Why do I need Cyber Insurance?

Cybercrime is New Zealand's third most prevalent crime and costs the country up to $150m per annum. It is estimated this could escalate to half a billion dollars a year.

Regardless of how good your company IT systems are, there is no data protection or IT service that is 100% guaranteed as it's impossible to remove the human risk factor.

A data breach will not only affect your business, it can negatively impact your patients, clients and customers as well.

It just takes someone in your company to open the wrong email. An employee of a well known business did exactly that …read more.

Breaking down the costs of a cyber incident

A 2013 study of cyber-claim payouts found that the median claim payout in cyber incidents was $242,500
The global cost of cybercrime is estimated to be between $300 billion to $1 trillion, greater than piracy or drug trafficking

Your standard insurance does not cover you
for cyber-risk!

  Property General
Liability 
Crime/Bond/
Fidelity
Kidnap and
Ransom
Directors & Officers
Insurance 
Professional
Indemnity
Cyber
Insurance

First-party cyber risks

Network/business interruption loss · - - - - - ·
Cyber-extortion - - - · - - ·
Data forensic expenses and costs to restore/recreate - - - - - - ·
Crisis management
(notification costs/credit monitoring/reputational costs)
- - - - - - ·
Denial of service attack - - - - - - ·
Network security (forensic, hacker theft, data recovery) - - · - - - ·

Third-party cyber risks

Personal information - · · - - · ·
Confidential and proprietary business information - · · - - · ·
Media liability/social media liability - · · - - · ·
Defence costs - · · - · · ·
Fines and penalties/investigation - - - - · · ·

Tangible offering – vendors/access to experts

Public relations support - - - - - · ·
Legal support - · · - · · ·
Forensic and IT support - - - - - - ·
Notification and crisis support - - - - - - ·
Cover provided · Cover possible · No coverage -