Turner is an underwriter with more than 20 years of experience, has started the CCIS course in order to further her cyber insurance education.
Q: How did you get into the Cyber Insurance Industry?
A: I was working with general insurance companies for about 20 years before I was invited to join the Emergence growing team. Emergence only writes Cyber Insurance.
Q: What brought you to pursue cyber insurance through the Certified Cyber Insurance Professional (CCIS) course?
A: Our COO was in contact with the CI Academy and arranged for all Emergence Underwriting staff to complete the training course.
Q: How did taking the CCIS course benefit you in your professional career?
A: It is helping me understand some of the behind-the-scenes of IT infrastructure and Cyber Hackers and Attacks that I was not previously aware of.
Q: Would you recommend the CCIS course to your peers and colleagues
A: Yes, I have already recommended the course to several of my brokers who would like to focus their careers in Cyber Insurance.
Q: What doors have been opened for you as a result of completing the Cyber Insurance Academy’s academic training?
A: At this point, I have not completed the course, I’m about 65% through. But I believe once I’m able to add this to my CV, many doors will open to other career opportunities with the combination of Insurance and Cyber knowledge.
Q: Now that you are a certified cyber Insurance professional, where do you see the Cyber Insurance Market in the next three years?
A: In Australia, we joke that Cyber Insurance is the new Management Liability policy which was hard to sell 10 years ago. Nowadays, it would be hard to find a business that doesn’t have Management Liability. I see Cyber Insurance heading in the same direction. As people who have suffered a breach are sharing their stories with friends, family, and other business owners it is sparking greater interest in the product.
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