Corporate Insurance
Cyber Insurance: Your Shield in the Digital Age
Investigation, notification, data restoration, lost income and third party claims - the parts of an incident that actually cost money.
In short
Cyber insurance pays the financial cost of a digital incident: investigating and containing a breach, notifying affected people, restoring data, defending third party claims, and the income lost while systems are down. It does not stop an attack - it funds the response and the recovery.
What this cover does
End-to-end breach response
Forensics, legal, notification and PR, coordinated from the first call.
Financial and legal protection
Response costs, third party claims, regulatory defence and insurable fines.
Reputation and compliance
Communications support and help meeting notification obligations.
Overview
A cyber incident rarely bankrupts a company through the ransom. It does it through the two weeks of stopped trading, the forensic bill, the legal notifications, the customer claims and the regulator.
Cyber insurance is built around that reality. A good policy gives you an incident response team on call, funds the investigation and restoration, covers the income you lose while systems are down, and defends the claims that follow from customers or partners whose data you held.
We size the limit against your turnover, the volume and sensitivity of the data you hold, and any cover your own contracts oblige you to carry.
What is covered, and what is not
Typically covered
- Incident response: forensics, containment, legal and PR support
- Data breach costs, including notification and credit monitoring where required
- Cyber extortion and ransomware response costs
- Business interruption from a network outage caused by a cyber event
- Data and system restoration
- Network security and privacy liability - third party claims against you
- Multimedia liability: defamation and IP infringement in your online content
- Social engineering and phishing fraud, usually as a sub-limit
- Regulatory defence costs, and fines where insurable by law
Typically excluded
- Loss of value in intellectual property or trade secrets
- Upgrading systems to a better standard after an incident
- Bodily injury and physical property damage
- Failures you knew about before the policy started
- War and state-sponsored attack, subject to the wording
- Fraud committed by your own directors
- Fines that law does not permit to be insured
Cover and exclusions vary by insurer and by the wording issued for your risk. We confirm the exact terms on the quotation before you buy.
Who needs this cover
Any business that holds customer data, takes payments online, depends on IT to trade, or has a client contract requiring cyber cover. In practice that means IT and SaaS companies, e-commerce, hospitals and clinics, financial services, professional firms, and manufacturers with connected plant.
Size is not the qualifier. A twenty-person company with one customer database has the same notification obligation as a large one, and far less cash to absorb it.
Why buy this through Trust Cover
Sized to the real exposure
Limit set against turnover, data volume and contractual obligations, not a round number.
Wording comparison
We show where insurers differ on ransomware, waiting periods and sub-limits.
Response rehearsed
You get the hotline and the process before an incident, not during one.
How a claim works
- Call us and the insurer hotline the moment you suspect an incident. Most policies require immediate notification.
- The insurer appoints, or approves, the forensic and legal responders.
- Contain and investigate. Preserve logs and systems - do not wipe and rebuild before the forensic team has looked.
- Quantify the loss: response costs, restoration, and the interruption period.
- We prepare and submit the claim, answer insurer queries and follow it to settlement.
Documents you will need
- Completed proposal form and any security questionnaire
- Company turnover and business description
- Details of the data held: type, volume, and where it is stored
- Security controls: backups, MFA, patching, endpoint protection, access control
- Any incident or claim history
Working with us
Cyber wordings differ more than any other line of business. Two policies at the same premium can differ on the waiting period before business interruption starts, whether the ransom itself is covered, and whether social engineering sits inside the main limit or on a small sub-limit. We compare on those points and show you where they differ.
Cyber Insurance - frequently asked questions
What is cyber insurance?
Cyber insurance covers the financial cost of a digital incident - investigating a breach, notifying affected people, restoring data, defending third party claims and the income lost while systems are down.
Does cyber insurance cover ransomware?
Most policies respond to a ransomware event through the cyber extortion and business interruption sections, covering incident response, negotiation costs, data restoration and lost income. Payment of a ransom itself is subject to the policy wording and applicable law.
Who needs cyber insurance in India?
Any business that stores customer data, takes payments online, depends on IT systems to trade, or is contractually required by a client to hold cyber cover.
How much does cyber insurance cost in India?
Premium depends on turnover, the volume and sensitivity of the data you hold, your security controls and the limit chosen. We collect quotations from multiple insurers so you can compare on cover, not only price.
What documents are required for a cyber insurance quote?
Typically a completed proposal form, company turnover, details of data held, your IT security and backup practices, and any past incident history.
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