SecurityWeek’s Cyber Insights 2025 examines opinions on the expected evolution of more than a dozen areas of cybersecurity interest over the next 12 months. Here we discuss what to expect with Cyberinsurance.
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Omid Safa, a partner at Blank Rome LLP, adds, “Because AI applications rely on the collection and processing of vast amounts of data, it will be important for companies to consider the AI tools they are using, and the information being collected when assessing their exposure and purchasing cyber insurance. Moreover, to the extent they have not done so already, policyholders will increasingly push insurers for policy language that confirms coverage for the ‘collection’ of such data.”
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“Given the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza,” says Safa, “we also anticipate more disputes regarding recent revisions to war exclusions that have attempted to blur the lines between traditional war-risks and cyber operations by hostile nation-states. Purportedly adopted to clarify coverage, such revisions have left much to be desired and only served to foster more confusion regarding the scope of coverage.”
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"Cyber Insights 2025: Cyberinsurance – The Debate Continues," by Kevin Townsend was published in SecurityWeek on January 30, 2025.