In the past, most business risks came from within a company. Today, 90% of these risks come from outside the organisation and this is also the case for food companies. An insurance policy tailored to…

A new phenomenon has blown over from the United States - the so-called patent trolls. Patent trolls are companies that buy patents without actually manufacturing anything themselves. They then approach other players in the market…

Businesses took out cyber insurance for the first time in 2010. Some believed that this policy was just a fad, destined to be short-lived. Eight years later, reality has proved them wrong. The cyber policy…

Cyber crime is everywhere these days, also in the food industry. This was evidenced by last year's worldwide Petya attack, which caused considerable damage to certain food products. But what exactly are the biggest cyber…

We don't need to tell you that over recent years our cyber security has been increasingly compromised. But did you know that the risks of crime or traditional fraud continue to increase further in our…

In 2013 cyber insurance was still a brand new product on the Belgian market. At the time, only a negligible minority considered this policy to be useful. In the meantime, the number of online processes…

Increasing digital risks as well as the forthcoming new European privacy laws are placing cyber security high on corporate agendas. In addition to taking measures of their own and taking out a good cyber insurance,…

The WannaCry virus, which infected hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide, showed last month that the risk of cybercrime is very high. In our Cyber Survey 2017, we questioned over one hundred Belgian companies about…

Last month, a production firm in Limburg fell victim to cybercrime. A professional hacker demanding €60,000 halted production for several days, costing the firm in question tens of thousands of euros.

The number of companies that have insured themselves against cyber risks has grown more than 400% in 2016 when compared to 2015. This is what the Vanbreda Risk & Benefits' figures have revealed. According to…