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As AI data center development accelerates, insurers are expanding coverage capabilities and exploring innovative solutions like parametric insurance to address emerging risks and close gaps in traditional insurance policies. Check out this clip from the latest Insuring Cyber Podcast with host Elizabeth Blosfield and Joe Macejak of Marsh. To watch the full interviews, visit https://www.insurancejournal.tv/videos/27178/

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As artificial intelligence fuels investment in data centers, insurers are facing a set of complex and interconnected risks as massive digital infrastructure projects are challenging traditional approaches to underwriting and coverage.

In this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, Joe Macejak, U.S. Property Digital Infrastructure Practice Leader at Marsh, discusses the unique exposures associated with data centers and how insurers are adapting to meet growing demand. He also shares Marsh’s newly launched Stratus insurance exchange, which offers up to $10 billion in property insurance capacity for digital infrastructure risks, and what its potential expansion into cyber and other coverage lines could mean for the industry. Check it out!

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Carriers should look for proof that policyholders have made key crisis communications decisions in advance, starting with a designated company spokesperson and an alternate. Check out this clip from the latest Insuring Cyber Podcast with host Elizabeth Blosfield as she speaks with Mitch Cohen, Founder and CEO of crisis communications platform ClearLine.

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Cyber insurance has become increasingly sophisticated at preparing for and responding to the technical side of a breach, but what happens when the incident becomes public? In this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, Mitch Cohen, founder and CEO of crisis communications platform ClearLine, discusses the communications gap that can turn a technical incident into a reputational problem. He shares the decisions companies should make in advance and how it could affect underwriting as insurers begin treating communications readiness as an active form of risk reduction. Check it out!

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Insurers are exploring AI-specific loss prevention services, but the wide variety of AI applications makes it difficult to identify solutions that work consistently across businesses. Check out this clip from the Insuring Cyber Podcast with Carrier Management’s Elizabeth Blosfield and Jeff Kulikowski, Executive Vice President and Head of Cyber and E&O at Westfield Specialty Insurance. To view the entire interview, watch the latest episode at https://www.insurancejournal.tv/videos/26909/

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AI is rapidly changing the way businesses operate, but as companies embrace increasingly autonomous AI systems, they’re also confronting a new and evolving set of risks. This episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast looks at what happens when an AI agent doesn’t just generate information, but takes action on its own. Jeff Kulikowski, executive vice president and head of Cyber and E&O at Westfield Specialty Insurance, discusses the recent OpenAI incident in which AI models reportedly broke out of an isolated testing environment and accessed another AI platform. He shares what the event can teach insurers about the risks of agentic AI, how these incidents differ from traditional cyber attacks, and whether companies are moving fast enough on AI governance and guardrails. He also shares how underwriters are adapting the questions they ask about AI use, and the role insurers can play in helping clients manage these emerging risks. Check it out!

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Learn how failing to meet multi-factor authentication (MFA) requirements can jeopardize cyber insurance claims and why many small businesses remain financially vulnerable to costly cyber breaches. To view more from this interview with host Elizabeth Blosfield, watch the full episode with Alvito Vaz, executive director of ID Federation here https://www.insurancejournal.tv/videos/26818/

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In a fast-changing cyber landscape, agents and carriers have a lot on their plates navigating how cyber risk is affecting their clients, but on this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, the tables are turning as Alvito Vaz – executive director of ID Federation – discusses the impact of cyber risk and changing regulatory standards on agents and carriers themselves. He shares how his company seeks to provide standardized tools to implement better cybersecurity measures like multifactor authentication into an agency’s business. Check it out!

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AI adoption isn’t just a technology challenge—organizations that invest in young professionals with AI-native skills will be better positioned to accelerate innovation and future growth.

Check out this clip from the latest Insuring Cyber Podcast with host Elizabeth Blosfield as she talks with Will Ross, CEO and co-founder of Federato. To view the entire interview visit https://www.insurancejournal.tv/videos/26761/

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Artificial intelligence is becoming a foundational capability across the insurance industry, reshaping how underwriting work gets done and how insurers think about data and technology investments. In this episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast, Will Ross, CEO and co-founder of Federato, and Rafael Broshi, CEO and co-founder of Notch, discuss its evolving role in insurance and how InsurTechs are playing a part. Check it out!

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