Presenter: Matthew Pokarier | Principal Lawyer – Meridian Lawyers

Delivered by Meridian Lawyers’ cyber insurance expert, this webinar will examine the evolving cyber risk landscape and the implications for brokers, underwriters, and claims teams.

As cyber risk continues to move beyond IT and not whole of business governance, this session will explore the latest trends in cyber insurance, emerging legal and regulatory risks, and the increasing focus on accountability for directors, officers, and executives when cybersecurity governance fails.

The webinar will provide practical insights into current and emerging claims trends, the impact of AI and other developing technologies and the types of cyber risks that brokers, underwriters, and claims teams are likely to encounter in the future. It will also consider where personal liability may arise for directors and executives, what reasonable steps may look like in practice and how these issues may influence underwriting decisions, claims assessment and advice to insureds.

The session will also address the legality of ransom payments under Australian and international sanctions regimes, the boundaries between lawful and unlawful negotiation conduct and the implications of Australia’s mandatory ransom payment reporting regime for insureds, insurers, and claims management.

Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of emerging cyber risks, key governance considerations, and a checklist to support more effective conversations with insureds about cyber preparedness, incident response, governance maturity, and future insurability.

Learning objectives

Attendees will gain an understanding of:

• The fastest growing areas of cyber risk and their implications for cyber insurance
• How AI other emerging technologies are reshaping the cyber threat landscape
• The impact of evolving legal, regulatory, claims and governance risks on brokers, underwriters, claims teams and insureds
• Where personal liability can arise for directors, officers, and executives when cyber risk is not adequately governed
• What reasonable steps for cyber oversight may look like in practice, including risk appetite, assurance, testing, supplier controls, and incident readiness
• The legal and practical considerations associated with ransom payments, including Australian and international sanctions regimes
• Australia’s mandatory ransom payment reporting requirements and their implications for claims handling, incident response, and advice to insureds
• What underwriters may be asked to insure in the future, and how brokers and claims teams can support insureds to better understand and evidence their cyber governance maturity

Registrations: The emerging cyber landscape: trends, personal liability and what brokers, underwriters and claims teams need to know