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Cyber attack is now the insurance sector’s main battle ground

Lloyds of London Chief Executive Inga Beale said "a malicious hacker who takes down a single cloud service provider, for instance, could easily end in losses of well upwards of US$50 billion."

"While attacks on computer operating systems run by a large number of businesses around the world, could end up causing companies losses of US$30 billion, leaving big business or even governments highly exposed."

Enoch YiuSouth China Post 16th Jan 2018

Lloyds, a collection of syndicates first formed in 1686, is still the most respected name and expert in the industry, and has published a hard-hitting 56-page report, “Counting the cost: Cyber exposure decoded”, underlining just how expensive cyberattacks have spiralled in frequency, and how they are expected to keep growing in number, and severity, over the next decade.

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cybersecurity, insurtech