All the headlines from our Cyber Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 29 2001 // San Francisco-based Carpenter Moore Insurance Services Inc. formed a Cyber Liability / Errors and Omissions Group to be headquartered in San Francisco. The team will be led by Kevin Ishizu and Manny Cho and will focus on...
Oct 18 2001 // Dean O’Hare, Chairman and CEO of Chubb Corp., told delegates at a Conference in Paris that business and government must work together to prevent attacks by terrorists or hackers on the Internet that could seriously...
Sep 17 2001 // Sloppy cyber-security practices in the online distribution of policies and services may leave insurers, their business partners and their customers vulnerable to massive losses. In addition, insurers are potentially...
Jun 27 2001 // The lack of preparedness on the part of businesses to manage risks posed by the Internet, e-commerce and computer technologies was the theme of an address by Jon Farber, senior underwriting director, The St. Paul Companies...
Jun 26 2001 // A forum designed to educate corporate risk officers, risk managers, CFOs and CIOs as to the risk exposures inherent in e-commerce and new technologies will be sponsored by Lloyd’s and Tripwire Inc. in New York City...
May 15 2001 // Liberty International Underwriters (L.I.U.), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has formed an alliance with Cogentric to assess e-business sites for companies seeking cyber insurance. Available this summer, L.I.U.’s...
Mar 28 2001 // Love Bug-type viruses. Lawsuits for privacy violations. For small and mid-sized companies venturing onto the Internet, the world of cyberspace can be fraught with pitfalls.Compounding the problem is that few small and...
Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...
Oct 2 2000 // As Internet use increases, both individuals and businesses face a growing number of legal dilemmas. Is lost electronic data “property damage” within the meaning of a standard insurance policy? What’s the...
Sep 29 2000 // A former associate Martin Frankel has pleaded guilty to charges in Tennessee for his part in Frankel’s alleged plan to defraud insurance companies of millions of dollars. John Hackney, 50, pleaded guilty Wednesday in...
Sep 12 2000 // Tripwire Inc. a leading U.S. provider of “integrity assessment security solutions,” headquartered in Portland, has joined with Lloyd’s HAW Syndicate “to include Tripwire software as a recommended...
Jul 31 2000 // A new survey reveals many of the nation’s largest employers are not prepared to handle e-commerce and e-communication risks. From dot.com companies to brick-and-mortar businesses using the Internet to dispense...
Jun 8 2000 // A Lloyd’s study based on a survey at the recent annual conference of the Association of Risk Managers in Birmingham England, has revealed that 75 percent of the companies surveyed had no coverage against damages...