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Insurance for assetsthat move at thespeed of a block

Digital asset businesses hold value in cryptographic key material, not in vaults. The loss event is instant, irreversible and global. 1B underwrites this class of risk by looking at the operational architecture that protects the keys, not at a balance sheet from last quarter.
Risk class
Digital Asset Insurance
Focus
Custody · Exchange · Infrastructure
Related products
T-SURE · NOVA
Operating model
Verify → Monitor → Prevent → Recover → Insure
Custody topologyIDLE
THRESHOLD SIGNING · SIGNER INDEPENDENCE · FINALITY
The gap

Why the traditional market struggles

Conventional specie and crime wordings were drafted around physical property and human custody chains. They assume recoverability, jurisdictional reach and a loss timeline measured in days. Digital asset loss is atomic: signature, broadcast, settlement, finality. Underwriting it requires an understanding of key ceremony design, quorum policy, signer independence and chain-level exposure, expertise that sits outside the traditional market's core competence.

Exposure surface

What we structurearound.

The risk surfaces that shape the programme. Cover is structured per counterparty, this is the map, not the wording.

Key compromise

Theft or misuse of private key material across hot, warm and cold environments, including seed generation and backup custody.

Insider and collusion risk

Quorum defeat, signer collusion and privilege escalation inside the signing perimeter.

Infrastructure failure

HSM, MPC and multi-signature implementation faults, dependency compromise and provider concentration.

Protocol and smart contract exposure

Contract logic failure, upgrade and admin-key risk, oracle manipulation and bridge dependency.

Operational and settlement error

Misdirected transfers, address substitution, chain or network selection error and irreversible settlement.

Professional and management liability

Third-party claims against the firm and its leadership arising from custody, listing and treasury decisions.

How 1B operates here

The loop, appliedto this class.

The same five stages, calibrated to the specific evidence this risk class produces.
  1. Verify

    Independent review of custody architecture, key ceremony, quorum policy and signer separation before any risk is bound.

  2. Monitor

    Continuous read of proof-of-reserve attestations, wallet posture, signer changes and dependency health.

  3. Prevent

    Structured remediation paths, policy hardening requirements and escalation thresholds agreed at inception.

  4. Recover

    Incident coordination with forensics, chain analytics and recovery counsel from the first hour.

  5. Insure

    Risk transfer structured around the verified architecture, with capacity placed into specialist markets.

Continuous signals

What stays under observation once the risk is bound.

  • Custody architecture class
  • Quorum and signer topology
  • Cold / warm / hot ratio
  • Attestation cadence
  • Dependency concentration
  • Chain and asset exposure mix
  • Incident and near-miss history
Built for
  • Exchanges and trading venues
  • Qualified and technology custodians
  • Asset managers and treasuries
  • Payment and settlement infrastructure
  • Institutional market makers
Digital Asset Insurance

This risk isalready live.The insuranceshould be too.