silent cyber

When it comes to underwriting cyber risks, capital, whether traditional insurance and reinsurance, or alternative from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, “has to be rewarded”, Matt Harrison from risk modelling and analytics specialist Moody’s RMS, told us in our latest Artemis Live interview.

DeNexus, a specialist provider of cyber risk quantification tools and software, has updated its main cyber risk modelling platform, saying that it aims to give greater confidence to both reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets when it comes to understanding cyber risks.

In an interview with Artemis, specialist provider of software for cyber risk quantification for large industrial and critical infrastructure corporates, DeNexus, argues that a more granular approach to assessing cyber risk is needed to remove some of the guess work, which in turn will make investors more comfortable allocating capital.

So long as deal economics are favourable and supported by a material sample of risk data, there’s an opportunity to pilot cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) solutions, according to specialist provider of software for cyber risk quantification for large industrial and critical infrastructure corporates, DeNexus.

The increased digitalisation and interconnectedness of the world has altered the risk profile of portfolios, meaning that insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds are already holding cyber risk, they’re just not getting paid for the exposure, according to DeNexus, a specialist provider of software for cyber risk quantification for large industrial and critical infrastructure corporates.

The majority of insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers responded to a survey on non-affirmative cyber risk to say that they believe they have exposure in their ILS portfolios, according to PCS.

Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the hire of a dedicated cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) resource, adding Theo Norris from Aon Securities as a resource to help bring new capacity to the cyber market.

Given the enormous economic loss potential associated with cyber risks, rating agency Standard & Poor’s feels it inevitable that insurance and reinsurance firms will look to both the government and capital markets to help in boosting available cyber risk capacity.

The Finance Minister of Singapore has announced the launch of the world’s first commercial cyber risk pool, a facility for providing cyber insurance to corporate buyers in the Asia region that is expected to be backed by both insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance.

A cyber attack scenario where hackers targeted a U.S. hydroelectric dam causing significant property damage through flooding, could clearly result in losses flowing through to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market thanks to so-called silent cyber exposure.