Incident‑Specific Cyber Insurance

"In the current market practice, many #cyberinsurance products offer a coverage bundle for losses arising from various types of incidents, such as #databreaches and #ransomwareattacks, and the coverage for each incident type comes with a separate limit and deductible. Although this gives prospective cyber insurance buyers more flexibility in customizing the coverage and better manages the #risk exposures of sellers, it complicates the decision‑making process in determining the optimal amount of risks to retain and transfer for both parties. This paper aims to build an economic foundation for these incident‑specific cyber insurance products with a focus on how incident‑specific indemnities should be designed for achieving #pareto optimality for both the #insurance seller and buyer. Real data on #cyberincidents is used to illustrate the feasibility of this approach. Several implementation improvement methods for practicality are also discussed."