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Cyber Breach Response: First Steps

Learn the first critical steps to take after a suspected cyber breach, including who to contact and how to contain threats, preserve evidence, and coordinate response resources.

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Cyber Hygiene: Mitigate Risk of Ransomware and Other Cybercrime

Before underwriting or renewing cyber coverage, insurers are taking a deep look at each organization’s cyber practices. To qualify for coverage — and particularly, if you want the most favorable rates and terms — you need the following resources and procedures in place.

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Cyber Risk Mitigation: Improve Your Security Posture with Robust Vendor Management

Who reviews your vendor contracts? Is that person looking at the contracts through cybersecurity, insurance, and risk management lenses? You can avoid taking on unnecessary liability by carefully examining the fine print. Are vendors "washing their hands" of responsibility in the contract language? Do you have the protections you need? Here’s a checklist of topics to consider.

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Cyber-Enabled Cargo Theft: Risk Management and Insurance Considerations

Cargo theft is evolving. For years, transportation companies focused on identifying fraudulent carriers before they gained access to freight. They managed this by verifying the carrier's authority, confirming insurance, reviewing operating history, ...

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Ransomware Trends in 2026: What Directors and Officers Need to Know

Why ransomware remains a growing risk for corporate leadership In the latter part of 2025, major cyber insurance carriers released publications emphasizing that cyber events remain the top executive risk for crippling business operations. Many note ...

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Building a Human Firewall Against AI-Driven Cyber Threats in 2026

Two-thirds of CISOs say human error is their top cybersecurity concern. Why? Cyber threat actors go after people — those who make decisions, open emails, approve payments, and share information. That makes your workforce a critical line of defense.

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Strengthening Senior Cyber Safety | Don't Take the Bait

As technology continues to evolve, the threat of cyberattacks is becoming increasingly prevalent. Older adults are particularly susceptible due to limited awareness and education on cybersecurity. These attacks can result in significant emotional ...

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Cloud Outages | Insurance Considerations

Recent outages involving major cloud service providers have drawn significant attention across industries, with preliminary estimates suggesting that tens of thousands of organizations may have been affected. Despite the scale of disruption, there ...

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Cyber at Sea: Securing the Digital Perimeter of Superyachts

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in SuperYacht Times. Reprinted with permission.

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Beyond the Firewall: Cyber Survival for Small and Mid-Sized Practices

It’s Monday morning, and your clinic’s screens are frozen, locked by a hacker’s ransom note. Patient care, billing, and your reputation are suddenly at risk. For small and mid-sized practices, this is a growing reality.

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Protecting Your Smart Home | Balancing Physical and Cyber Security

Homeowners are increasingly investing in home security systems to protect their families and property from potentially harmful situations. While there are many different ways to secure a home, most families invest in security and doorbell cameras. ...

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Restaurant Cybersecurity: How to Protect Your Business From Insider Cyber Risks

When you think of cybercrime, you may picture a shadowy figure hacking into a network from afar. But the biggest cyber threat to your restaurant could be a trusted staff member. Here’s what to look for, along with tips to protect your restaurant ...

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Why Cyber Insurance and CBI Matter Even When You’re Doing Everything Right

You’ve got robust firewalls, diligent vendors, and airtight protocols. Your IT team is battle-ready, and your security training program is second to none. So why worry about your cyber insurance?

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Uninsurable? What the Airline Cyber Fallout Reveals About Systemic Risk

Cyberattacks have taken flight — grounding airlines, exposing millions of passengers, and straining the limits of digital infrastructure across the industry.

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Understanding Cyber Liability Risks for Dental Practices

Your dental practice handles sensitive patient information, making it a target for cyberattacks. From data breaches to ransomware, the risks are growing. But how do cyber exposures differ between single-location practices, multi-location practices, ...

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Cyber and D&O Risk: The Dual Boardroom Threat

Cyber risk has emerged as one of the most critical challenges for corporations, setting it apart from more traditional property and casualty risks. Unlike physical losses from fires or natural disasters, a cyber event can represent more than just a ...

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How Cybercrime is Hijacking the Supply Chain: Cargo Theft, Fraud, and Insurance Gaps

Cyber risk is no longer just the IT department's problem in today's fast-moving transportation industry. What once felt like a concern for data security teams or finance offices has evolved into a systemic threat that touches nearly every part of ...

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Cyber Insurance 101 | Help Safeguard Your Digital Life

As the world continues to be more interconnected, the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks are on the rise. As artificial intelligence evolves and our lives become increasingly online, many people are vulnerable to cyberattacks, from ...

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The Future of Risk: Cyber Threats Affecting Businesses in 2025

Editor’s note: The way businesses approach risk is undergoing a fundamental shift. This article is the second in a series entitled Future of Risk. The series opener explored the growing prevalence of systemic risks — challenges that are ...

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Cyber - The Risks Facing SME Businesses

We want to make sure you are aware that cyberattacks are not slowing down, and every organization is a target regardless of size. Cyberattacks have become a profitable and low-risk pursuit for criminals.

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Understanding the 23andMe Data Breach and Ensuring Cybersecurity

- UPDATE - From breach to bankruptcy: 23andMe’s data fallout continues Little more than 18 months after disclosing a major cyber breach, the subject of the original post below, 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. The 2023 breach triggered an avalanche ...

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The Future of Risk: Systemic Risks to Watch in 2025

The days of treating risks as isolated incidents are over. As we move deeper into 2025, business owners need to rethink how they view risk. Today’s most damaging challenges are deeply connected, compounding, and often lurk beneath the surface until ...

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Q1 2025 Cyber Market Update

The Cyber market is stable but continues to produce decreases in 2025. Cyber insurers are attempting to push back on continued reduced pricing in Q1, but to date, these attempts have not been successful. New entrants to the market have contributed ...

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Emerging Cyber Risks in 2025

The cybersecurity landscape continuously and rapidly evolves, presenting organizations with new and sophisticated challenges. Here are the top four emerging cyber risks as of January 2025.

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Family Office Cybersecurity: How to Defend Against Cyberattacks

Key takeaways: Training and awareness: Implement ongoing training programs that cover phishing scams, the latest cyber threats, and security best practices Regular security audits: Conduct periodic vulnerability assessments to identify and address ...

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Cybersecurity Essentials for Remote Work Success

Anyone with access to sensitive financial and personal information is a potential target for cybercrime. This reality requires employers to emphasize the importance of cyber safety in remote work. Is your organization using strong practices to ...

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Cybersecurity Risks in Hospitality

For many hospitality businesses, tech isn’t a strength and cybercriminals know it. While you’re busy creating great customer experiences, bad actors are looking for entry points to nab credit card data and gain access to your financial accounts. ...

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Combating Surging Ransomware Attacks: Strategies for Universities and Colleges

Universities and colleges are increasingly under siege by ransomware. In 2023 alone, ransomware attacks on higher education institutions surged by 70%, with 66% of universities falling victim to these cyber assaults.

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Cyber Resilience Lessons from the CrowdStrike Outage

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in Carrier Management. Reprinted with permission, this piece contains helpful tips for all organizations that rely on third-party software and firmware updates in their day-to-day operations.

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Strengthening Cybersecurity in Car Dealerships: Lessons from the CDK Global Hack

The recent cyberattack on CDK Global, which affected thousands of car dealerships nationwide, underscored significant vulnerabilities within industries in which a single vendor hack can disrupt entire swaths of the market, such as healthcare and ...

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Building a Human Firewall: Strengthening Your Cybersecurity Defenses

Cyber threats are escalating. Reports from IBM show that cyberattacks using stolen or compromised credentials surged by 71%, year-over-year in 2023, and 32% of cyber incidents involve data theft and leaks. This indicates a shift towards stealing and ...

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The Christie’s Auction House Hack and You

The ongoing hack of Christie’s auction house immediately ahead of a planned $840M art sale is an object lesson in the realities of cyber risk for today’s internet- and technology-dependent business world.

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Protecting Your Business from Deepfake Threats

Deepfake technology blurs the line between reality and fabrication. While sometimes used for entertainment purposes or as a novelty, deepfakes can be a dangerous tool for cybercriminals, enabling scams, blackmail, and misinformation. Learn more ...

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Change Healthcare Cyber Attack: Cybersecurity Lessons Learned

Change Healthcare's recent cyberattack sparked a crucial discussion on cybersecurity, business continuity, and contingent liability insurance within the healthcare sector. Cyber attacks in healthcare have been increasing in severity, with ...

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Cyber Coverage Handbook for Medical Devices Risks | Gaps in Coverage and Market Availability

Over the last 20 years, cyber insurance policies has evolved to provide a wide market for healthcare providers and technology companies supporting healthcare services, including medical device manufacturers and distributors. Today’s cyber market ...

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Understanding the MGM and Caesars Cyberattacks: Lessons Learned

Many of today’s increasingly devastating high-profile “cyberattacks” can actually be attributed to human error. The recent attacks on Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts stand as stark examples of this. Caesars reportedly paid a $15 million ransom ...

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Q3 Cyber Market Update | 2023

Market Conditions Due to refreshed capacity and carrier growth strategies, competition has increased throughout 2023, especially for risks exhibiting best-in-class controls. For those insureds who have recently implanted strong controls and ...

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Pixel Tracking: Avoiding HIPAA Violations

Capturing customer data is a popular practice, with websites using the information to generate revenue or conduct market research. One method of data capture known as “pixel tracking” involves collecting and tracking user information from web pages ...

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How Social Engineering Attacks Present Unique Risks for Health Care

Social engineering scams have become more common and more costly—especially for health care organizations. These scams can result in significant financial and reputational loss, especially when an attack leads to a data breach. Digital ...