All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 6 2009 // Data security represents both a new market opportunity to sell insurance coverage and a new risk – especially for independent insurance agencies that may not be compliant with data security laws or have plans to...
Mar 27 2009 // Great American Insurance Group introduced a new modular policy providing coverage for a variety of cyber risks.The ISO based-Internet Liability and Network Protection Policy (ILNPP) was developed to protect commercial...
Mar 23 2009 // Data security represents both a new market opportunity to sell insurance coverage and a new risk — especially for independent insurance agencies that may not be compliant with data security laws or have plans to...
Mar 23 2009 // Data security represents both a new market opportunity to sell insurance coverage and a new risk — especially for independent insurance agencies unable to comply with data security laws or have plans in place to...
Feb 18 2009 // New restrictions on teen drivers and legislation allowing police to pull over motorists for not wearing their seat belts advanced in the Arkansas Legislature.Meanwhile, senators gave final approval to a bill that requires...
Feb 2 2009 // Lockton announced that is launching a unique set of risk management services to help companies address outsourcing risk and corporate response plans for data breaches.“These services are supported by leading cyber...
Jan 6 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is introducing the first coverage for retailers that experience a breach of their payment card security system.According to the insurer, a single breach of a payment card security system...
Nov 2 2008 // Editor’s Note: The following commentary was originally published on InsuranceJournal.com. The Letter to the Editor, on page N41, is in response to this commentary.American International Group’s meltdown may...
Oct 24 2008 // Experts in cyber risk, citing financial mismanagement behind the current economic crisis, are warning business executives they need to better understand how to manage their own cyber systems to avoid another crisis.The...
Oct 10 2008 // American International Group’s meltdown may serve at least one (if not more) positive purpose: spotlighting the difference between the insurance professional and the non-professional.Insurance professionals will have...
Oct 6 2008 // A family-run crafts store opens in a strip mall and, after much hard work and long hours, begins to flourish. The store takes credit cards, contracting with a merchant bank to handle the logistics. The tech savvy teenager...
Sep 30 2008 // Florida resident Stephen Carlisle was not alarmed by the letter he received from Bank of New York Mellon Shareowners Services, notifying him that a data breach had exposed sensitive information from thousands of...
Sep 16 2008 // Northerly winds began blowing into southern Louisiana on Monday, a change that officials hoped would help clear lingering floodwaters pushed in by Hurricane Ike.Tim Destri, a National Weather Service meteorologist said...
Sep 1 2008 // Authorities in Boston have cracked what is believed to be the largest federal hacking and identity theft case ever, involving the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.Eleven people,...
Aug 15 2008 // The U.S. Justice Department’s announcement last week that it had uncovered one of the largest identity theft schemes in U.S. history is a reminder for consumers to protect their financial information, say the...
Aug 7 2008 // Authorities in Boston have cracked what is believed to be the largest federal hacking and identity theft case ever, involving the theft and sale of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers.Eleven people,...
Jul 30 2008 // More than one-third of U.S. businesses do not purchase any type of management or professional liability insurance. Yet, two out of three U.S. private companies have experienced some type of event related to management or...
Jun 16 2008 // A former New Jersey lawmaker ensnared in a federal bribery investigation has pleaded guilty to federal and state corruption charges and has resigned as mayor of Orange.Mims Hackett Jr., 67, admitted he took a $5,000 bribe...
Jun 4 2008 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. has a new data compromise insurance coverage that helps businesses respond to data breaches by covering the cost of client notifications and supplying services such as...
May 29 2008 // A former New Jersey lawmaker ensnared in a federal bribery investigation pleaded guilty to federal and state corruption charges Tuesday and resigned as mayor of Orange.Mims Hackett Jr. admitted he took a $5,000 bribe to...