Commercial insurers are taking a good look at their exposure to widespread cyber events and some are forming partnerships with tech vendors in the hopes of improving their clients’ cyber risk management. “The next pandemic – the exposure that looks…
MONTREAL – A new research centre created at Montreal’s Polytechnique university will aim to protect ships from pirates – and they’re not talking about Blackbeard or Captain Kidd. Canada’s Maritime Cyber Security Centre of Excellence will combine the expertise of…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Law enforcement authorities in several countries have joined forces to disrupt what they call one of the world’s most dangerous pieces of malware, one that allowed criminal gangs to install ransomware and steal data from computer…
Business interruption, the COVID-19 pandemic, and cyber are the top three risks facing businesses this year – and all three are connected to each other, says a new report. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS)’s Risk Barometer for 2021 found…
Many brokers and insurers are treating cyber coverage the same way they would a generic home, auto or CGL cover, a cyber expert warns, and this is not only eroding the trust of clients, but also putting them at risk.…
There’s good news and bad news when it comes to insurance industry employees clicking on phishing email links, according to a recent study from a Laval, Que.-headquartered security awareness training firm. The good news is that global “finance & insurance”…
With loss ratios in the Canadian cyber insurance market skyrocketing, purchasing cyber without having to answer a whole bunch of questions may become a thing of the past. In the recent past, if a client was not very large, or…
Your suppliers are most at risk, and attacks will be costly
Cyber exposure for your clients has shifted from the obvious operational standpoint of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic to a data retention standpoint, a Gallagher executive said recently. “Many organizations are collecting personal health information on employees, maybe on…
OTTAWA – A trio of federal cabinet ministers is warning COVID-19 researchers to take additional precautions to protect their efforts from thieves and vandals. The statement Monday says the federal government is concerned about “hostile actors” targeting pandemic-related research in…
What programs – if any – does your brokerage have in place to mitigate your own cyber risk? This is what your provincial regulator could be asking you, if they haven’t already. “If the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario knocks…
Commercial clients are vulnerable to hidden risks when they have large numbers of people suddenly working remotely or from home in a disaster, as we are seeing in the pandemic, experts told brokers listening in to Canadian Underwriter’s latest webinar.…