Falling cyber rates strengthen the case for risk advice

I think buyers should use falling cyber rates as an opportunity to examine their risk. I disagree with buyers who would treat a cheaper renewal as sufficient reason to defer that work. A lower price can improve the purchase. It does not, by itself, answer what protection a business needs.

Gallagher has launched a Middle East cyber risk advisory practice that combines cybersecurity consulting, risk quantification and insurance expertise. It will work with the regional cyber broking team. The timing gives the launch its significance: new capacity pushed regional cyber rates down 5% to 10% in the second quarter, according to Marsh’s index. Our [published brief](https://insurewire.org/articles/gallagher-middle-east-cyber-risk-advisory/) sets out that distinction between the advisory launch and the rate movement.

My argument is that the buying decision should start with the risk assessment. Consulting should identify what needs attention. Quantification should help a buyer decide what loss it can retain and what it wants to transfer. Broking should then serve that decision. I would judge the combined service by whether it makes those choices clearer.

The strongest case against this is practical. A buyer could reasonably prefer to take the available saving and avoid another advisory expense. Bringing advice and broking together also deserves scrutiny: I would want the assessment to justify the insurance purchase, rather than assume it. A new practice is no proof that the advice will earn its cost.

That objection sets the right test. I am not arguing that buyers should purchase Gallagher’s service merely because it exists. I think they should require a clear assessment before deciding that a cheaper policy is enough. The reported rate fall is attributed to new capacity. Buyers should ask for risk advice that can support a decision on its own merits.

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