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CyberSaint Raises $21M for Automating, Quantifying Cyber Risk Management

Boston-based cyber risk management firm CyberSaint reports it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Riverside Acceleration Capital. Additional participating investors include Sage Hill Investors, Audeo Capital, and BlueIO. CyberSaint’s CyberStrong platform deploys artificial intelligence to allow …

Beazley Creates Cyber Risk Management Company

Beazley, the London-based specialty insurer, announced the creation of an integrated cyber risk management company, Beazley Security, formed from the merger of its in-house Cyber Services team and its wholly owned cyber security company, Lodestone. Beazley Security will be led …

Cyber Risk Management Specialist KYND Secures New Funding for Global Growth Plans

KYND, the London-based provider of cyber risk management solutions, has disclosed “a substantial investment” to propel expansion and further growth. The investment comes from Verisk, a leading global data analytics and technology provider, and existing backer BGF, one of the …

Australia Imposes Sanctions on Russian Citizen Over Hack of Insurer Medibank

Australia imposed cybersecurity sanctions for the first time on a Russian hacker over his role in the breach of healthcare insurer Medibank Private Ltd. that exposed the sensitive private data of millions of Australians. Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced Tuesday …

Markets/Coverages: Aspen Partners With Surefire Cyber to Offer Cyber Risk Services

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. has partnered with Surefire Cyber to launch Aspen Cyber Risk Services (ACRS), a complimentary suite of services that will enable its primary cyber insureds to proactively tackle cybersecurity threats, from pre-incident to response and resilience. This …

Iranian-Linked Hacks Expose Vulnerabilities of US Water System

In late November, an Iranian-backed hacking group attacked Israeli-made digital controls commonly used in the water and wastewater industries in the US, affecting multiple organizations across several states. That same month, the North Texas Municipal Water District, which supplies water …

Markets/Coverages: Coalition, MS&AD Insurance Offer Cybersecurity Solutions in Japan

Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced a strategic partnership with Japan’s MS&AD Insurance Group to provide cybersecurity monitoring solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). MS&AD Insurance Group, the largest non-life insurer in Japan …

Diverging Cyber Cat Model Results Challenge Underwriters’ Risk Analysis: Guy Carpenter

Significant progress has been made in advancing vendor’s cyber catastrophe models, but a notable degree of variability exists across model outputs, which can pose a challenge to insurance and reinsurance companies as they formulate their views of risk, according to …

Markets/Coverages: Coalition Launches Active Cyber Insurance in Quebec

Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced its cyber insurance and technology errors and omissions (E&O) insurance offerings are now available in Quebec. Brokers can receive highly streamlined quotes for small businesses to large enterprises, …

EU Insurers, Banks Face Tougher Rules on Use of Cloud Computing Giants

Financial firms in the European Union will have to show how quickly they could recover from a cyber attack as they rely more for key services on “cloud computing” giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google and IBM, the EU said …