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Maximum Exposure Podcast X James Burns: Talking Emerging Risk

James Burns, Global Head of Cyber at CFC, explores the changing cyber threat landscape and the growing role of cyber insurance in an increasingly digital world.

CFC Group Podcast 25 min Tue, Sep 8, 2026

This podcast is brought to you by Maximum Exposure, an Emerging Risk Podcast. Originally released on September 3, 2026.

Cyber insurance is becoming increasingly mainstream, but has the market kept pace with cyber risk's evolution from a niche concern to a business-critical issue?

In this conversation, James Burns, Global Head of Cyber at CFC, explores how the cyber threat landscape has evolved over the past 25 years, the role AI is playing in today's risk environment and why cyber resilience is now a business essential.

You'll hear insights on how brokers and organizations can:

  • Understand AI's role as an amplifier of existing cyber risks

  • Navigate an increasingly complex and evolving threat landscape

  • Build confidence in navigating cyber risk through education, training and shared expertise

Tune in for a discussion on how cyber risk has evolved, the growing influence of AI and what organisations can do to build resilience in an increasingly digital world. Listen to the full podcast here.

Speaker

James Burns is Global Head of Cyber at CFC, responsible for the company's global cyber strategy, underwriting and sales teams. Having spent more than a decade helping to develop CFC's cyber proposition, he is a leading voice on cyber risk, resilience and the future of cyber insurance.

  • Global Head of Cyber