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The Changing Face of Cyber Claims

A Cyber insurance loss study in Continental Europe

14 July 2020

At the invitation of global experts in insurance broking and risk management, Marsh, and IT consultants, Wavestone, CMS has contributed to The Changing Face of Cyber Claims study which looks at practical ways to manage and mitigate cyber risk and claims. 

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Organisations increasingly see cyber insurance as a reliable and cost-effective way to transfer the financial risks they face from the expanded use of data and technology in business operations. These include losses and expenses associated with a growing range of cyber perils, such as malicious attacks, privacy breaches, and accidental events.

Cyber policies and cybersecurity should be seen as complementary: While the insurance indemnifies the financial impact, cybersecurity manages the frequency of attack by, for example, keeping malware out of an organisation’s IT system. Over the years, there have also been developments in assistance and prevention services relating to cyber incident management, including IT forensic support, cyberextortion negotiation experts, and data monitoring support.

In Continental Europe, the cyber insurance market is maturing and the rate of cyber insurance purchasing is increasing rapidly. As we see more claims triggered under these policies, the opportunity to learn about the landscape increases — not only in claims management, but also in incident management — and prevention.

Download the report to read about:

  • Cyber claim trends
  • Cyber incident phases
  • Cyber incident response
  • Incident management
  • Data privacy breaches
  • Claims management

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Authors

Portrait ofErik Jonkman
Erik Jonkman
Advocaat
Amsterdam