All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 11 2012 // The Gibraltar Group, a risk and insurance advisory firm based in Lubbock, Texas, announced it has appointed Dr. Bruce Baker as vice president of Information Security, and expanded its risk and loss management RiskIMPACT...
Sep 10 2012 // Markel has announced that it will now work with Experian Data Breach Resolution to provide loss control resources to its DataBreach policy holders. Owners of Markel’s DataBreach policy now will have access to...
Sep 1 2012 // The Gibraltar Group, a risk and insurance advisory firm based in Lubbock, Texas, announced it has appointed Dr. Bruce Baker as vice president of Information Security, and expanded its risk and loss management RiskIMPACT...
Aug 31 2012 // Beazley has unveiled major enhancements to its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) product. Launched over three years ago, BBR includes a separate limit of coverage for breach response services, and Beazley recently announced...
Aug 28 2012 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has introduced insurance coverage to help small to mid-size health care organizations manage some of their biggest exposures.ForeFront Portfolio 3.0 for Health Care Organizations offers...
Aug 28 2012 // A hacker who targeted Texas Department of Public Safety computers has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Higinio O. Ochoa III of Galveston must also pay more than $14,000...
Aug 22 2012 // The soft market has made the job of insurance agents very difficult the last few years. Competition has been extremely fierce, and premiums so low that agents have had to fight for business and write more accounts just to...
Aug 20 2012 // Beazley has established BBR Services, a new business unit dedicated to helping clients that have suffered a data breach manage the consequences.Data breaches involving the theft or loss of personally identifiable customer...
Aug 14 2012 // Employee-owned, London-based insurance broker R K Harrison announced that David Rees has joined the firm to “head a dedicated cyber practice within its specialist casualty team, responding to the increasingly...
Aug 13 2012 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB), part of Munich Re, in collaboration with NetDiligence, has put in place online risk management tools to help its insured businesses and organizations recover...
Aug 10 2012 // A new cyber surveillance virus has been found in the Middle East that can spy on banking transactions and steal login information for social networking sites, email and instant messaging, according to a leading computer...
Aug 6 2012 // Willis Group Holdings latest Executive Risks Boardroom Guide warns that, as the online universe expands it has “introduced new financial risks that may not be covered under general and professional liability...
Aug 1 2012 // IDentity Theft 911, an identity management and data risk management service company, is partnering with The Cincinnati Insurance Company to bring data risk solutions to Cincinnati’s commercial insurance...
Jul 23 2012 // John Merchant, a director and underwriter at Freedom Specialty Insurance Co. — part of the Nationwide Group — divides cyber insurance coverage into five broad categories: Liability coverage, which covers damages from...
Jul 23 2012 // The restaurant industry has endured a difficult few years and while some establishments didn’t survive the economic storm, those that did are anxious to see their business grow again.They may not have to wait too...
Jul 23 2012 // Laptops, cell phones and cloud computing have made cyber liability a fast-emerging exposure and insurers are stepping up with coverages.But most insureds don’t fully recognize the risk. A recent Towers Watson survey...
Jul 20 2012 // Compromise legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday would bolster cyber threat assessment and permit the government to share information with American business under certain conditions, a step aimed at better...
Jul 19 2012 // South Carolinians have dealt with the aftermath of war, earthquake and hurricanes and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said this week the state now needs to be prepared for another type of disaster — cyber attacks.“A...
Jul 17 2012 // Hiscox has launched a new suite of technology products to address the growing technology, privacy and cyber risks facing businesses globally. Hiscox coverage includes breach of contract and intellectual property exposures,...
Jun 29 2012 // Europe’s citizens and businesses could benefit from better protection for their computer systems and data if the cyber insurance market can be kick-started, according to a recently released report from the European...