Articles by Elizabeth Blosfield

Elizabeth Blosfield is Deputy Editor for Carrier Management. She can be reached at eblosfield@wellsmedia.com.

In Cyber Insurance, Experts Say Employee Curiosity Can Kill the Catastrophe

One of the most important things insurance companies and employees alike can do to achieve success is stay curious, experts said on this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast. “Make curiosity a sought after quality when interviewing for any position,” …

Shopping Safely: Managing Cybersecurity, Insurance in E-Commerce

Online retailers will need to remain as resilient as possible to combat increasing cyber crime in the wake of a pandemic surge in online shopping, according to David Emm, senior security researcher at cybersecurity provider Kaspersky, on this episode of …

Conning: Embedded Insurance Market Could Exceed $70B in Premium by 2030

Embedded insurance – a concept in which insurance is wrapped into the purchase of a product at the point of sale – could exceed $70 billion in premium by 2030, according a new report by Conning. This is on par …

The Insuring Cyber Podcast’s Most Listened Episodes of 2022

From the next wave of InsurTech to diversity and inclusion within the cybersecurity and insurance industries to bias within artificial intelligence technology, The Insuring Cyber Podcast listeners were paying attention to a range of issues last year. Take a trip …

Root Investigating at Least $9.5M Unauthorized Payments by Former Employee

Technology company Root Inc., the Columbus, Ohio-based parent company of Root Insurance, is conducting an internal investigation into a series of payments made without prior disclosure to the company’s management by a former senior marketing employee last year. The transactions …

Bridging the Insurtech Divide with Data in 2023

The magic word to bridge a widening gap between successful and underperforming insurtechs in 2023 is “data,” according to a group of insurtech experts who spoke with Carrier Management about their predictions for the new year. Although it has less …

What to Know About an Unlikely Vector for Cyber Threats: Household Pets

Pets can make a great addition to the family, bringing positivity and warmth to a household, but the digital devices associated with them could be a different story. While every fifth pet owner uses some type of digital device to …

Could Recent NotPetya Case Outcomes Pressure Insurers to Reword War Exclusions?

With recent news of multinational food and beverage company Mondelez International settling its lawsuit against its insurer Zurich American Insurance Company over the company’s NotPetya claims, conversation has continued around what this could mean for war exclusion language and definitions …

Training the Next Generation of Cyber Ninjas with Continuing Education

As cyber attack methods are constantly evolving, guests on this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast offered their best advice for how to evolve with them. “This idea of being cyber resilient really involves planning for that worst day, ensuring …

What Cyber Underwriters Miss: Small Businesses Aren’t Using MFA Correctly, Advisen Panel Says

As cyber threat actors continue to innovate and find new ways to increase their odds of success, panelists at the 2022 Advisen Cyber Risk Insights Conference urged underwriters to raise the stakes when assessing insureds’ cyber exposure. One specific area …