All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2011 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has introduced Allied World U.S.’s new privacy and network security insurance product, Privacy//101. Designed for small to mid‐size companies, law firms, healthcare and...
Apr 8 2011 // Rupert Murdoch’s powerful British news operation reversed course on Friday and admitted responsibility in a phone hacking scandal that had already cost the prime minister’s spokesman his job.News International,...
Apr 5 2011 // Specialty insurer Beazley Group has named Alex Ricardo privacy breach response manager for the company’s technology, media and business services professional liability group. Ricardo, based in New York, will direct...
Apr 4 2011 // The University of California (UC) has redefined the rules of cyber liability insurance, using an approach that the University’s Chief Risk Officer Grace Crickette calls “reverse underwriting.”...
Mar 7 2011 // Many businesses have not updated their insurance to keep pace with today’s world of cyber liability. Restaurants are no exception. Today restaurants use the Internet. A restaurant will likely have its own Web site, a...
Mar 2 2011 // Lloyd’s insurer Kiln and international broker Lockton have teamed up to offer cyber insurance to small- and medium-sized online retailers. “The security and privacy cover is being made available to members of...
Feb 22 2011 // Medical professional liability insurer Medical Protective is now offering MedPro CyberShield, a cyber liability coverage product at no additional charge to policyholders. The company will be adding MedPro CyberShield...
Feb 14 2011 // Because cyber crime has developed into a problem with potentially catastrophic consequences, cyber risk is arguably one of the single greatest threats facing companies today. The 2009 Computer Crime and Security Survey...
Feb 10 2011 // A new white paper from international brokers Lockton – Exposed in Europe, Data Breaches and Their Impact in a Changing Legal and Regulatory Environment – warns European organizations that “prefer not to...
Feb 7 2011 // Because cyber crime has developed into a problem with potentially catastrophic consequences, cyber risk is arguably one of the single greatest threats facing companies today. The 2009 Computer Crime and Security Survey...
Jan 21 2011 // If anyone needed proof that cyber activists can create havoc in the real world, the last few weeks have provided evidence in megabytes.Rallying behind WikiLeaks, the thousands of internet activists who made headlines in...
Jan 20 2011 // The Vermont Attorney General’s office says a Connecticut-based health insurance company is ready to pay $55,000 to settle a complaint that it didn’t inform customers that personal information had been lost...
Jan 20 2011 // Insurance industry outsourcing firm ReSource Pro said it has received an information security management certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This certification reflects the...
Dec 30 2010 // It has been a challenging few years for those in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance market. An endless soft market, extreme competition from the standard markets, and a bad economy left wholesale and retail...
Dec 23 2010 // In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of what they used to be, and unemployment and home foreclosure rates up, said Kevin...
Dec 13 2010 // Leading insurance and other financial services companies have signed a research agreement with federal homeland security officials to improve cybersecurity in the financial sector.Through a public-private sector memorandum...
Nov 30 2010 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) has expanded its data breach coverage for business owners, which helps them respond to the loss or theft of the personal information they keep on customers...
Nov 23 2010 // Americans’ spending hits a fever pitch during the holidays and two days in particular – “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” – leave retailers and consumers vulnerable to different...
Nov 16 2010 // Complaints about Internet crimes have reached a milestone. On Nov. 9, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) logged its 2 millionth consumer complaint alleging online criminal activity.The IC3, a partnership between the...
Nov 14 2010 // Nearly half (44 percent) of private company executives expect their firms will add jobs by year end, and more than half (54 percent) plan to expand product or service offerings. Another 12 percent of those same executives...