Brit Group launches on Acturis to widen SME cyber reach

Specialist is plugging into a 30,000-broker network

Brit Group launches on Acturis to widen SME cyber reach

Cyber

By Kenneth Araullo

Brit Group has gone live on Acturis, the SaaS platform used across the general insurance market, in a move designed to widen broker access to its cyber product suite at a time when UK SMEs are emerging as the fastest-growing buyers of cover.

Acturis serves more than 30,000 brokers, and Brit's onboarding will give existing broker partners direct access to solutions developed by the insurer's cyber team.

The launch is intended to support Brit's distribution to UK SMEs, which the insurer has identified as a central pillar of its cyber growth strategy.

Brokers on the platform will be able to access bespoke products including C360, designed to provide SMEs with broad cyber protection in a simplified format under a single policy, with the cover offered on an any one claim, or AOC, basis and no cap on the number of claims that can be made during the policy period.

Launched in March, C360 reflects the rising exposure faced by SMEs as they take on more critical roles in supply chains and lean more heavily on third-party technology providers, responding to events including data theft, business interruption and outages at critical service providers, and bundling in 24/7 incident response, forensic and data restoration services.

Sizing the market opportunity

GlobalData estimates that UK commercial lines GWP rose 4.6% to GBP40.91 billion in 2025, with cyber the standout class at 13.5% growth, while its 2025 UK SME Insurance Survey found that 63% of medium-sized businesses already have cyber cover in place.

Mordor Intelligence projects that small and micro enterprises will expand at a 13.34% CAGR through 2031, the fastest-growing segment of the UK market and the cohort most aligned with Brit's SME push.

That growth is being underpinned by a sharply deteriorating threat environment, with Mordor Intelligence reporting that UK ransomware victimisation doubled to roughly 19,000 affected organisations in 2025 against a backdrop of more than 2,000 daily cyberattacks for much of the year.

The Marks & Spencer outage in April, which reportedly cost the retailer in excess of GBP1 million a day for several weeks, has become a touchstone for boardroom conversations on resilience.

Why "any one claim" matters

Broker guidance from RiskBox explains that an AOC limit, unlike an aggregate limit, resets after each claim and entitles the insured to the full indemnity on every loss notified.

Additionally, PolicyBee notes that there is also no ceiling on the number of claims that can be made, a structural protection that matters for SMEs exposed to cascading cyber events such as a ransomware attack followed by a regulatory probe or a third-party outage.

Domenic Provenzano (pictured above), UK e-trading business development manager at Brit, said the move reflected the insurer's focus on simplifying broker and client access to its products.

“We are pleased to be launching on Acturis. Our move onto the platform reflects Brit's continued commitment to making it as simple as possible for brokers and their clients to access our solutions,” Provenzano said, adding that the Acturis presence would allow Brit to deliver its cyber proposition to a wider customer base.

Adelle Gruber, class underwriter for cyber at Brit, said the launch would let brokers place cover more efficiently against a backdrop of rising demand, pointing to Brit's more than two decades of experience in cyber risk.

“Our presence on Acturis will also allow us to combine our market-leading underwriting expertise with efficient distribution,” she said.

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