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PwC report shows cyber insurance becoming $7.5 billion market in 5 years

Julie Campbell
Cyber Insurance

These predictions for the Indian market were revealed this week at the Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendezvous. According to the figures that were released at the Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendezvous, the market for cyber insurance could blossom to a hefty $7.5 billion in India as early as the end of 2020, if things continue as they have been. This forecast, along with several other insurance predictions, was released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). PwC also stated that by the end of 2018, the cyber liability insurance market will have risen to $5 billion…

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Cyber insurance continues to grow in importance

Nordstrom
Cyber Insurance Coverage

Start-ups are beginning to see the greater importance of cyber protection Cyber insurance is becoming a very important priority for entrepreneurs, especially those invested in the digital market. Data is a major asset of many companies that operate online and this data can be associated with a wide range of information concerning customers or a business’ operations. For start-ups, protecting this data is becoming more important and cyber insurance is becoming an ideal way to mitigate the impact of malicious attacks that would steal this information. Data is a very…

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Cyber insurance benefits become increasingly clear to businesses

H. Cutner
cyber insurance agent

A recent RIMS survey revealed that companies are purchasing this coverage at a growing rate. The RIMS Cyber Survey 2015 has been released and what it has revealed is that 51 percent of the members of that Risk Management Society have purchased stand-alone cyber insurance policies in order to protect them from the threats associated with data breaches and other digital invasions. It is clear that the steady stream of data breach news headlines is starting to impact the perceived risk. In order to better understand the risk management strategies…

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Insurance companies scramble to find out if Chinese hack reached them

G. Turner
cyber insurance companies security mobile

The industry is attempting to determine if the hackers that breached government employee files also affected them. Cybersecurity experts are cautioning insurance companies that the same Chinese hackers that were behind the data breach of a minimum of four million government employee files may also have been responsible for similar data thefts at two health care giants: Premera and Anthem. The tremendous hack to the Office of Personnel Management was likely not the first large scale American hack for the group. There have been a series of different attacks that…

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Health insurance company hit by data breach

S.Vagus
emergency health insurance policies medical technology

CareFirst has fallen victim to a significant data breach CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has taken note of the rise in cyber crimes that are targeting health insurance companies and had been taking steps to upgrade its security. The company had hoped to avoid falling victim to digital attacks by improving its cyber security, but while doing so found that it had already been the target of a major data breach, which began in June 2014. The data breach represents a significant problem that health insurance companies are having, as it shows…

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