The data that drives cyber insurance: a study into the underwriting and claims processes

Cyber insurance is a key component in risk management, intended to transfer risks and support business recovery in the event of a cyber incident. As cyber insurance is still a new concept in practice and research, there are many unanswered questions regarding the data and economic models that drive...

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Principais autores: Nurse, JRC, Axon, L, Erola, A, Agrafiotis, I, Goldsmith, M, Creese, S
Formato: Conference item
Idioma:English
Publicado em: IEEE 2020
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Axon, L
Erola, A
Agrafiotis, I
Goldsmith, M
Creese, S
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description Cyber insurance is a key component in risk management, intended to transfer risks and support business recovery in the event of a cyber incident. As cyber insurance is still a new concept in practice and research, there are many unanswered questions regarding the data and economic models that drive it, the coverage options and pricing of premiums, and its more procedural policy-related aspects. This paper aims to address some of these questions by focusing on the key types of data which are used by cyber-insurance practitioners, particularly for decision-making in the insurance underwriting and claim processes. We further explore practitioners' perceptions of the challenges they face in gathering and using data, and identify gaps where further data is required. We draw our conclusions from a qualitative study by conducting a focus group with a range of cyber-insurance professionals (including underwriters, actuaries, claims specialists, breach responders, and cyber operations specialists) and provide valuable contributions to existing knowledge. These insights include examples of key data types which contribute to the calculation of premiums and decisions on claims, the identification of challenges and gaps at various stages of data gathering, and initial perspectives on the development of a pre-competitive dataset for the cyber insurance industry. We believe an improved understanding of data gathering and usage in cyber insurance, and of the current challenges faced, can be invaluable for informing future research and practice.
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