June 9, 2025
Cyber insurance needs better quantification
James Hanbury
Global Lead Director, Co-founder

Read the next blog in the series

No items found.
Blog
Sector insights
Cyber insurance needs better quantification

Cyber insurance has become a staple in many organisations’ risk strategies, but its strategic value is often under-leveraged. For many firms, it remains disconnected from broader decisions about how to manage cyber risk. That’s a missed opportunity.

When used well, cyber insurance is more than a financial backstop. It can play a vital role in a rounded risk management strategy, helping organisations navigate uncertainty, reinforce resilience and align around a clear risk appetite. But to get there, we need to start with something many organisations still lack – a consistent way of quantifying cyber risk.

Read now on Intelligent Insurer.

By submitting this form I agree that Cyber Risk Insights may collect, process and retain my data pursuant to its Privacy Policy.
Thank you! Use the button below to access the content.
Read now
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Summary

Key messages

01

02

03

Blog
Sector insights
Cyber insurance needs better quantification

Cyber insurance has become a staple in many organisations’ risk strategies, but its strategic value is often under-leveraged. For many firms, it remains disconnected from broader decisions about how to manage cyber risk. That’s a missed opportunity.

When used well, cyber insurance is more than a financial backstop. It can play a vital role in a rounded risk management strategy, helping organisations navigate uncertainty, reinforce resilience and align around a clear risk appetite. But to get there, we need to start with something many organisations still lack – a consistent way of quantifying cyber risk.

Read now on Intelligent Insurer.

Summary

Key messages

01

02

03

Recent Insights

8 shifts changing how organisations manage risk

Cyber risk isn’t being rewritten by a shiny new framework, it’s being forced to evolve because the way organisations use technology has changed. We unpack eight shifts already surfacing in incidents, audits and boardrooms.
Martin Tyley

The hidden variable in cyber risk decisions: The decision environment

Inspired by Nobel prize winner, Daniel Kahneman’s timeless lessons on decision‑making, explore how his ideas can help cyber leaders improve group judgement and overcome bias in strategy discussions.
James Hanbury

Calculating the impact of a cyber-attack on critical infrastructure

What would a systemic cyber-attack cost the UK economy? We recently conducted a study for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to answer that question. The findings show the scale of potential disruption and underline why resilience planning matters.
James Hanbury

See CRI in action

Book a personalised demo and discover how CRI can help you make smarter cyber risk decisions.