CrowdStrike Failure Highlights Potential Aggregation Risks for Reinsurers
The unique, evolving and often volatile nature of cyber risks has always lurked beneath the surface as the cyber insurance premium climbed in recent years.
Cyber Resilience Lessons from the CrowdStrike Outage
Imagine arriving at London's Heathrow Airport only to find your flight merged with two others and chaos reigning supreme with baggage scattered everywhere. This was the real-life impact of the recent ...
Microsoft and Delta Trade Blame Over CrowdStrike Outage
Microsoft Corp. said Delta Air Lines Inc. turned down repeated offers for assistance following last month's catastrophic system outage, echoing claims by CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. in an increasingly ...
Guy Carpenter: ‘Kitty Cat’ CrowdStrike Outage to Cause $300M-$1B in Insured Losses
Due to the limited amount of impacted companies with insurance and the deployment of a quick fix to mitigate losses, Guy Carpenter said the insured losses from the CrowdStrike outage is likely ...
Trigger Warning: Cyber Policy Wordings to Impact Coverage for Tech Outage
Industry stakeholders continue to try to get a grasp of the implications from last week's massive technology outage affecting motley industries around the world, but the theme of policy language is ...
CrowdStrike Update Snafu Illustrates How SPoF Can Cause Widespread Disruption
Last week's global IT system outage, triggered by a faulty software update from CrowdStrike, caused widespread disruptions across various Windows operating system (OS) types. The faulty CrowdStrike ...
Insurers Face Business Interruption Claims After Global Tech Outage
Insurers could face a raft of business interruption claims after a worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday, insurance industry experts ...
Disruptions Reported After Global Tech Outage Caused by Security Update
A global tech outage that appeared to be related to issues at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft on Friday affected operations in sectors including airports, airlines, media and banks. ...
AIG Ramps Up Analysis Efforts for Insuring Against Cyber Risks
American International Group Inc has ramped up its analysis for insuring against cyber attacks, using a system that scores a company's risk of having a breach along with safeguards it has in place, ...