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2026 CYBER CLAIMS REPORT

Ransom demands surged 47% yet most went unpaid

See how Active Insurance helped Coalition policyholders fight back against cyber attackers in our new claims report.

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KEY FINDINGS

Stay ahead of cyber threats with our latest analysis of real cyber claims across 100K+ global policyholders.

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EMAIL-BASED ATTACKS

Threat actors favored email as a gateway for attacks

  • Business email compromise (BEC) and funds transfer fraud (FTF) accounted for 58% of all claims

  • 52% of FTF claims originated as a BEC with an average loss of $112K

  • 71% of all FTF claims were a direct result of social engineering

RANSOMWARE

Ransom demands surged, but payouts are drying up

  • Initial ransom demands surged 47% to an average of over $1M

  • 86% of businesses hit by ransomware refused to pay the demand

  • 70% of ransomware events involved encryption and data exfiltration, often doubling incident cost

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WRONGFUL COLLECTION

Privacy litigation is moving beyond the breach

  • Old laws are being used to target everyday web‑tracking tools and data‑sharing practices

  • 72% of privacy claims cited the outdated 1967 California Invasion of Privacy Act

  • 11% of violations involved the Meta Pixel, alleging improper sharing of data with third parties

Positive Outcomes

The Power of Active Insurance*

  • 64% of closed claims resulted in no out‑of‑pocket loss for policyholders

  • Coalition recovered $21.8M in stolen funds, averaging of $202K per incident

  • Incident response negotiated ransom payments down by an average of 65%

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All figures are from Coalition's 2026 Cyber Claims Report — our latest analysis of real cyber claims across over 100,000 global policyholders between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
* The claim scenarios above are provided for educational purposes only, and solely to illustrate how a claim could be (but not necessarily will be) handled; they are not necessarily representative of all claim outcomes and no guarantee is made as to the results other claimants may achieve.