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CybersecurityThe Dealership Cyber Insurance Questionnaire, Decoded
Cyber insurance for dealerships has gotten harder, more expensive, and more invasive every year since 2022. The questionnaire that Travelers, Chubb, AXA, or Coalition sends you is going to ask 80 to 200 questions across MFA, EDR, backup, email security, vulnerability management, and incident response. Most dealers we audit had answered "yes" to questions where the honest answer was "we think so." That gap is what kills your claim. Here's how to answer the most important sections truthfully and what to put in place if the answer is no.
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