Cyber insurance market to double by 2020, says Munich Re
The market for insurance against cyber threats will double by 2020 to
over 8 billion dollars, German reinsurance giant Munich Re told a
conference in Monaco on Sunday.
"Cyber risks are one of the biggest threats to the networked economy,"
Munich Re board member Torsten Jeworrek said in a statement on the first
day of an annual meeting of reinsurers in the Mediterranean
principality.
Munich Re estimated that companies could more than double their spending
on cyber insurance from $3.4-$4 billion (3-3.4 billion euros) in 2017
to $8-$9 billion by 2020.
While the digital economy had increased productivity, "increased
networking of machines, and equipment in particular, can also give rise
to very complex risks such as data theft, disruptions in the interaction
between networked machines, and even the failure of entire production
lines and supply chains," Munich Re said, estimating the number of
connected devices worldwide will rise from 27 billion to 125 billion by
2030.
"The economic costs of large-scale cyber attacks already exceeds losses
caused by natural disasters. Where small and medium-sized enterprises
are affected, such attacks can soon threaten their very existence,"
Munich Re warned.
The most damaging attacks to date, in economic terms, have been caused
by malware such as WannaCry and NotPetya, which infected hundreds of
thousands of computers around the world in 2017.
The malware encrypted data on hard drives, demanding that users pay ransoms to regain access to the system.
"This trend will continue as more and more machines and devices are connected," Munich Re warned.
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