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title: "What Does Cyber Insurance Cover?"
description: "Cyber insurance can cover selected response costs and liability claims after a covered incident, but coverage depends on the policy’s specific grants and limits."
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# What Does Cyber Insurance Cover?

Cyber insurance can cover selected response costs and liability claims after a covered incident, but coverage depends on the policy’s specific grants and limits.

FTC guidance lists examples including forensic investigation, customer notice, data recovery, interruption, extortion, and liability defense. Compare each insuring agreement, sublimit, retention, waiting period, and exclusion.

Read the quote’s insuring agreements and definitions to see which events trigger each section, whether vendors’ systems count, and whether coverage is claims-made or event-based. Compare each limit, sublimit, retention, waiting period, consent requirement, and exclusion. The attached AIG specimen is an illustration only; it is not a substitute for the issued policy.

## Related Questions

- [What Doesn’t Cyber Insurance Cover?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/cyber/what-doesnt-cyber-insurance-cover)
- [What Is the Difference Between First-Party and Third-Party Cyber Insurance?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/cyber/first-party-vs-third-party-cyber-insurance)
- [How Much Cyber Insurance Do I Need?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/cyber/how-much-cyber-insurance-do-i-need)

## Related Coverage

- [Cyber liability](https://spot.insure/coverage/cyber)

## Sources

1. [Cyber Insurance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/small-businesses/cybersecurity/cyber-insurance). Federal Trade Commission; What Should Your Cyber Insurance Policy Cover; First-Party Coverage; Third-Party Coverage. Accessed 2026-09-25.
2. [CyberEdge specimen policy](https://www.aig.com/content/dam/aig/america-canada/us/documents/business/cyber/cyberedge-wording-sample-specimen-form.pdf). AIG; General Terms §§4–6, PDF pp.3–6; Security and Privacy §§1–3, PDF pp.11, 14–18; Event Management §§1–2, PDF pp.19–20. Accessed 2026-09-25.
3. [Cyber insurance: a key part of a robust business strategy](https://www.iii.org/article/cyber-insurance-a-key-part-of-a-robust-business-strategy). Insurance Information Institute; What are the types of cyber insurance coverage?; What isn’t covered by cyber insurance?; Is cyber insurance affordable?; How much cybersecurity coverage do businesses need?. Accessed 2026-09-25.

More answers: [Cyber Insurance FAQ](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/cyber).

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