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Bupa Global MD on how issues plaguing public health systems hit insurers
Anthony Cabrelli, managing director of Bupa Global, explains the nature of claims, technological advances and prevention trends that are reshaping the international private medical insurance landscape.
Resilience’s updated cyber proposition attracts large corporate interest
Cyber insurance provider Resilience has made inroads with 20 to 30 large corporate clients since lifting its appetite cap and launching new tools designed to make the risks facing complex conglomerates more visible.
Close pulls back from PL; Howden’s crypto cover; Axa’s CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How cyber insurers are stepping up after M&S attack
How insurers and corporates are reassessing their exposure models and IT risk appetite because of the growing threat of ransomware plus attacks on the likes of M&S plus Co-op is examined by Edmund Tirbutt.
60 Seconds with... Kynd’s Melanie Hayes
Melanie Hayes, chief operating officer and co-founder of cyber risk management experts Kynd, has an undying love for queso, would love to eat cheese whenever she wants to and feels less is more when it comes to make-up.
Aviva’s GCS proposition; Aon’s co-pilot; Ecclesiastical’s finance director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Why supply chain attacks are set to surge in 2025
Supply chain attacks are increasing sharply so Claud Bilbao, regional vice president of underwriting and distribution at Cowbell UK, is urges brokers to get businesses to strengthen their cyber resilience across the digital ecosystem.
Art of the M&A insurance deal
With mergers and acquisitions hitting delays, or even collapsing, due to cyber security vulnerabilities, Tim Evershed examines how M&A insurance works and digs deep into the risk management advice insurers are giving plus deal makers to prevent data loss.
Cyber-attacks on the high street: where do liabilities lie?
Joel Leigh and Elizabeth Morley, partners at law firm Howard Kennedy LLP, explore the wide-ranging legal, regulatory and insurance implications of recent high-profile cyber-attacks on UK retailers including M&S and Co-op.
M&S and Co-op cyber attacks could cost up to £440m
The Cyber Monitoring Centre has categorised the recent cyber attacks on M&S and Co-op as a category two incident, estimating the combined financial impact of the attacks at £270m to £440m.
McGill’s battery cover; Aviva’s mid-market enhancement; Kennedy’s COO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Changing nature of cyber threat leads to ‘brittle’ risk landscape
Beazley’s group chief underwriting officer, Paul Bantick, has said the cyber pricing environment is at a “pivotal stage”, describing it as “brittle” due to the changing threat landscape.
LMA chief calls for international collaboration to cover large losses
Sheila Cameron, CEO of the Lloyd’s Market Association, has called for the industry and global government bodies to collaborate more in order to fill the protection gap currently present for large, catastrophic risks.
A giant leap forward for bancassurance
What steps banks and insurance companies are taking today to offer cover in fresh ways, plus the giant leaps being taken to reshape bancassurance sooner rather than later, is investigated by Emma Ann Hughes.
Google warns cyber attackers are targeting insurers
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has warned “the insurance industry should be on high alert” after analysts spotted several US insurers are being targeted using Scattered Spider tactics.
Marsh launches €1bn data centre construction facility
Marsh has launched Nimbus, an insurance facility which covers the construction of large-scale data centres across the UK and Europe.
Retail attacks lay bare everyday cyber security challenges
While headlines about recent cyber attacks suffered by UK retailers, such as M&S, may renew interest in cyber insurance, the attacks are not a departure from the threat landscape companies already faced, market experts have told Post.
Weightman’s AI tool; Markel’s insurtech product; NFL player promoted
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
M&S attack proves public-private cyber risk pool is required
Editor’s View: The cyber attack against M&S shows insurance alone can’t swoop in to save the day when cyber criminals attack major retailers, so the government must partner with providers now to ensure national resilience, argues Emma Ann Hughes.
Aon using AI to identify insurer breaking points
Aon UK CEO Jane Kielty has revealed the broker is using artificial intelligence to identify points in the negotiation process where it may be able to extract more favourable terms from insurers.
Cyber events halt 1 in 7 businesses for at least a day
One in seven businesses have lost a day or more to a cyber event in the last 12 months, according to global research for commercial insurer QBE.
Ransomware ban could lead to higher claim costs
The government’s proposed ban on ransomware payments is “well intentioned” but lacks “nuance”, according to Tom Egglestone, head of international claims at Resilience.
Diary of an Insurer: Markel’s Nick Line
Nick Line, chief underwriting officer of Markel, empowers underwriters, put his coffee order in first thing through the Markel app on his phone, identifies pressing issues as chair of Inclusion at Lloyd’s and reads about developments in cosmology and…
Markel’s Lowther on the risks of AI adoption for SMEs
As artificial intelligence adoption among SMEs accelerates in pursuit of greater efficiency, growth and competitive edge, Mark Lowther, head of technology for Markel in the UK, says businesses must also confront the growing legal, ethical and…