Major insurance firm Lloyd’s of London is forecasting further growth in cyber insurance uptake in the coming year after the market saw a 50% surge in policies in 2016.
“At Lloyd’s we are seeing huge cyber insurance uptake, and last year we introduced 15 different types of cover, just for cyber, in anticipation of this demand in 2017,” the firm’s chief executive Inga Beale said in a Financial Times report.
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The report said that cyber insurance is on a global growth path as written premium around the world is estimated at $2.5 billion. Citing
Allianz estimates, the
Financial Times said the figure could grow to $20 billion by 2025.
The US continues to be the biggest market for this type of coverage, with a majority of US cyber insurance written in London.
In December,
CFC Underwriting revealed that it handled more than 400 cyber-related claims in 2016 – up 78% from 2015, it said.
Over in Europe, new European Union data regulations, which are expected to take effect in 2018, are also expected to further drive market appetite for cyber coverage.
“The new directive will take us much more down the US road, and the fines are potentially very substantial. It will be a massive boost to the UK cyber market,” Nigel Brook, a partner with the law firm Clyde & Co, told the
Financial Times.
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