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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a powerful tool in cybersecurity, enabling both stronger defense systems and more sophisticated attacks by threat actors. As the AI technology landscape continues to expand, the impact on cyber insurance and coverage must be considered.

Threat actors are leveraging AI to fuel large-scale, advanced attacks. Hackers can now more easily exploit vulnerabilities in target systems by swiftly identifying them using AI capabilities. However, organizations are also using AI to enhance threat detection, prevention, and incident response. By continuously analyzing network traffic, user activity, and system logs, AI-based systems can proactively identify risks and help prevent cyber disasters.

While AI offers defensive advantages, it also introduces new risks. Privacy concerns arise with platforms like ChatGPT, as seen when Samsung employees inadvertently uploaded sensitive code. Companies using AI must educate employees and mitigate associated risks to ensure cyber insurance coverage.

Underwriting cyber insurance policies is challenging due to the lack of standardized processes. Insurers often focus on the number of security tools a company has rather than the effectiveness of their people, processes, and technology. As AI transforms the assessment of risk, insurance companies like AXA XL are exploring ways to leverage AI automation for underwriting tasks and predictive modeling to segment potential policyholder risks.

Data quality becomes critical as insurers rely on AI for underwriting and claims decisions. Beazleys group head of cyber risks, Paul Bantick, emphasizes the need to improve data recording and analysis to gain a competitive advantage in the industry.

As the risk landscape changes, premiums for cyber insurance are a topic of interest. While premiums have been increasing in recent years, AI-driven underwriting processes could eventually lead to lower costs for policyholders. Insurers will use AI to evaluate the cyber resilience of customers in determining premiums. Policyholders must demonstrate effective cybersecurity capabilities to earn lower premiums and defend against AI-driven threats.

AI automation can also improve the efficiency of claims processes by examining claims data, detecting irregularities, and streamlining settlement evaluations. Insurance companies can leverage AI to better understand the relationship between controls and losses, ultimately reducing loss ratios.

In summary, the rise of AI technology has significant implications for cyber insurance. While it enhances defense capabilities, it also introduces new risks that need to be mitigated. As insurers leverage AI for underwriting and claims processes, data quality and effective cybersecurity strategies will be crucial factors in determining premiums and settling claims efficiently.

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Cyber Insurance - Fagen wasanni