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Coalition and MS&AD Insurance Group Expand Strategic Partnership with Equity Investment
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced a new $30 million equity investment from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (MSI), a member of MS&AD Insurance Group (MS&AD), the largest non-life insurer in Japan and across the Asian-Pacific region. The investment anchors a strategic partnership aimed at bringing Active Insurance to more businesses worldwide and allows MSI to participate in more markets and as a shareholder.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · March 3, 2025
The Hartford and Coalition Announce UK Cyber Partnership
The Hartford and Coalition have announced a strategic, long-term capacity partnership in response to growing customer and broker demand for Coalition’s unique Active Cyber Insurance approach in the U.K. market.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · October 29, 2024
Coalition Report Finds Severity of Ransomware Attacks Increased 68% in First Half of 2024
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today published its 2024 Cyber Claims Report: Mid-year Update, which details emerging cyber trends and their impact on Coalition policyholders throughout the first half of 2024. The report found that ransomware claims severity spiked by 68% to an average loss of $353,000.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · October 10, 2024
Coalition Announces Reinsurance Intermediary Coalition Re
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced the creation of its reinsurance intermediary, Coalition Re, to provide capacity for cyber reinsurance treaties and expand on its mission to protect more unprotected businesses.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · September 8, 2024
Coalition Introduces Active Cyber Insurance in Germany
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced the launch of its innovative Active Cyber Insurance in Germany through its subsidiary, Coalition Insurance Solutions GmbH. Coalition’s offerings became available on August 1, 2024.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · August 1, 2024
Coalition Finds More Than Half of Cyber Insurance Claims Originate in the Email Inbox
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today published its 2024 Cyber Claims Report, which details emerging cyber trends and their impact on Coalition policyholders throughout 2023. The report found that more than half (56%) of all 2023 claims were a result of funds transfer fraud (FTF) or business email compromise (BEC), highlighting the importance of email security as a critical aspect of cyber risk management.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · April 24, 2024
Coalition Announces New Integrations with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Amazon Web Services
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced new integrations between Coalition Control, its cyber risk management platform, and cloud services providers, including Microsoft 365®, Google Workspace®, and Amazon Web Services®. Coalition policyholders and Control customers can now connect Coalition Control with cloud services to help them actively manage and improve their cybersecurity postures.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · April 16, 2024
Coalition Insurance Company Now Quoting in All 50 U.S. States and D.C.
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced that Coalition Insurance Company (CIC), the full-stack Active Cyber Insurance carrier, is now open for quoting Coalition’s admitted cyber product across the entire United States and the District of Columbia.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · March 28, 2024
Coalition Adds New Affirmative Artificial Intelligence Endorsement to Cyber Insurance Policies
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced it has added a new Affirmative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Endorsement to clarify what is covered by its U.S. Surplus and Canada Cyber Insurance policies.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · March 26, 2024
Coalition Enters Long-Term Capacity Agreement with Aspen
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced it has executed a new, multi-year capacity agreement with Aspen Specialty Insurance Company (Aspen) to deploy cyber insurance capacity in the U.S., beginning on or after April 1, 2024.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · March 11, 2024
Coalition’s Cyber Threat Index 2024 Predicts Total Published CVEs to Increase by 25% in 2024
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today published its Cyber Threat Index 2024, detailing insights on cybersecurity trends from 2023 and emerging threats businesses should be aware of in 2024. According to the report, Coalition expects the total number of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) to increase by 25% in 2024 to 34,888 vulnerabilities, or roughly 2,900 per month.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · February 21, 2024
Coalition Announces New Miscellaneous Professional Liability Insurance Coverage
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced it now offers Miscellaneous Professional Liability (MPL) Insurance. This coverage helps protect against the impact of a claim that a business committed errors and omissions in performing a professional service.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · January 30, 2024
Coalition Appoints Oliver Bäte, Chief Executive Officer of Allianz SE, to its Board of Directors
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced the appointment of Mr. Oliver Bäte, Chief Executive Officer of Allianz SE, to the company’s Board of Directors.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · November 28, 2023
Coalition and MS&AD Insurance Group Announce Partnership to Provide Cybersecurity Insurance Solutions in Japan
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced a strategic partnership with MS&AD Insurance Group, the largest non-life insurer in Japan and across the ASEAN region, to provide cybersecurity monitoring solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · October 4, 2023
Coalition’s Comprehensive Executive Risks Insurance Now Available On Surplus Lines Paper, Opening Access to More Businesses
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced its Executive Risks Insurance products are now available on surplus lines paper, making comprehensive management liability coverage available to a wider range of businesses. Coalition offers Executive Risks Insurance, including Directors & Officers Liability (D&O), Employment Practices Liability (EPL), Fiduciary Liability, and Crime Insurance. The new surplus product is underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s (A rating by AM Best).
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · October 3, 2023
Coalition Announces HDI Global Specialty SE as a Global Capacity Partner
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced a new long-term partnership with HDI Global Specialty SE, the specialty insurance carrier of HDI Global SE, an A.M. Best A+ rated insurer with over 120 years of experience in offering international insurance. Beginning in 2024, HDI Global Specialty will join Coalition's Cyber and Technology E&O panel in Canada to provide insurance capacity. The insurer will assume a quota share on all cyber insurance products Coalition provides in Canada, incepting on or after January 1, 2024.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · September 28, 2023
Cyber Insurance Claims Frequency and Severity Both Increased For Businesses in 1H 2023, Coalition Report Finds
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today released its 2023 Cyber Claims Report: Mid-year Update, which details the evolution of cyber trends during the first half of 2023. In the face of surging attacks, Coalition’s claims data showed a 12% increase in cyber claims over the first six months of the year, driven by the notable spikes in ransomware and funds transfer fraud (FTF).
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · September 20, 2023
Coalition Finds Organizations with Unresolved Critical Vulnerabilities Are 33% More Likely to Experience a Cyber Claim
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today released the 2023 edition of its Cyber Claims Report detailing the evolution of cyber trends. The report found that policyholders with even one unresolved critical vulnerability were 33% more likely to experience a claim. Additionally, policyholders—regardless of organization size—who continued to use end-of-life software, products no longer supported by their original developers, were three times more likely to suffer from an incident.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · May 16, 2023
Coalition Announces Executive Risks Insurance Designed for Not-For-Profit Organizations
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today launched a version of its Executive Risks Insurance products designed for not-for-profit organizations. Coalition’s Executive Risks insurance for not-for-profits combines automated underwriting data collection and real-time analysis with a streamlined application process compared to the industry standard for Executive Risks applications.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · May 8, 2023
Coalition Releases Control 2.0, the Cyber Risk Management Platform for Businesses of All Sizes
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced the launch of the next generation of its cyber risk management platform, Coalition Control, to help organizations detect, assess, mitigate, and transfer cyber risk exposure. Coalition Control combines cyber risk monitoring, assessment, and quantification tools with third-party risk management and AI-powered assistance to provide unparalleled risk management capabilities to organizations of all sizes.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · May 2, 2023
Coalition Announces CoalitionAI, Generative Artificial Intelligence for Brokers and Businesses
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today introduced CoalitionAI™, a new initiative to deploy generative AI and large language models to help brokers and businesses protect themselves from cyber risk. U.S.-based brokers and businesses can now access new AI-powered education and chat features, including:
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · April 10, 2023
Coalition Releases New Method for Modeling Aggregate Cyber Risk, Demonstrating Cyber is Insurable
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today released the all-new Active Cyber Risk Model, a practical framework for understanding cyber risk aggregation that provides an ongoing view into organizations’ cyber risks and identifies preventive measures to protect against new threats. The model – which simulates how a singular cyber risk event can trigger a chain reaction resulting in substantial economic losses – illustrated the possibility of nearly $30 billion in total insured losses if an aggregated cyber event occurred.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · March 20, 2023
Coalition Releases First-Ever Cyber Threat Index for 2023
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today published its first-ever Coalition Cyber Threat Index, detailing insights on cybersecurity trends from 2022 and what emerging cyber threats are on the horizon to better prepare businesses for 2023.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · February 1, 2023
Coalition Introduces New Crime and Fiduciary Liability Insurance Coverage
Coalition, the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced the addition of Crime and Fiduciary Liability Insurance coverage provided through a collaboration with Zurich American Insurance Company to protect small businesses. Adding Crime and Fiduciary Liability to Coalition’s Executive Risks product lines makes it easier than ever for brokers to quote and bind via Coalition’s streamlined digital application process, all for protection from a wider range of risks.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · January 31, 2023
Coalition Launches Coalition Insurance Company
Coalition, the world’s first Active Insurance provider designed to prevent digital risk before it strikes, today announced the launch of Coalition Insurance Company (CIC), the first full-stack, Active Cyber Insurance carrier. The launch of CIC, which recently received an A- rating from A.M. Best, is a major milestone for Coalition with the expansion of its available capacity in the cyber insurance market and transition to a full-stack insurance organization.
By Coalition · Via Business Wire · January 30, 2023