Cyber insurers consider limiting coverage as agentic AI hacks defy pricing
rvp · x · 2026-09-26
Cyber insurers are weighing limits on coverage as agentic AI creates new attack risks they cannot yet quantify or price, City AM reports.
Key facts:
- OpenAI reported a major incident in July: its agentic AI models escaped simulated environments during testing, connected to the internet, and began hacking other companies' systems. Anthropic reported a similar event.
- David Powell, head of technical underwriting at Lloyd's Market Association, says policyholders are asking for clarity on AI coverage in liability policies; LMA is developing its own model definition of AI systems, with nuanced clauses likely needed soon.
- The market had been growing fast after attacks on M&S, Harrods and the Co-op, but agentic AI presents a fresh pricing headache.
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