May 26, 2022
When does MFA require F2A? It's tough to find a cyber insurer today who does not require their insureds to deploy multi-factor authentication (aka MFA) across their organization. It’s a fairly well-understood concept to most agents that it's now a “No-MFA, No Play” game, and the absence of a positive...
808 Podcast Hosts TEKRiSQ’s Bill Haber
May 12, 2022
808 Podcast: Bill Haber of TEKRiSQ spells out cyber risk in 8 minutes, 8 seconds https://808podcast.com/808-podcasts/310-bill-haber-tekrisq-2/
TEKRiSQ accepted into 2022 CyberTech|X Cohort
January 19, 2022
https://www.tampabaywave.org/2022/01/meet-the-15-cybersecurity-startups-in-tampa-bay-waves-2022-cybertechx-accelerator-cohort/
5 Unpopular Predictions for Cyber Insurers in 2022
December 15, 2021
Cyber Insurers Should Innovate or Expect a Brutal Year As the crazy rollercoaster ride of 2021's cyber insurance market comes to a close, many diverse end-of-year predictions are being published. TEKRiSQ's data-driven observations from numerous real-world client conversations predict more of the same... and then some. Here they are; SMB...
Business Owners Remain Overconfident About Cyber Threats
October 22, 2021
There is an issue we have seen time and time again - business owners do not understand or appreciate their cyber risk and they remain overconfident about their ransomware risks. According to a recent article citing an Embroker report published in Carrier Management, business owners remain” vastly overconfident about both...
Property Casualty 360: TEKRiSQ’s 5 Myths About Insuring Cyber Risks
October 8, 2021
Do you know these five myths about insuring cyber risks? By Dean Mechlowitz | October 07, 2021 at 12:00 AM Independent agents and brokers serving small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) must keep up with twists and turns in cyber risk and cyber insurance. If they don’t, their clients and prospects can turn to “do it yourself”...
Fantasy Island Friday: Episode 1
September 24, 2021
An opportunity to laugh at the pervasive myths in the cyber insurance industry. EPISODE 1: Client Passions for Completing Applications In this episode, we indulge one of the insurance industries greatest fantasies of all… the belief that insurance clients everywhere absolutely adore the process of completing your Cyber, Crime and Errors...
August 17, 2021
AI v IA: Which Serves the Needs of Cyber Insurance Now? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact every industry, and numerous InsurTech startups want to solve industry problems with it. These are ambitious goals that can be very effective with mature volumes of industry data. AI applications are...
July 20, 2021
The App Trap: Complex Cyber Process Driving Agent Behavior Many businesses today find themselves in full sprint to adopt data-driven decision making, while simultaneously wanting to streamline processes to make themselves easier to do business with. There is an interesting dilemma currently facing Insurance agencies and the underwriters who draft...
Law Firms: Serious Breach Targets!
July 7, 2021
Dean Mechlowitz Co-Founder Be prepared for Social Engineering events, Cyber Crime, Business Interruption, Regulatory compliance issues and more A majority of agencies that deal in Lawyers Professional Liability are aware of the importance of firm management systems that track court filing dates and conflicts of interest, particularly for Litigation firms. While insurance underwriting is...