CrowdStrike Incident’s Ripple Effect on the Cyber Insurance Market Navigating the Aftermath: Lessons from the CrowdStrike Cyber Outage   On July 19th, the CrowdStrike cybersecurity incident reverberated across global financial institutions, airlines, healthcare facilities, and government offices, disrupting operations worldwide. According to CrowdStrike, a faulty sensor configuration update in its cybersecurity platform triggered the...Read More

The Importance of Cyber Insurance for Healthcare Systems   Recently, healthcare systems have been one of the top targets for threat actors – no surprise given the significant amount of confidential information they store. It’s important that these healthcare systems protect their providers and patient records by familiarizing themselves with State regulations, and how health...Read More

ESG and Increased Exposure for Directors and Officers In the fast-evolving landscape of corporate governance and Directors and Officers Liability Environmental, Social and Governance Insurance (D&O) claims have seen a notable surge, with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors playing a pivotal role. This article discusses what ESG is and how it can increase the...Read More

Trends in Senior Living Communities after the Pandemic During the COVID-19 crisis, senior living communities were greatly impacted by the pandemic. Senior communities were put into survivor mode – as they struggled with virus control, increased mortality, and forcing seniors into isolation from their family and friends. With the heaviest part of the pandemic behind...Read More

What are Antitrust Laws? Antitrust laws in the United States govern competition, monopolistic practices, unfair trade, or price fixing. Price fixing of wages, hours, salaries, benefits, and other compensation are subject to antitrust laws. The most famous antitrust laws in the United States are the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, the Sherman Antitrust Act of...Read More

CYBER LIABILITY: Invoice (Manipulation) Fraud Coverage   What is more important to a business than invoices? What would happen if a cyber attacker manipulated invoices to steal a business’ expected payments?   Many businesses amend their cyber insurance to include invoice manipulation coverage to protect against this type of attack.   Take for example when attackers infiltrate...Read More

Ingrid Raphael-Seplowe Joins the Team Please meet the newest Founders Professional Healthcare team addition – Ingrid Raphael-Seplowe. Ingrid Joined Founders in June 2023. She brings over 30 years of insurance expertise to the team. Before joining Founders, Ingrid worked as a Healthcare Broker at Risk Placement Services for 11 years she focused on the placement...Read More

How to Select the Best Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance Policy   What is Architects & Engineers Professional Liability Insurance (A&E)? Architects & Engineers (A&E) insurance covers alleged errors resulting from the insureds rendering or failure to render professional services that results in bodily injury or property damage.  A&E is also available for Land...Read More

Acrisure Group Partners to Sponsor Appalachian State University’s Brantley Center Bermuda Study Abroad Trip and Continues Commitment to Student Growth The Brantley Risk & Insurance Center is delighted at the opportunity to expand its partnership with Acrisure’s Wholesale Group, including Founders Professional & Appalachian Underwriters, along with Acrisure Re. These groups are part of Acrisure,...Read More

How to Reactively Talk to Your Clients about Cyber Insurance   By now, you may have spoken to your clients about their cyber exposures and perhaps even presented a quote for coverage. But they still aren’t convinced. To help you explain their cyber exposure and the value of cyber insurance as a form of protection,...Read More