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Molly Corbett
Chief Risk Officer North America P/C and Treaty Cyber Specialist, Stamford

Molly Corbett is a Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for North America Property & Casualty, supporting the risk management initiatives of the CEO and corporate risk committees. Molly is also a Cyber Specialist for Gen Re's North America Treaty department. She works with companies to develop and grow their cyber insurance programs and provides ongoing marketing and underwriting support and training. Prior to this, she worked as an underwriter in the Property Facultative department in Hartford and Boston. She’s based in Gen Re's Stamford headquarters.
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Ransomware, COVID-19 and Cyber Insurance - The Big Disconnect
By Molly Corbett Dec 09, 2020 English
How is it that 76% of small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. experienced a cyberattack in 2019, and yet only 31% had Cyber insurance a year later? With the sharp increase in ransomware and online attacks aimed at employees working from home, it...
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Are Absolute Cyber Exclusions Coming to the Market to Address “Silent Cyber” Concerns? Some Insurers are Speaking Up
By Molly Corbett May 20, 2020 English
Alarms over “silent cyber” have been loud and frequent in the past year or two, so it is no surprise to finally see a few new filings of broad cyber exclusions. At this point, the flow is still a trickle and will likely remain so while attention is diverted...
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Fraud, Extortion, Intimidation - A Homeowners Cyber Policy Can Protect You
By Molly Corbett Mar 27, 2019 English
The extortion emails were the first sign of what was to come. Nearly four years ago, a client contacted us regarding unusual claims filed by insureds. When logging in to a personal home computer, a homeowner, was greeted by a frozen screen and a pop-up...
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Cyber Education Matters – The Link to Insurance Sales
By Molly Corbett Dec 19, 2017 English
At the close of our cyber risk training programs for insurers and agents, we are often struck with one overriding observation: how much agents and carriers value cyber education. The follow-up questions are numerous and many agents linger just to talk...
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