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While cyber insurance has evolved significantly in recent years, insurers say they might still be unprepared for the fallout from a catastrophic cyberattack.
US insurer, Liberty Mutual Holding Company (LMHC), is exploring a sale of its businesses in Spain, Portugal and Ireland, according to Bloomberg News sources.
Markel International – a subsidiary of Markel Corporation – has today announced that it will merge its professional and financial risks (PFR) division with its recently expanded cyber team.
Over the past few years, insurers reexamined their strategies amid new demands and increasingly digital customer interactions, with underwriting departments, in particular, experiencing waves of changes. Now, new research shows the results of insurers’ efforts in transforming their underwriting businesses, and the small commercial segment is entering a new phase of automation.
While ransomware attacks continue to dominate headlines, another type of cyber risk is on the rise: social engineering.
The pace of change has quickened over the last few years in the insurance industry. Driven by competition from Insurtechs and global tech giants such as Amazon; insurers, brokers and managing general agents (MGAs) have found themselves at the heart of a technology whirlwind – exploring how innovations like cloud core system architectures, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and deploying artificial intelligence and machine learning could help them get the most out of their data for the benefit of customers.
Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance released The State of Digital in Independent Insurance Agencies, which highlights how digitization is necessary to stay relevant, but most agencies have slowed adoption of digital tools since 2020.
The role that technology plays in the re/insurance industry is increasing and this is happening at a time when market participants are striving for greater efficiency, in an effort to both lower costs and remain relevant in an evolving sector.
According to a recent Moody’s investor’s service report, net zero objectives require considerable organisational focus and investment in measuring carbon transition risk, which in turn puts insurers in a better position to manage it.
Binance’s CEO said the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange increased its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) to $1 billion again.
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