Bengaluru: Insurance companies, wary of growing cybersecurity attacks on Indian organizations, are raising the cost of cyber insurance and stepping up compliance norms.
According to industry stakeholders and experts, insurers have seen record increases in the number of cyber insurance claims made by companies hit by ransomware attacks and more.
A year ago, ICICI Lombard witnessed an industrywide increase of 40-60% in the cost of premium since the outbreak of covid-19, said Sanjay Datta, the insurer’s chief of underwriting and claims.
A spokesperson for another insurance firm said unlike insurance claims for vehicle accidents, which usually range in the hundreds of thousands of rupees, cyber insurance claims can run up to $2-3 million at a time.