scholarly journals Cyber insurance: the current situation and prospects of development

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (28) ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Petro Kurmaiev ◽  
Liudmyla Seliverstova ◽  
Olena Bondarenko ◽  
Nataliia Husarevych
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Single Standard ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
High Level ◽  
Risk Insurance ◽  
Cyber Risk

The aim of the article is to analyze current trends in the development of cyber insurance. The following methods of scientific research were used in the preparation of the article: generalization, correlation analysis, comparative analysis. The authors analyze in detail the main trends in the spread of cybercrime. The correlation analysis between the number of registered cybercrimes in a particular country and its GDP, the number of business entities, indicated the lack of correlation between the studied indicators. It states that the most common types of cybercrime are: hacking, unauthorized access, accidental exposure, insider and physical theft. The sectoral analysis of the distribution of cybercrime has revealed a decrease in the share of financial companies while increasing the share of health care companies. It is noted that cyber insurance is one of the effective preventive measures that minimize the negative effects of cybercrime intervention. The article presents segmentation of the cyber insurance market by geography and size of insurance companies. The results of the analysis showed the dominance of US companies in the cyber insurance market. It is stated that the sectoral distribution of cybersecurity policy purchasers in general follows the trends of the sectoral distribution of cybercrime. The volume of cyber insurance, expenses of insured legal entities is analyzed. The main trends in the development of cyber insurance have been identified. The factors that hold back the development of cyber risk insurance have been identified. The main ones include the following: high level of information entropy in the process of cyber risk assessment, lack of a single standard for filling insurance services in the field of cyber insurance. It is noted that in the medium term the cyber insurance market is prospective for insurance companies. This is caused by the increasing scale of cyber threats and the costs associated with cyberattacks.

scholarly journals Legal problems of insurance protection against cyber risks in space activities

2021 ◽  
pp. 268-276
Author(s):  
Nataliia Krasilich
Keyword(s):  
State Regulation ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Insurance Contracts ◽  
Cyber Threats ◽  
Risk Insurance ◽  
Cyber Risk ◽  
Space Activities ◽  
Insured Event

General global trends in space activities are largely related to the need to protect space information technology from possible cyber threats. The issue of cybersecurity in space activities needs to be thoroughly studied and resolved, as the current state of space activities and existing mechanisms of international and state regulation do not provide a sufficient solution. Disruption of the process of receiving and exchanging information through space information systems can lead to significant consequences. The growing number of cyber threats is becoming more common and destructive. Therefore, the assessment of cyber vulnerabilities in space systems is an important task that must be addressed both at the stage of creation and development, and in the operation of such systems. This, in turn, requires the availability of tools to address the above tasks and qualified personnel. One of the legal ways to protect against the negative effects of cyber threats, including in the field of space activities, may be cyber risk insurance, as a financial and legal mechanism for compensation, loss of losses caused by cyber attacks. In Ukraine, cyber insurance is in its infancy and needs to develop innovative approaches to further development, taking into account the accumulated positive experience of foreign countries in this area. At the moment, insurance companies are only developing the practice of cyber risk insurance and such insurance contracts are isolated. In the current environment, as a rule, the issue of cyber risk insurance is included in comprehensive property insurance contracts, liability insurance, financial risks, which significantly limits the compensation of damages. The main difficulty in the process of indemnification under a cyber risk insurance contract is to record the fact of the insured event, the amount of damage and prove the causal link between the insured event and the claimed losses, as the amount of damage must not only be calculated but also documented. Space information technologies, which are increasingly penetrating economic and social processes, necessitate the development of a segment of cyber insurance in the field of space activities, which will provide adequate insurance protection and compensation for damages to the insured due to cyber incidents. Cyber risk insurance issues should be reflected in national legislation.

scholarly journals РОЛЬ КІБЕРСТРАХУВАННЯ В СИСТЕМІ РИЗИК-МЕНЕДЖМЕНТУ БАНКІВСЬКИХ УСТАНОВ

2020 ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Maksym Dubyna ◽  
Iryna Serediuk ◽  
Natalia Bilous
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Risk Insurance ◽  
Cyber Risk

Within the article, the role of cyber insurance in the development of risk management systems of banking institutions is researched, namely, the essence of this system is specified, conditions of cyber risks and their potential for threats to banking institutions are identified. Considerable attention is paid to the analysis of the consequences and actions of cyber attacks in the activities of these institutions, the essence of cyber insurance as a method of minimizing losses from such influences is studied, peculiarities of providing cyber risk insurance services by insurance companies to commercial banks are specified. In addition, current trends as for the costs of organizations to take measures to ensure their own cybersecurity and purchase of appropriate insurance products are revealed, measures to improve security of banking institutions based on improving their internal control systems and financial security are specified.

The cyber-insurance market in Norway

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayretdin Bahşi ◽  
Ulrik Franke ◽  
Even Langfeldt Friberg
Keyword(s):  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Marine Insurance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
General Data

Purpose This paper aims to describe the cyber-insurance market in Norway but offers conclusions that are interesting to a wider audience. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on semi-structured interviews with supply-side actors: six general insurance companies, one marine insurance company and two insurance intermediaries. Findings The Norwegian cyber-insurance market supply-side has grown significantly in the past two years. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is found to have had a modest effect on the market so far but has been used by the supply-side as an icebreaker to discuss cyber-insurance with customers. The NIS Directive has had little or no impact on the Norwegian cyber-insurance market until now. Informants also indicate that Norway is still the least mature of the four Nordic markets. Practical implications Some policy lessons for different stakeholders are identified. Originality/value Empirical investigation of cyber-insurance is still rare, and the paper offers original insights on market composition and actor motivations, ambiguity of coverage, the NIS Directive and GDPR.

Cyber Insurance as a Way of Cyber Risks Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Александр Суворов ◽  
Aleksandr Suvorov ◽  
Мария Матанцева ◽  
Mariya Matanceva ◽  
Евгения Плотникова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
It Infrastructure ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Risk Insurance ◽  
Commercial Organization ◽  
Cyber Risk

A review of the cyber insurance domain has been carried out with a description of classical terms from the insurance industry. Have been considered two the most comprehensive today definitions of cyber risk in authors’ opinion. A diagram of processes for cyber risk management using insurance has been presented, and the place of cyber-risk among other company’s risks has been demonstrated, i. e. the context of cyber risk among the risks of any commercial organization has been shown. A typical cyber insurance process has been described, and a scheme of cyber insurance processes has been developed. A brief description of problem areas and controversial issues in cyber insurance, with which cyber-risk insurance practices may face, has been presented, as well as a table showing at which stage of cyber-insurance the specific problems may arise. Has been provided the basic economic utility function, which formalizes decision making for agents with a different attitude to risk. Standards in cyber security, and various software products that can be used as a tool for assessing the security level of an enterprise’s IT infrastructure have been presented, and it has been demonstrated how these products can help in cyber risk assessment. Different methods used at each stage of cyber insurance have been shown.

scholarly journals Insurance Market of Ukraine: Current State and Development Problems

2020 ◽  
pp. 284-291
Author(s):  
Olha Kotsiurba ◽  
◽  
Daria Nasypaiko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Sharp Decrease ◽  
State Level ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Current State ◽  
National Insurance ◽  
Stable Development

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the Ukraine’ insurance market functioning in the modern conditions of emergence of new unforeseen threats and challenges. The current state of the national insurance market is analyzed and the main trends of its development in 2017-2020 are identified. It was found that the change in the main indicators of the insurance market of Ukraine occurred under the influence of economic downturn due to the spread of coronary heart disease. Thus, if until 2020 the national insurance market was marked by insignificant but stable development, then from 2020 it was significantly affected by restrictive quarantine measures at the state level, which led to a sharp decrease of 19% in gross insurance premiums compared to 2019. There was a decrease in the number of insurers during the study period from 296 to 215, with the largest decrease in the number of companies providing insurance other than life insurance. It is noted that the impetus for the national insurance market development will provide the sale of new insurance products, such as cyber-insurance, P2P insurance and microinsurance, blockchain and smart contracts in insurance, insuretech. The main problems that hinder the development of the national insurance market are identified. These include: the lack of a unified state strategy for the development of the national insurance market, the change of the regulator and, accordingly, the general vision of the development of the national insurance market by its representatives; imperfection and fragmentation of the regulatory framework in the field of insurance; underdeveloped financial market and lack of liquid and reliable financial instruments for investing resources of insurance companies; fears of fraud; low level of innovation by insurers; improper level of information openness of the insurance market, etc. The solution of these problems will ensure its formation as a driver of economic development of the country.

scholarly journals Cyber Insurance Ratemaking: A Graph Mining Approach

Risks ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Yeftanus Antonio ◽  
Sapto Wahyu Indratno ◽  
Rinovia Simanjuntak
Keyword(s):  
Graph Mining ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Network Characteristics ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Competitive Prices ◽  
Unweighted Network ◽  
Cyber Risk

Cyber insurance ratemaking (CIRM) is a procedure used to set rates (or prices) for cyber insurance products provided by insurance companies. Rate estimation is a critical issue for cyber insurance products. This problem arises because of the unavailability of actuarial data and the uncertainty of normative standards of cyber risk. Most cyber risk analyses do not consider the connection between Information Communication and Technology (ICT) sources. Recently, a cyber risk model was developed that considered the network structure. However, the analysis of this model remains limited to an unweighted network. To address this issue, we propose using a graph mining approach (GMA) to CIRM, which can be applied to obtain fair and competitive prices based on weighted network characteristics. This study differs from previous studies in that it adds the GMA to CIRM and uses communication models to explain the frequency of communications as weights in the network. We used the heterogeneous generalized susceptible-infectious-susceptible model to accommodate different infection rates. Our approach adds up to the existing method because it considers the communication frequency and GMA in CIRM. This approach results in heterogeneous premiums. Additionally, GMA can choose more active communications to reflect high communications contribution in the premiums or rates. This contribution is not found when the infection rates are the same. Based on our experimental results, it is apparent that this method can produce more reasonable and competitive prices than other methods. The prices obtained with GMA and communication factors are lower than those obtained without GMA and communication factors.

STATE OF CONCENTRATION AND MONOPOLIZATION OF THE INSURANCE MARKET OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (21(49)) ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Anna Novoseletska
Keyword(s):  
Life Insurance ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Property Insurance ◽  
Insurance Group ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Risk Insurance ◽  
Financial Groups

The intensity and quality of insurance market development are directly related to the level of competition, concentration and monopolization between insurance companies. Although the insurance market of Ukraine is insignificant in terms of key indicators in comparison with foreign ones, the competitiveness of its insurers is very important to ensure proper insurance protection of policyholders. The article is devoted to the assessment of the processes of concentration and monopolization of the insurance market of Ukraine. The study analyzed the structure of the insurance market by segments, concentration indicators and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index for the market as a whole and for individual types of insurance, gradation of insurance companies by the amount of collected insurance premiums. Based on the assessment, it was determined that the insurance market of Ukraine is generally low concentrated, as well as the sector of risky types of insurance. Among the selected segments of the insurance market, the most concentrated is the CASCO insurance. In the field of health insurance there is a slightly lower level of concentration and monopolization as in the OTSPVVNTZ segment. The market of classical property insurance is the least concentrated. The life insurance segment is characterized by moderate concentration and monopolization. The most powerful insurance companies in the relevant sectors of the insurance market of Ukraine are outlined. Since 2015, the top three leaders of the life insurance market are PJSC “MetLife”, PJSC “Insurance Group TAS” and PJSC “IC UNIСA LIFE”. Virtually unchanged leaders in the field of risk insurance during 2018-2020 were PJSC “IC ARX”, PJSC “IC UNICA” and PJSC “Insurance Group TAS”, which are members of financial groups that include leaders of the life insurance market. In general, the national insurance market is becoming more concentrated, which will be appropriate and accepted benefits while strong market players will not involve their residents, and the state controls these processes.

scholarly journals Insurancе of business’ risks

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-26
Keyword(s):  
Specific Weight ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Demand For Insurance ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Risk Insurance

The paper emphasizes the role of entrepreneurial risk insurance in economic protection and the stable development of the activities of Ukrainian entrepreneurs. The features of the interaction of insurance and entrepreneurship in Ukraine are considered. The list of business risk insurance objects is given. The paper highlights the types of entrepreneurial risks that may be insured. The main features of insurance of entrepreneurial risks in modern business conditions are investigated. It has been determined that insurance of entrepreneurial risks is one of the most effective ways of influencing financial relations on the business process during the development and implementation of management decisions. The system of insurance services offered today in the domestic insurance market helps to reduce the negative consequences of insured events, and provides protection against losses in the process of doing business. Attention is drawn to foreign experience in providing insurance services depending on the specifics of entrepreneurial activity. Limitations for active demand for insurance services for insurance of entrepreneurial risks are considered, the main of which are the high cost and imperfection of the terms of the contract. The structure of gross and net premiums by type of insurance in the insurance market of Ukraine for the period 2017-2018 is analyzed. Conclusions are made about the low specific weight of the studied insurance services in the total amount of insurance premiums and unsatisfactory dynamics. The main problem points are highlighted, which are an obstacle to the successful development of the studied segment of the Ukrainian insurance market. It was recommended to insurance companies to expand offers for entrepreneurs, taking into account the specifics of professional activity. To develop and support the interaction of insurance and business in Ukraine, it is necessary to improve the legislative framework for this type of activity.

scholarly journals ROADMAP FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF CYBER INSURANCE IN UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 217-226
Author(s):  
N.V. Prykaziuk ◽  
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L.S. Gumenyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Markets ◽  
Cyber Insurance ◽  
Current State ◽  
Mechanism Of Interaction ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The article examines the process of implementing cyber insurance in the world and proposes a Roadmap for implementation in Ukraine. The key goals and objectives facing the insurance market of Ukraine and the regulator in order to achieve this goal are considered. Approximate deadlines for the necessary measures to prepare for the introduction of cyber insurance in the Ukrainian economy are outlined. The key features of regulations in the field of cyber security in the EU and Australia are highlighted and ways to adapt them in Ukraine are proposed. Promising means to increase the security of individuals and legal entities in the digital space on the example of the mechanism of interaction between insurers and expert organizations in Australia. The main vectors of cooperation between insurance companies and expert organizations in the field of cyber security in the Ukrainian and global insurance markets are listed. A system of interaction between the subjects of cyber-insurance relations with the positioning of the insured in the center of relations as a key participant in insurance has been developed, which proves the high customer orientation of this area of ​​insurance business. The current problems of the Ukrainian insurance market are substantiated and the ways of their solution through the mechanism of cyber insurance implementation are offered: modeling of the mechanism of estimation of losses from cyber attacks, monitoring of the current state of insurers, development of ways to minimize cyber incidents. The dynamics of cyber incidents in 2020 is analyzed and the correlation between the occurrence of global lockdowns caused by COVID-19 and the growth in the number of cyber attacks is revealed. Based on the analysis, it is proved that the introduction of cyber insurance in Ukraine is a necessary tool to protect all participants in insurance relations from cyber risks and for the development of the insurance market as a whole.

scholarly journals Insurance Management in Terms of Globalization Processes in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (522) ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
S. A. Vlasyuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Financial Risks ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Business Entities

Insurance represents the most efficient risk management instrument that can protect both individuals and business entities from financial risks arising from various unforeseen situations. In turn, expanding the horizons of the insurance market requires clarity and coherence in the activities of insurance companies, and therefore studying the factors that directly affect the management of insurance organizations appears relevant. It is found that one of the forms of risk control is insurance management, which includes the detection, assessment and intervention of risks, that is, a defense strategy for preparing for the unexpected events, as it is regulated by normative legal acts, and the implementation of principles and doctrines that are generally accepted. It is identified that the main methods of insurance management, such as avoidance, preservation, distribution, transfer, prevention and reduction of losses, can be applied to all areas of activity of both individuals and business entities, and can pay off in the long term. The development of the insurance market in Ukraine in the future is possible due to the introduction of an effective mechanism of insurance management based on system analysis and effective control at macro and micro levels. By implementing a risk management plan and considering various potential risks or events before they occur, economic entities can save their own money and protect their future by timely setting of certain contours in order to avoid potential threats, minimize their impact in case of their occurrence, and cope with the results.

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