Insurance giant Lloyd’s of London is now providing a new form of liability insurance policy for the security of cryptocurrencies in hot wallets robbed by theft.
Lloyd’s new offer was established by Lloyd’s Atrium syndicate along with withCoincover, a crypto-focused company, with limits of as little as £ 1,000 ($1,275), Lloyd’s announcement on March 2. A number of other Lloyd’s insurers, including TMK and Markel, who are all representatives of Lloyd’s Consumer Development Facility, also support the policy.
“It is a new type of liability insurance policy with a dynamic limit that increases or decreases in line with the price changes of crypto assets. This means that the insured will always be indemnified for the underlying value of their managed asset even if this fluctuates over the policy period,” the announcement detailed.
Demand for crypto insurance is growing
An underwriter at Atrium, Matthew Greaves noted an increasing demand for cryptocurrencies insurance due to the popularity of such properties. Coincover CEO David Janczewski has commented:
“As the crypto-asset market heats up again at the start of 2020, a new wave of crypto-curious customers are standing by at the ready to jump in, having previously been put off by the lack of adequate protection against theft and loss. With this innovative new policy, we can remove these barriers and broaden the appeal of crypto.”
Lloyd’s isn’t new to insuring cryptocurrencies. Lloyd’s started insuring crypto custody network Kingdom Trust back in August 2019.
Most recently, news broke that BitGo aimed to provide crypto-insurance through Lloyd’s by a blockchain security firm and crypto wallet service. Lloyd’s is placed within the agreement to cover up to $100 million in assets held by BitGo or BitGo Trust Company.
The Winklevoss ‘ Gemini Exchange has also introduced an insurance company to cover up to $200 million for Gemini Custody, the institutional-grade crypto custody service. This is the largest amount currently in the world for any crypto-currency custody operation.
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