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The insurance industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation. Activity is driven by growing demand for digitalization and personalization. With growing importance of technologies such as telematics, machine learning, big data, deep learning, and data science, insurers are overcoming demographic challenges, low penetration rates, cybercrimes and fraudulent claims. In the last three years alone, there have been over 17,000 patents filed and granted in the insurance industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Cybersecurity in insurance: cyber attack risk analysis.  Buy the report here.

According to GlobalData’s Technology Foresights, which uses over 70,000 patents to analyze innovation intensity for the insurance industry, there are 20+ innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry.

Cyber-attack risk analysis is a key innovation area in cybersecurity 

Reviewing the risks connected to a specific activity or event is referred to as risk analysis and is one of the phases in the whole risk management process for cybersecurity. Information technology, projects, security concerns, and any other situation where risks may be evaluated on a quantitative and qualitative basis are all subject to risk analysis. 

GlobalData’s analysis also uncovers the companies at the forefront of each innovation area and assesses the potential reach and impact of their patenting activity across different applications and geographies. According to GlobalData, there are 90+ companies, spanning technology vendors, established insurance companies, and up-and-coming start-ups engaged in the development and application of cyber-attack risk analysis. 

Key players in cyber-attack risk analysis – a disruptive innovation in the insurance industry   

‘Application diversity’ measures the number of applications identified for each patent. It broadly splits companies into either ‘niche’ or ‘diversified’ innovators.

‘Geographic reach’ refers to the number of countries each patent is registered in. It reflects the breadth of geographic application intended, ranging from ‘global’ to ‘local’.

Patent volumes related to cyber attack risk analysis

Company Total patents (2010 - 2022) Premium intelligence on the world's largest companies
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance 122 Unlock Company Profile
Cox Enterprises 92 Unlock Company Profile
The Toronto-Dominion Bank 52 Unlock Company Profile
Alibaba Group 35 Unlock Company Profile
Advanced New Technologies 24 Unlock Company Profile
Flex 24 Unlock Company Profile
eBay 23 Unlock Company Profile
Ping An Insurance (Group) 23 Unlock Company Profile
Guidewire Software 19 Unlock Company Profile
Security First 17 Unlock Company Profile
Healthy io 15 Unlock Company Profile
Qomplx 14 Unlock Company Profile
Alphabet 13 Unlock Company Profile
Swiss Re Asia Pacific 11 Unlock Company Profile
Taikang Insurance Group 9 Unlock Company Profile
Ant Group 9 Unlock Company Profile
Staton Techiya 9 Unlock Company Profile
Pioneer 8 Unlock Company Profile
Prudential Financial 7 Unlock Company Profile
Rpx 7 Unlock Company Profile
Baidu 7 Unlock Company Profile
Aon 7 Unlock Company Profile
Palantir Technologies 7 Unlock Company Profile
China UnionPay 6 Unlock Company Profile
Lookout 6 Unlock Company Profile
Visa 6 Unlock Company Profile
USAA 5 Unlock Company Profile
Marathon Petroleum 5 Unlock Company Profile
Swiss Re 5 Unlock Company Profile
Quanta Computer 4 Unlock Company Profile
BlackBerry 4 Unlock Company Profile
Moody's 4 Unlock Company Profile
The Hartford Financial Services Group 4 Unlock Company Profile
International Business Machines 3 Unlock Company Profile
Personics 3 Unlock Company Profile
Carrier Global 3 Unlock Company Profile
MetLife 3 Unlock Company Profile
Koch Industries 3 Unlock Company Profile
UnitedHealth Group 3 Unlock Company Profile
LyondellBasell Industries 3 Unlock Company Profile
Brella Insurance 2 Unlock Company Profile
Mastercard 2 Unlock Company Profile
Dm Staton Family 2 Unlock Company Profile
Reinsurance Group of America 2 Unlock Company Profile
CyberFortress Insurance Services US 2 Unlock Company Profile
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2 Unlock Company Profile
Beijing Youquan Zhihui Information Technology 2 Unlock Company Profile
OPTIMUM 2 Unlock Company Profile
Taikang Pension Insurance 2 Unlock Company Profile
Cyber Innovative Technologies 2 Unlock Company Profile

Source: GlobalData Patent Analytics

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance is the leading patent filer in cyberattack risk analysis. The process includes receiving data indicating precautions against unauthorized electronic access to some or all of a vehicle's electronic systems. The procedure comprises calculating the vehicle's risk rating, which is one of the insurance policy parameters. Some other key patent filers in the cyber-attack risk analysis industry include Cox Enterprises, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Alibaba Group, and eBay

In terms of application diversity, Healthy io leads the pack, with Cox Enterprises and Flex in second and third positions, respectively. By means of geographic reach, Flex holds the top position, followed by eBay and Cox Enterprises. 

To further understand the key themes and technologies disrupting the insurance industry, access GlobalData’s latest thematic research report on Cybersecurity in Insurance

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GlobalData’s Patent Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official offices around the world. Textual analysis and official patent classifications are used to group patents into key thematic areas and link them to specific companies across the world’s largest industries.