Cyber insurance isn’t perpetuating the ongoing growth of ransomware, but there is plenty that providers and the government could do to reduce the likelihood of policyholders paying, according to a leading think tank. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) report, Cyber Insurance and the Ransomware Challenge, claimed that victims with insurance are not much more likely to pay their extortionists than those without.

Source: Infosecurity Magazine – Information Security & IT Security