An illustration of six hands reaching toward password and username boxes. More than half of these agents also said one of the biggest motivating factors for their clients deciding to purchase cyber insurance is witnessing a similar business suffer a cyberattack. (Credit: Eviart/Shutterstock.com)

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaints Center (ICCC) reported cybercrime losses hit $6.9 billion in 2021, an increase of around $2.7 billion dollars from cyber losses in 2020. This number has ticked upward steadily year-by-year from a reported $1.4 billion in 2017. Even with these rising losses, however, many insurance agents are still struggling to get their clients to fully understand cyber insurance.

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Brittney Meredith-Miller

Brittney Meredith-Miller is assistant editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. She can be reached at [email protected].

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