Swiss Re secures market’s first $50m cyber retro ILW for US events

Reinsurance heavyweight Swiss Re has purchased the market’s first cyber retrocession industry loss warranty (ILW), brokered by Gallagher Re, securing $50 million of catastrophic US cyber insurance event protection.

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