Nirvana and Aviva announce European Cyber partnership

Barcelona, Spain and London, UK, 1st September 2024 – Nirvana, the leading Media, Tech and Cyber Managing General Agent (MGA), and Aviva, the UK’s leading diversified insurer, have announced a new partnership and European cyber insurance binder.

The multiyear agreement gives Nirvana authority to underwrite cyber risk on behalf of Aviva within the European Economic Area. Clients will benefit from market leading claims adjustment and incident response services, as well as tailored local language policy forms.

Andrea García-Beltrán, Nirvana’s Head of Cyber Europe, will lead underwriting for the new binder from Nirvana’s offices in Barcelona. Ms García-Beltrán is an experienced underwriter who has been involved in the European market for many years.

“We are delighted to be launching our new European cyber product with Aviva at this critical time in the market,” said Ms García-Beltrán. “Client awareness of cyber risks is growing and we hope to deliver a market-leading product via our valued broking partners, with backing from one of the most respected insurers.”

“We are very pleased to be partnering with Nirvana, whose long-term vision aligns with ours,” said Stephen Ridley, Head of Cyber at Aviva. “We look forward to building our partnership over the coming years as part of our wider strategy of working with a select number of specialist partners to diversify our portfolio beyond the markets in which we have direct presence.”