Case Study: Markel Corporation achieves faster, data-driven underwriting and optimized cyber risk management with Black Kite

Markel Optimizes Risk Management & Streamlines Underwriting with Black Kite

Markel Corporation faced a manual, unscalable approach to third‑party cyber risk management and underwriting that made reviewing insureds’ cyber risk slow and inefficient. To gain continuous, granular insight into cyber hygiene and ransomware risk, Markel Corporation turned to Black Kite’s third‑party cyber risk monitoring platform, including the Ransomware Susceptibility Index (RSI).

Black Kite automated portfolio scanning and reporting, shrinking analysis time from days to hours (with visibility into policyholder risk in minutes), enabling underwriters to scan every submission and identify high‑risk accounts earlier. Black Kite’s RSI and strategy reports helped Markel Corporation increase throughput (underwriters saw 100–500% more submissions), standardize underwriting guidelines, manage costs via unlimited licensing, and drive more informed, data‑driven underwriting decisions.

Markel Corporation

Lou Botticelli

Senior Director