Cyber
Aviva mobile phones hit by third-party cyber attack
Hundreds of Aviva staff were hit by a cyber attack on the insurer's mobile phone technology supplier last month.
UK businesses missing growth opportunities through data breach fears
Organisations are more concerned with defending their information against data breaches or legal action than they are with using it to drive competitive advantage and growth, according to a new report by information management company Iron Mountain and…
Interview: Helen-Clare Pope: Every little helps
Incoming Airmic chair and head of insurable risk at Tesco Helen-Clare Pope talks to Post about her plans for her tenure and the challenges facing the risk management sector
Airmic: Conference Speakers: Mike Hammond, Mark Well, Mike McGavick and Philipe Rocard
This year’s Airmic conference, held in Birmingham from 16 to 18 June, will see a record number of attendees descend on the UK’s second city. We caught up with some of the speakers to find out a bit more about them, what they thought this year’s talking…
Airmic 2014: Birmingham Bound
With Airmic’s 2014 conference taking place in Birmingham, Post asked industry movers and shakers about which city hotspots they’ll be checking out and what they expect from this year’s event
Cyber crime 'costs the global economy $445bn a year'
Cyber crime is estimated to cost the global economy around $445bn a year according a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
IUA backs government cyber risk project
The International Underwriting Association has backed a new government project to promote better management of cyber risk.
CFC recruits from Beazley for cyber tech and media lead
Managing general agent CFC has named Beazley’s Victoria Paxton as its new practice leader for cyber, technology media.
Barbican subsidiary launches SME cyber product
Barbican subsidiary Professional Indemnity Protect has launched a new cyber liability product for SMEs and smaller corporates.
Fraud Focus: Sophisticated cyber crime coming
Insurers must take the window of opportunity to develop countermeasures
Interconnected cyber risks could cause global crisis
Organisations must improve their response to cyber risks if they are to avoid a global shock similar to the 2008 financial crisis, insurer Zurich has warned.
Caution urged against using widescale exclusions in cyber policies
Insurers are facing calls to stop embedding sweeping exclusions into cyber policies following the emergence of the internet-based Heartbleed bug and Microsoft discontinuing protection updates for its Windows XP operating system.
Merrill to lead Ace's global cyber risk practice
Ace has named Toby Merrill as the head of its newly launched global cyber risk practice.
In Series: Mid-corporate Risks: Staying afloat
Staying afloat
C-Suite – Insurer: Continually adapting K&R
With criminals devising ever more sophisticated ways to extort money from victims, kidnap and ransom insurance is continually having to adapt.
The Linked In Debate - cyber crime
As the demand for cyber insurance products grows, insurers are being required to service the market as well as protect their own businesses.
Cyber Crime: Hack attack
As the demand for cyber insurance products grows, insurers are being required to service the market as well as protect their own businesses from cyber attacks.
Claims Club News - 27 February 2014
All the news from Post’s Claims Club event on 19 February
Guy Carpenter launches cyber practice
Guy Carpenter has launched a cyber-solution specialty practice to develop cyber reinsurance to address the increasing risks associated with cyber security.
SMEs told to wake up to cyber threat amid concerns over low cover uptake
Government planning to endorse common standard for cyber security by March.
Ace enhances D&O cover as liability and cyber top emerging risks poll
Ace has enhanced its directors' and officers' cover for the UK and Irish markets in response to market developments and feedback from its broker panel.
Companies urged to take strategic approach to cyber risk
Cyber-attacks and government surveillance are eroding trust in the internet as a place for communication and commerce, according to Zurich’s chief risk officer Axel Lehmann.
Sales of cyber-insurance climbed 30% in 2013 at AIG
AIG saw a 30% rise in sales last year compared to 2012 of the specialist insurance that protects companies from data breaches and cyber attacks.
Risk managers complacent on cyber and terrorism risks
Risk managers may be seriously underrating major threats facing their businesses according to an Aon survey of captive directors.