General Insurance Article - One third of firms do not have Cybersecurity Insurance

 FICO will host a Tweet Chat on the cybersecurity survey with Ovum tomorrow at 16:00 BST. Individuals are encouraged to participate using #cybertrends.

 Even though the majority of firms surveyed have cybersecurity insurance, most say that the risk assessment process insurers use needs improvement. Just 31 percent of respondents think their premiums reflect an accurate assessment of their risk. Nearly as many, 29 percent, said they don’t believe the assessment accurately reflects their risk, and 11 percent said they don’t know how their insurance is priced.

 “The UK will soon be subject to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which introduces higher fines in cases of data breach,” said Steve Hadaway, FICO general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “Even if attacks don’t increase in volume, firms could end up paying more, which makes having comprehensive insurance more important. At the same time, companies have a right to expect that they will pay less if their protection is better. The onus is on the cybersecurity insurance industry to make sure insurance rates are fairly set for each individual firm, based on a sound analysis of its risk.”

 Ovum conducted the survey for FICO through telephone interviews with 350 CXOs and senior security officers based in the US, Canada, the UK and the Nordics in March and April 2017. Respondents represented firms in financial services, telecommunications, retail, ecommerce and media service providers.
 
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