Introducing the 2027 Executives to Watch

Introducing the 2027 Executives to Watch

On October 7, 2026, a massive cyberattack struck Japan.

The incident, as of this writing, impacted 495 companies, compromising millions of files containing personal and financial information. In the same month, France was hit. This time it was numerous supermarkets, some of whom had outdated, internet-exposed, control panels running their refrigeration units.

In foodie France, one can only imagine the delicacies that had to be disposed of once those refrigerators were knocked out.

There are some who say that, given the power that A.I. brings to the scamming game, that we might be in for some cyber worries that could dwarf previous incidents. Now couple that thought with the reality that we have a softening (soft?) cyber insurance market on our hands. Some do think, as it was whispered at the recent WSIA meeting in San Diego, that those bringing capacity into the cyber insurance market with rates being lower, and danger being so nigh, that some owners of risk transfer capital might be in for some rude shocks.

That’s just one concern that has to be on the minds of insurance carrier underwriting leaders. As we honor our class of 2027 Risk & Ins...