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Chubb Enhances Global Cyber Incident Response Management Capabilities

Chubb announced that it has enhanced its cyber incident response management capabilities and launched two new ways of accessing the service: a mobile application and a dedicated website. As the threat of cyber risks facing commercial enterprises increases, Chubb has …

Cyber Insurance Startup At-Bay Secures $13 Million in Funding

California-based At-Bay, a digital cyber risk monitoring and insurance firm, reports it raised $13 million in Series A funding, bringing the start-up’s total funding to $19 million. At-Bay is developing what it calls a “proactive cyber security monitoring service” and …

AXIS Launches Cyber Center of Excellence to Help Mitigate Cyber Risks

AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has launched the AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence, which aims to provide commercial insurance products and solutions for mitigating cyber risks. The AXIS Cyber Center of Excellence is intended to address the more than $445 billion …

Barbican Launches Cyber Resilience Product Called ‘One-Step-Ahead’

Barbican Insurance Group announced the launch of a product partnership with two cyber risk management specialists to help insureds assess and improve their cyber resilience. Called Barbican Cyber “One-Step-Ahead” (OSA), the product encompasses three critical areas of cyber resilience: cyber …

What Cyber Exposures and Coverage Gaps Keep Risk Managers Up at Night

Risk managers are very concerned about the cyber risks facing their companies and are heavily investing in protection against cyber attacks with the blessings of their boards and CEOs, a major shift from even just 10 years ago when convincing …

Biggest Scandinavian Bank Lowers Debt Costs for Firms with Strong Cyber Defenses

Nordea Bank AB will start pricing debt products to reflect threats to data as the scandal engulfing Facebook Inc. redefines corporate risk. Mathias Leijon, co-head of corporate and investment banking at Nordea in Stockholm, says his team has been thinking …

TMK Launches Cyber & Services Cover to Help Combat Evolving Cyber Threat

Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the London-based specialist and corporate insurance business, launched Cyber Ctrl, a new insurance and services policy to protect clients against the impact of cyber attacks. Addressing an overwhelming demand for more comprehensive coverage and prevention services, …

Barbican Strengthens Cyber Cover with Incident Response, Phishing Exercises

Barbican Insurance Group announced it has further strengthened its cyber insurance cover by providing incident response exercises and phishing simulation as part of the overall package. The guidance will be delivered by enterprise risk and cyber security consulting firm TSC …

WEF Helps Create Fintech Cyber Security Consortium; Members Include Zurich, Citigroup

The World Economic Forum has led the creation of an industry consortium focused on improving the cyber security of financial technology companies, as collaboration between fintechs and financial institutions grows. The consortium’s founding members include Citigroup Inc, online lender Kabbage, …

SMEs Need to Ready for Cyber Battle: Endeavour’s Loizides

A classic mistake made by many small and medium sized enterprises is to assume that they are immune from cyber attacks because hackers and fraudsters have bigger fish to fry. As a result, SMEs can be under-prepared in the face …