Commercial Cyber

It takes one click to put a business at risk.

Cyber insurance for South African businesses that need practical protection against hacking, ransomware, funds transfer events, business interruption, and third-party liability.

Why could your business be a target?

Cybercriminals do not only target large corporates. Smaller businesses are often easier targets because their controls, processes, and recovery capability are typically lighter.

Even with strong security, incidents still happen through human error, misplaced devices, accidental exposure, supplier access, and business email compromise.

Threat Context

Cyber risk is operational risk now

The product page content you provided is built around local business exposure: ransom demands, data compromise, service interruption, and liability that can move downstream into client and supplier relationships.

1 Billion

emails were exposed in 2023

R18M

average ransom paid in South Africa

69%

of South African respondents were hit by ransomware

44%

of cyber incidents involved business email compromise

Real Risks

Real business exposures the policy is designed around

Commercial cyber cover needs to go beyond generic breach language. These are the loss scenarios the page now brings forward clearly.

Hacking

Unauthorised access to your systems and data.

Cyber Extortion and Malware

Threats like ransomware, viruses, or publication of stolen data.

Denial of Service

Attacks that disrupt operations or make systems unavailable.

Downstream Liability

When your compromised systems cause harm to clients, suppliers, or other third parties.

Insider Misuse

When employees or service providers misuse access to data or systems.

Physical Theft and Loss

Lost or stolen devices and physical documents containing sensitive information.

Third-Party Access Risks

Threats that arise when external partners access your digital environment.

Included Cover

First-party, third-party, and incident-response protection

The page content is structured around the three main commercial cyber cover groups, which makes the product easier for business buyers and brokers to scan.

First-Party Cover

  • Regulatory fines imposed after an information privacy breach.
  • Business interruption and increased cost of working after a systems security incident.
  • Data restoration costs to recover, replace, or re-collect lost, stolen, or corrupted data.
  • Cyber extortion costs, including investigation, mitigation, and qualifying ransom response.
  • Theft of funds following third-party breach events or fraudulent payment instructions, subject to verification process.
  • Physical damage caused by a system security incident where traditional policies may not respond.
  • Payment card industry fines, penalties, assessments, chargebacks, reimbursements, and fraud recoveries linked to PCI-DSS breach events.

Third-Party Cover

  • Privacy breach liability defence and settlement for claims arising from compromised information.
  • Network security liability where an incident affects third-party systems, data, and operations.
  • Media liability for digital content issues including defamation, copyright infringement, and privacy infringement.

Incident Response Costs

  • Professional legal, PR, and IT forensics support to manage the incident and coordinate with regulators or law enforcement.
  • Forensic investigation to determine cause, extent of damage, compromised data, and required remediation.
  • Crisis communication, public relations, social media monitoring, and affected-party notification support.
  • Remediation services including credit monitoring and identity theft monitoring for affected parties.

Need commercial cyber positioned properly?

Take the business into the quote flow now, or move across to the personal page if the exposure is an individual or family digital risk rather than a business operation.