amongst the worst attacks, average losses in the top 10% of events topped $28m in 2024. Cyber insurance remains underutilised, the Geneva Association warns, as estimates suggest only around 10% of ...

Final Thoughts

In 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration warned small businesses and entrepreneurs to stay aware of cybersecurity threats due to the impact on their bottom line (and resiliency). Cybersecurity ...