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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>🔐 &#039;&#039;&#039;Crypto insurance&#039;&#039;&#039; is a category of [[Definition:Specialty insurance | specialty coverage]] designed to protect businesses and individuals against losses arising from the custody, transfer, or theft of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and [[Definition:Non-fungible token (NFT) | non-fungible tokens]]. As the digital asset ecosystem has grown, [[Definition:Insurance carrier | carriers]] and [[Definition:Managing general agent (MGA) | MGAs]] have developed policies that address risks conventional [[Definition:Property insurance | property]] and [[Definition:Crime insurance | crime insurance]] forms were never built to handle — including private-key compromise, [[Definition:Smart contract | smart contract]] failures, exchange hacks, and regulatory seizure of digital wallets.<br /> <br /> ⚙️ Underwriting crypto insurance demands specialized expertise because the risk landscape shifts rapidly with technology and regulation. [[Definition:Underwriter | Underwriters]] evaluate an applicant&#039;s custody architecture — whether assets are held in [[Definition:Cold storage | cold storage]], [[Definition:Hot wallet | hot wallets]], or multi-signature arrangements — alongside the strength of access controls, incident-response protocols, and compliance with [[Definition:Anti-money laundering (AML) | AML]] and [[Definition:Know your customer (KYC) | KYC]] standards. Coverage may be written on a [[Definition:Named perils | named-perils]] basis, with sub-limits for specific threat vectors, and policies often carry high [[Definition:Deductible | deductibles]] and tightly defined [[Definition:Exclusion | exclusions]] around insider fraud or nation-state attacks. Capacity remains limited, with much of it placed through [[Definition:Lloyd&#039;s of London | Lloyd&#039;s]] and a handful of [[Definition:Surplus lines | surplus lines]] markets.<br /> <br /> 🌍 The significance of crypto insurance extends beyond protecting individual firms; it underpins broader institutional confidence in the digital-asset economy. Regulated custodians, exchanges, and [[Definition:Decentralized finance (DeFi) | DeFi]] platforms increasingly need proof of insurance to satisfy investors, banking partners, and regulators. For the insurance industry itself, crypto risk represents both a growth frontier and a modeling challenge — historical loss data is thin, [[Definition:Accumulation risk | accumulation risk]] from correlated exchange failures is hard to quantify, and the regulatory environment varies sharply across jurisdictions. Carriers that develop credible underwriting frameworks stand to capture meaningful [[Definition:Premium | premium]] as the asset class matures.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Cyber insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Crime insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Specialty insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Custody insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Technology errors and omissions insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Emerging risk]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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