Verisk, a global data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, has expanded its collaboration with KYND to integrate advanced cyber intelligence into its Rulebook platform.
The move aims to provide insurers and brokers with actionable insights for pricing, underwriting, and distribution across all major classes of business.
The integration combines Verisk’s insurance expertise with KYND’s cyber risk analytics, allowing clients to access real-time intelligence seamlessly within Rulebook. Insurers can now make faster, more informed underwriting decisions while managing exposure across their portfolios.
New research from KYND highlights the growing urgency for robust cyber protection. The study found that 80 percent of the UK’s top 50 retailers are exposed to at least one critical cyber vulnerability.
More than a third face simultaneous risks across ransomware, outdated software, vulnerable services, email security flaws and certificate issues. The findings underscore the heightened threat to consumer-facing sectors, particularly during peak shopping periods such as the holiday season.
Andy Thomas, CEO and Founder of KYND, said, “This research reveals that cyber threats are escalating across consumer-facing industries, especially ahead of the holiday season. Retailers hold vast customer data and operate complex supply chains, making them prime targets. Our mission is simple: make complex cyber risks easy to see, understand and underwrite. We look forward to supporting insurers alongside Verisk with this collaboration.”
The integration also strengthens resilience across the insurance value chain. Tim Rayner, CEO of Verisk Specialty Business Solutions, said, “This deeper collaboration marks a step change in how cyber risk can be understood and managed across the insurance value chain. With KYND’s intelligence embedded into Rulebook, we’re empowering our clients to make faster, better-informed decisions to modernize commercial underwriting and strengthen resilience through data-driven insights. This is just the first of many ways our collaboration with KYND will deliver added value to Verisk’s clients, helping them stay ahead in an evolving cyber risk landscape.”
Verisk and KYND say the collaboration provides a single, integrated solution for insurers to view and act on cyber threats, helping mitigate risk, improve underwriting accuracy, and enhance portfolio management.
By embedding KYND’s intelligence into Rulebook, Verisk aims to ensure that insurers are equipped to respond to the rapidly evolving cyber landscape with data-driven confidence.
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