Insured Losses From CrowdStrike Outage Could Reach US$1.5 Billion
Insured Losses From CrowdStrike Outage Could Reach US$1.5 Billion
It was "a major event for the cyber insurance market but does not come close to the destructive potential that leading insurers are holding capital against", CyberCube said.Global insured losses from last week's massive IT outage are likely to range from US$400 million to US$1.5 billion, cyber analytics firm CyberCube said on Thursday (Jul 25).
全球貨幣勒索軟件導致的保險賠款將可能在4億至15億美元之間範圍內，網絡分析公司CyberCube週四（7月25日）表示。
A software bug in cyber security firm CrowdStrike's quality-control system caused the software update that crashed computers globally, the US firm said this week, as losses mount following disruption to services from aviation to banking.
網絡安全公司CrowdStrike的質量控制系統中的軟件漏洞導致了全球計算機系統崩潰的更新，該美國公司本週表示，從航空到銀行等服務領域的損失不斷增加。
The outage may be the single largest cyber insurance loss, CyberCube said in a statement.
CyberCube在一份聲明中表示，這次事故可能是最大的網絡保險賠償，強調了賠款範圍的重要性。
It was "a major event for the cyber insurance market but does not come close to the destructive potential that leading insurers are holding capital against", CyberCube said.
然而，CyberCube表示：這是一次對網絡保險市場的重大影響，但與主要保險公司所持有的龐大按金相比，其毀滅潛力微不足道。
Insurer Parametrix this week estimated insured losses from the outage of US$540 million to US$1.08 billion for Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft, whose computer software was affected by the CrowdStrike bug.
保險公司Parametrix本週估計，除受CrowdStrike漏洞影響的計算機軟件微軟外，財富500強公司的保險損失爲5.4億到10.8億美元。
Major cyber insurer Beazley said this week it had no plans to change its guidance on its combined ratio – a key measure of underwriting profitability – after the outage.
主要網絡保險公司Beazley本週表示，在此次故障之後，它沒有改變其關於綜合比率的指導方針，該比率是衡量承保盈利性的關鍵指標。
The global insurance and reinsurance industry is likely to avoid any major financial impact from the outage, ratings agency Fitch said.
評級機構惠譽表示，全球保險和再保險行業可能不會受到此次事故的重大財務影響。
However, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter said that insurers may face claims on directors and officers' and property insurance as a result of the outage, in addition to cyber insurance claims.
然而，再保險經紀公司Guy Carpenter表示，作爲事故後的結果，保險公司可能面臨董事和高管責任保險以及財產保險的索賠，除了網絡保險的索賠之外。
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