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Infosecurity Magazine Home » News » Cyber Insurance Claims Hit Record High in
North America


CYBER INSURANCE CLAIMS HIT RECORD HIGH IN NORTH AMERICA

News 13 Jun 2024


WRITTEN BY


JAMES COKER

Deputy Editor, Infosecurity Magazine

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Cyber insurance claims in North America reached record levels in 2023, according
to insurance broker Marsh.

The firm received over 1800 cyber claim reports from clients in the US and
Canada, more than any other year. It said this increase was driven by a range of
factors:

 * The growing sophistication of cyber-attacks
 * The scale of the MOVEit file transfer supply chain incident
 * Privacy claims
 * An increasing number of organizations purchasing cyber insurance

Around a fifth (21%) of clients reported at least one cyber event in 2023, a
small increase on 2022 (18%). The proportion of covered companies reporting at
one or more cyber events has remained relatively consistent over the past five
years, staying between 16% and 21%.

The healthcare industry has consistently submitted the highest number of cyber
insurance claims from 2020-2023, Marsh found.

Healthcare made up 17% of all claims last year, followed by communications
(16%), education (9%), retail/wholesale (8%) and financial institutions (8%).


CYBER EXTORTION HITS RECORD LEVELS

The report showed that 282 clients reported at least one cyber extortion event,
including ransomware, in 2023. This was a significant rise compared to 2022 when
172 companies reported such events, which was lower than the previous two years.

One potential factor behind the resurgence in cyber extortion events is the
growing shift towards data exfiltration away from encryption by attackers, and
the emergence of a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model.

Source: Marsh

Median extortion payments also surged in 2023 compared to 2022, rising from
$335,000 to $6.5m. Median extortion demands by threat actors increased from
$1.4m to $20m in the same period.

Marsh noted that extortion negotiations are effective in reducing the final
ransom paid. However, the percentage of the median demand paid increased from
24% in 2022 to 32% in 2023.

Encouragingly though, the percentage of companies that paid a ransom demand fell
to 23% in 2023, down from 30% in 2022. This continued a longer-term trend, with
the proportion of victims that paid demands far higher in 2020 and 2021 (68% and
63%, respectively).

Source: Marsh

Marsh emphasized that the proportion of cyber extortion claims has remained
under 20% of total reported cyber claims, with privacy claims and system attacks
leading to unauthorized access and potentially exposed data without an extortion
component comprising a much larger share.




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