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Amit Tyagi

Amit Tyagi

Partner and solicitor advocate at CMS in London, specialising in financial lines, D&O, PI and cyber insurance claims; member of the LMA's Financial Lines and Cyber Claims Groups.

Sep 14, 2026

7:11
[chuckles]
7:11
... to get off the ground again.
7:12
Anyway, just to touch on a couple of the points that Carly and Carolyn mentioned as well, my understanding is that the penetration of cyber is still sort of twenty-three percent in the UK, and the stat that I heard was more people have insurance for their dog than have cyber insurance.
7:28
So there we go.
7:30
I don't have the stats on D&O.
7:32
To answer your question, though, are there any mandatory obligations to purchase these types of insurance? The short answer is no, there are no legal obligations.
7:42
It's not like employer's liability, where it would be compulsory for certain businesses.

12 MINS LATER

19:35
Finally, got the undertakers to bring that up.

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