The cyber insurance market remains small but nascent. Premiums represent less than 1% of the global property and casualty market while some reports indicate that only around a third of small businesses purchase this kind of protection. To help the market develop further, policymakers should therefore avoid measures that could inadvertently discourage households and firms from buying
cyber insurance. Instead, policies that aim to safeguard cyberspace, promote cybersecurity and undermine cybercriminals' business models will help to counter malware attacks and increase re/insurers' appetite to absorb cyber risks from those less able to deal with them