As AI Risks Grow, Insurers Split on Covering the Damage
Major insurers are quietly excluding agentic AI from cyber policies while niche players build coverage — European enterprises risk discovering the gap only after an AI-driven incident triggers a claim.
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Some build specialized agentic AI coverage, while major carriers quietly exclude it — leaving enterprises exposed without their knowledge.
Editorial Analysis
Enterprises scaling AI adoption may carry unrecognised residual risk if their cyber-insurance silently excludes AI-caused losses, undermining DORA and NIS2 risk-transfer assumptions.
Review all cyber-insurance policies for AI-related exclusions and escalate gaps to risk management and the board.
Cyber-insurance policies may silently exclude AI-related losses, creating an unrecognised financial exposure as enterprises accelerate AI adoption.
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