Attestation
In one sentence
The signed statement at the end of an application affirming your answers are true. A wrong answer can void a claim.
An attestation is your signature affirming the application's answers are accurate. It converts your answers into warranties: if a later claim reveals an answer was false, even an honest mistake, the carrier can dispute or deny coverage.
Why it's on your cyber insurance application
This is why Surable never coaches shading an answer: the honest path is the one that keeps your coverage real.
What this looks like in practice
Before you sign, read your own answers back and ask what you'd show if someone asked for proof of each yes. Where the proof doesn't exist yet, you have two honest options: fix the control before you submit, or change the answer and say what you do instead. The one option that isn't available is hoping nobody checks.
The written evidence carriers accept
A “yes” on the application needs a document behind it. In the Readiness Pack, those documents are:
- Pre-Signature Attestation Checklist
- Application-Mapping Guide: Which Document Answers Which Question (preview its opening sections)
Guides that cover this
Why cyber insurance claims get denied
Cyber claims get denied for inaccurate answers, unmaintained controls, late notice and exclusions. What investigations check, and how to stay covered.
How Surable is built for cyber insurance
How Surable maps every document to the questions carriers ask, sources every claim to a dated primary source, and refuses to coach misrepresentation.
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