Protecting your business and your reputation in today's digital landscape is paramount. We understand the unique cyber challenges facing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). That's why we provide effective cyber insurance solutions built on understanding your operations.
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Protecting your business and your reputation in today's digital landscape is paramount. We understand the unique cyber challenges facing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). That's why we provide effective cyber insurance solutions built on understanding your operations. We offer robust protection against evolving digital threats, with our expert team ready to advise on your overall risk exposures.
Media Liability Insurance
Any business that creates or shares content faces a media liability exposure. This holds true whether you distribute content through traditional channels like print or broadcast, or digitally via email, SMS, social media, podcasts, or anything published online. Media Liability Insurance protects you from the financial and reputational risks associated with content creation and distribution. This includes the costs of defending your business against a wide range of potential claims, such as libel, defamation, copyright infringement, IP theft, and privacy violations.
Intellectual Property Insurance
Every business has Intellectual Property (IP); it might even be your most valuable asset. While no firm would leave its physical assets uninsured, it's surprising how many neglect to protect the intangible assets that define their business. This can be a costly mistake. IP Insurance covers your business against a wide range of defence and liability costs associated with infringement of copyright, trademarks, designs, patents, and trade secrets, as well as third-party indemnity.
Cyber Liability Insurance
To truly stay safe from cyber risk, you need robust first-party cover for the costs of investigating and recovering from an incident. You also need third-party cover for any liabilities you incur. We'll work with you to understand your specific cyber risk exposures and provide comprehensive coverage that includes cyber incident response costs, network security and privacy liability, system damage, and business interruption.
Technology PI Insurance
Technology PI (Professional Indemnity) Insurance protects you against legal costs and damages from claims made against your business due to alleged errors, omissions, or negligence in providing technology-related products or services. This cover is vital not only for firms directly providing IT services but also for any business that uses technology to deliver services or advice. It includes coverage for mistakes and oversights, contract breach, and data breach lawsuits, and can also extend to cover intellectual property and media liability.
Media Liability Insurance
Any business that creates or shares content faces a media liability exposure. This holds true whether you distribute content through traditional channels like print or broadcast, or digitally via email, SMS, social media, podcasts, or anything published online. Media Liability Insurance protects you from the financial and reputational risks associated with content creation and distribution. This includes the costs of defending your business against a wide range of potential claims, such as libel, defamation, copyright infringement, IP theft, and privacy violations.
Intellectual Property Insurance
Every business has Intellectual Property (IP); it might even be your most valuable asset. While no firm would leave its physical assets uninsured, it's surprising how many neglect to protect the intangible assets that define their business. This can be a costly mistake. IP Insurance covers your business against a wide range of defence and liability costs associated with infringement of copyright, trademarks, designs, patents, and trade secrets, as well as third-party indemnity.
Cyber Liability Insurance
To truly stay safe from cyber risk, you need robust first-party cover for the costs of investigating and recovering from an incident. You also need third-party cover for any liabilities you incur. We'll work with you to understand your specific cyber risk exposures and provide comprehensive coverage that includes cyber incident response costs, network security and privacy liability, system damage, and business interruption.
Technology PI Insurance
Technology PI (Professional Indemnity) Insurance protects you against legal costs and damages from claims made against your business due to alleged errors, omissions, or negligence in providing technology-related products or services. This cover is vital not only for firms directly providing IT services but also for any business that uses technology to deliver services or advice. It includes coverage for mistakes and oversights, contract breach, and data breach lawsuits, and can also extend to cover intellectual property and media liability.
Media Liability Insurance
Any business that creates or shares content faces a media liability exposure. This holds true whether you distribute content through traditional channels like print or broadcast, or digitally via email, SMS, social media, podcasts, or anything published online. Media Liability Insurance protects you from the financial and reputational risks associated with content creation and distribution. This includes the costs of defending your business against a wide range of potential claims, such as libel, defamation, copyright infringement, IP theft, and privacy violations.
Intellectual Property Insurance
Every business has Intellectual Property (IP); it might even be your most valuable asset. While no firm would leave its physical assets uninsured, it's surprising how many neglect to protect the intangible assets that define their business. This can be a costly mistake. IP Insurance covers your business against a wide range of defence and liability costs associated with infringement of copyright, trademarks, designs, patents, and trade secrets, as well as third-party indemnity.
Ready to get Cyber Insurance for your business? Follow these 6 simple steps:
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Fill out our online quote request form
Request your quote by completing our quick and easy online contact form.
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Call our team of experts on 0330 123 3870
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Our insurance specialists will get in touch
One of our experts will contact you to understand your business’s structure, services, and risk exposure.
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Tell us about your business
We’ll ask a few essential questions to help us tailor a policy that fits your specific needs.
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Receive your tailored Cyber Insurance quote
Get a competitive, customised quote from leading insurers who have been carefully selected to meet the needs of professionals like you.
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Secure your cover and stay protected
Finalise your cover with confidence, knowing your business is protected against evolving digital threats.
Who needs Cyber Insurance?
Your Cyber Insurance is there to protect your business's continuity and your hard-earned reputation in today's digital world. To be sure it does both, you need an expert risk and insurance partner who delivers outstanding client service. You need a partner who can provide robust cover to match the specific needs of your business, whatever its size, whatever its digital footprint.
Managing General Agents (MGAs)
MGAs operate at the intersection of insurers and brokers, handling significant volumes of sensitive policyholder data, claims information, and financial transactions. A cyber incident could disrupt underwriting, compromise data, lead to substantial financial losses, and damage relationships across the insurance value chain.
Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs)
IFAs manage clients' life savings, investment portfolios, and highly personal financial information. They are high-value targets for cyber criminals seeking to commit financial fraud or identity theft. A cyber-attack could result in direct financial losses for clients, severe reputational damage, and stringent regulatory penalties.
Solicitors
Law firms handle vast amounts of highly sensitive client data, from personal details to confidential case information. A cyber-attack can lead to severe data breaches, regulatory fines, reputational damage, and significant disruption to ongoing cases, making robust cyber protection essential.
Accountants
Accountants manage critical financial data for individuals and businesses, including bank details, tax records, and payroll information. They are prime targets for cyber criminals. A breach could lead to financial fraud, regulatory penalties, client lawsuits, and a devastating loss of trust.
Recruitment Agencies
Recruitment agencies hold extensive databases of personal CVs, employment histories, and sensitive candidate and client data. This wealth of personal information makes them highly attractive targets for cyber criminals, risking major data breaches, identity theft, reputational harm, and significant regulatory fines under data protection laws.
Architects & Engineers
These firms rely heavily on digital designs, proprietary software, and project management systems, often collaborating with multiple external parties. Their systems can be vulnerable to ransomware, data theft of intellectual property, or disruption that halts critical project timelines and leads to significant financial losses and contractual claims.
Surveyors
Surveyors store sensitive property details, client information, and often use drones and other connected devices for their work. Their reliance on digital maps, reports, and client communication makes them susceptible to data breaches, system outages, or ransomware attacks that can compromise data integrity and operational continuity.
Insurance Brokers
As custodians of vast amounts of client personal and financial data, insurance brokers are particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. A breach could lead to severe privacy liabilities, regulatory investigations, reputational damage, and business interruption, impacting their ability to serve clients and maintain trust.
Managing General Agents (MGAs)
MGAs operate at the intersection of insurers and brokers, handling significant volumes of sensitive policyholder data, claims information, and financial transactions. A cyber incident could disrupt underwriting, compromise data, lead to substantial financial losses, and damage relationships across the insurance value chain.
Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs)
IFAs manage clients' life savings, investment portfolios, and highly personal financial information. They are high-value targets for cyber criminals seeking to commit financial fraud or identity theft. A cyber-attack could result in direct financial losses for clients, severe reputational damage, and stringent regulatory penalties.
Solicitors
Law firms handle vast amounts of highly sensitive client data, from personal details to confidential case information. A cyber-attack can lead to severe data breaches, regulatory fines, reputational damage, and significant disruption to ongoing cases, making robust cyber protection essential.
Accountants
Accountants manage critical financial data for individuals and businesses, including bank details, tax records, and payroll information. They are prime targets for cyber criminals. A breach could lead to financial fraud, regulatory penalties, client lawsuits, and a devastating loss of trust.
Recruitment Agencies
Recruitment agencies hold extensive databases of personal CVs, employment histories, and sensitive candidate and client data. This wealth of personal information makes them highly attractive targets for cyber criminals, risking major data breaches, identity theft, reputational harm, and significant regulatory fines under data protection laws.
Architects & Engineers
These firms rely heavily on digital designs, proprietary software, and project management systems, often collaborating with multiple external parties. Their systems can be vulnerable to ransomware, data theft of intellectual property, or disruption that halts critical project timelines and leads to significant financial losses and contractual claims.
Surveyors
Surveyors store sensitive property details, client information, and often use drones and other connected devices for their work. Their reliance on digital maps, reports, and client communication makes them susceptible to data breaches, system outages, or ransomware attacks that can compromise data integrity and operational continuity.
Insurance Brokers
As custodians of vast amounts of client personal and financial data, insurance brokers are particularly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. A breach could lead to severe privacy liabilities, regulatory investigations, reputational damage, and business interruption, impacting their ability to serve clients and maintain trust.
Managing General Agents (MGAs)
MGAs operate at the intersection of insurers and brokers, handling significant volumes of sensitive policyholder data, claims information, and financial transactions. A cyber incident could disrupt underwriting, compromise data, lead to substantial financial losses, and damage relationships across the insurance value chain.
Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs)
IFAs manage clients' life savings, investment portfolios, and highly personal financial information. They are high-value targets for cyber criminals seeking to commit financial fraud or identity theft. A cyber-attack could result in direct financial losses for clients, severe reputational damage, and stringent regulatory penalties.
Cyber insurance FAQs
What's the best way to protect my business from a cyber attack?
An appropriately tailored Cyber Insurance policy is an essential protection. But you can count on Lockton for much more than that. We’ll help you develop a comprehensive cyber security plan. Acting as your cyber risk consultant, we’ll help you implement best-practice cyber security measures across your business, and minimise the chances, and potential consequences, of any cyber attack.
What protection can I expect from cyber insurance?
The cyber risks your business faces depend on the nature and scope of your operations. That's why you need cover that’s tailor-made to your unique needs. Working with a cyber risk partner like Lockton also protects you against cyber liability claims, with legal resources and reimbursement of legal fees. We can also help you access incident preparation and response support, employee training, forensics and breach of notification services. And you can count on protection against lost revenue and expenses, regulatory fines, data and hardware restoration costs, and reputational harm.
What are the key benefits of having Cyber Insurance?
Wherever you’re based, whatever sector you’re in, your business will benefit from having comprehensive Cyber Insurance.
Here are some of the key benefits our Cyber Insurance solutions deliver:
Risk mitigation: We work closely with you to understand the threats your business faces. Based on this detailed analysis, we can help you implement rigorous procedures and systems, so you can prevent cyber incidents arising in the first place
Recovery: Your Cyber Liability Insurance will cover the costs of bringing in professional services to help you recover from a cyber attack. This ensures your business will be back up and running with minimal disruption.
Peace of mind: With your finances and reputation on the line, falling victim to a cyber attack can prove extremely stressful. Our comprehensive Cyber Liability Insurance removes a lot of that stress, leaving you free to focus on your business
How much does Cyber Insurance cost for a small or medium-sized business?
The cost of Cyber Insurance for your SME depends on several factors, including the size and nature of your operations, the volume of sensitive data you handle, and your existing cybersecurity measures. We work with leading insurers to provide competitive, tailored quotes that reflect your unique risk profile, ensuring you get robust protection at a cost-effective price.
What's the difference between Cyber Insurance and Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance?
While both protect your business, they cover different primary risks. Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) typically covers claims of financial loss by a client due to your professional negligence, errors, or omissions. Cyber Insurance, on the other hand, specifically addresses financial losses and liabilities arising from cyber events like data breaches, ransomware attacks, and system outages. While some PI policies might have limited cyber extensions, comprehensive Cyber Insurance is crucial for dedicated protection against the full spectrum of digital threats.
Why is Cyber Insurance essential for small businesses?
However small (or large) your business, if you use technology then you have a cyber risk exposure. The frequency, severity and sophistication of cyber attacks is constantly increasing. It only takes one successful cyber attack to have a potentially catastrophic impact on your finances and reputation. We can help protect your business against cyber attacks and data breaches - and mitigate the impact if you should fall victim to cyber crime.
Let’s protect your business together.
Contact our team today to start your cyber insurance journey.