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JPN: More companies seeking cyber insurance following high-profile data breaches

| 2026-11-03 19:58 CRITICAL HIGH DATA BREACH INDUSTRY & POLICY
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Executive Summary
AI-generated
Maddie Baker reports: “Cybersecurity insurance normally covers compensation for costs arising from data breaches such as hacking, internally caused cyber leaks and, in some cases, IT security assessments to prevent similar data compromises from happening in the future. It also covers costs for conducting digital forensic analysis to identify cyberattackers and where vulnerabilities lie in a company’s IT systems, as well as the loss of business opportunities caused by data leaks. But any ransom paid to an attacker is not covered by such insurance.” Ransom payments aren’t covered at all?
Technical Mitigations AI-generated
• Account Use Policies (ATT&CK mitigation for Social Engineering): Adds verification for helpdesk resets, approvals, and app consents commonly targeted by impersonation. • User Training (ATT&CK mitigation for Impersonation): Train users to be aware of impersonation tricks and how to counter them, for example confirming incoming requests through an independent platform like a phone call or in- • Audit (ATT&CK mitigation for Phishing): Perform audits or scans of systems, permissions, insecure software, insecure configurations, etc. • Reset credentials and API keys that may have been exposed, and review access logs for the affected accounts or integrations.
Intelligence Metadata
Actors / Malware / CVEs / Campaigns
Target & Sectors
JP US
financefinance
Incident Timeline
‎2016/10/25
Ransomware techniques have evolved faster than ever since 2016, prompting more companies to seek cyber insurance.
tactic Ransomware
But compared to the business email compromise and conventional ransomware attacks of five or 10 years ago, techniques are now evolving faster than ever, meaning insurance agencies must work harder to keep up.
‎2026/11/03
Threat actors are leveraging large language models to orchestrate complex attacks, exploit vulnerabilities in security products and services, and design phishing lures without typos.
organisation Ransom
Ransom payments aren’t covered at all?
organisation DWP
Additionally, direct written premium (DWP) for the US market reached roughly $9.14 billion in 2024, compared with a market that was only a fraction of that size several years earlier.
financial $9.14 market
Additionally, direct written premium (DWP) for the US market reached roughly $9.14 billion in 2024, compared with a market that was only a fraction of that size several years earlier.
organisation Fraudsters Are Counting
Trust Is Not What It Seems — And Fraudsters Are Counting on It Large language models (LLMs) have enabled threat actors to orchestrate complex attacks, streamline malware and exploit development, design phishing lures without typos, and operate at a scale never before possible.
organisation API
While outside of AI, attackers are also coming up with new social engineering tactics all the time, and cloud resource consolidation means compromised credentials or a single stolen API key can lead to devastating consequences.
organisation Cyber Insurance's
Cyber Insurance's New Reality: Underwriting Isn't Enough.
organisation Chubb
Some of the names you'll see pop up around this space include Coalition, Chubb, AXA XL, Cowbell, and Resilience.
organisation AXA XL
Some of the names you'll see pop up around this space include Coalition, Chubb, AXA XL, Cowbell, and Resilience.
organisation Cowbell
Some of the names you'll see pop up around this space include Coalition, Chubb, AXA XL, Cowbell, and Resilience.
organisation Resilience
Some of the names you'll see pop up around this space include Coalition, Chubb, AXA XL, Cowbell, and Resilience.
organisation NAIC
According to a 2025 report from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), cyber insurance premiums reached nearly $15 billion in 2024, up 7% year over year.
financial $15 premiums
According to a 2025 report from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), cyber insurance premiums reached nearly $15 billion in 2024, up 7% year over year.
organisation IANS
George Gerchow, IANS faculty and chief security officer at Bedrock Data, tells Dark Reading that a few years ago, these requirements were contained on a short form that "no one checked," but insurers now expect multifactor authentication (MFA), endpoint detection and response (EDR), immutable backups, and privileged access controls, while "some are moving to continuous telemetry instead of a onc…
organisation Bedrock Data
George Gerchow, IANS faculty and chief security officer at Bedrock Data, tells Dark Reading that a few years ago, these requirements were contained on a short form that "no one checked," but insurers now expect multifactor authentication (MFA), endpoint detection and response (EDR), immutable backups, and privileged access controls, while "some are moving to continuous telemetry instead of a onc…
organisation MFA
George Gerchow, IANS faculty and chief security officer at Bedrock Data, tells Dark Reading that a few years ago, these requirements were contained on a short form that "no one checked," but insurers now expect multifactor authentication (MFA), endpoint detection and response (EDR), immutable backups, and privileged access controls, while "some are moving to continuous telemetry instead of a onc…
organisation EDR
George Gerchow, IANS faculty and chief security officer at Bedrock Data, tells Dark Reading that a few years ago, these requirements were contained on a short form that "no one checked," but insurers now expect multifactor authentication (MFA), endpoint detection and response (EDR), immutable backups, and privileged access controls, while "some are moving to continuous telemetry instead of a onc…
organisation Cyber Insurers Become Active Players
However, he says, "The issue is that organizations tend to not have the data to properly measure and model their risk, and their carriers are often in a better position to do so." Cyber Insurers Become Active Players
organisation MDR
While insurers these days broadly require MFA, security products like EDR, managed detection and response (MDR), and validated backups, insurance firms will also offer security products and services directly to their customers.
organisation CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike in 2024 was a bad update with no attacker anywhere in it, and it still grounded flights and stalled hospitals in a single morning," he says.
Tactical Metrics
Metrics
financial
9,140,000,000
Financial Impact / Stolen Funds
Additionally, direct written premium (DWP) for the US market reached roughly $9.14 billion in 2024, compared with a market that was only a fraction of that size several years earlier.
Metrics
financial
15,000,000,000
Financial Impact / Stolen Funds
According to a 2025 report from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), cyber insurance premiums reached nearly $15 billion in 2024, up 7% year over year.
Intelligence Sources
Dark Reading 2026-10-23
Data Breaches 2026-11-03