Insurance industry well attuned to digital risks The Internet has become an all-encompassing resource for information and community for most of the world. Today, the Internet supports a multitude of businesses, many of which rely on the digital world to reach out to consumers and sell products around the world. While the Internet is often considered one of the greatest accomplishments in human history to date, it is not a utopia. Within the Internet are many threats that businesses, consumers, and governments have yet to become acclimated to. The cyber…
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Cyber insurance became increasingly popular last year
A Marsh study showed that the demand for this protection increased considerably in 2012. According to a report issued by Marsh Inc., the broker and risk adviser, the demand for coverage with cyber liability insurance increased as a growing number of businesses purchased the protection. The average policy limits that were taken out also increased during last year, said the report. The number of clients of FINPRO at Marsh that took out cyber insurance last year increased by 33.3 percent over the number from the year before. This, according to…
Read MoreCyber insurance increasingly important in Australia
Businesses are experiencing a growing number of targeted attacks within that country. A newly released government report in Australia has shown that there is a rapid rise in the number of data breaches among organizations in the country, which suggests that there may be a growing need for cyber insurance. Over one fifth of companies that the government surveyed stated that they had been targeted last year. There were 255 companies that participated in the government survey, and one in every five said that within the last year, they had…
Read MoreArgo Group unveils cyber liability insurance
Argo Pro has introduced this new product to address business exposures to digital attacks. Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.’s Argo Pro has announced the availability of a new cyber liability insurance product, which has been created to help businesses to mitigate the risk associated with exposures from their dependency on information technology. The product is called information and Professional Risk Playbooksm (iPRP). Argo Pro has also announced that it has entered into a partnership with leading assessment of cyber risk and data breach services firm, NetDiligence, for its ability to…
Read MoreMarsh releases new cloud-based insurance technology solution
Innovative new CloudProtect product fills in cyber risk policy gap. Marsh has announced that it is launching a first of its kind form of innovative insurance technology that is designed to help companies to mitigate the risks associated with using cloud computing. This CloudProtect policy can help to protect against failures from cloud service providers from leading to losses. As the tech industry plunges forward and demands greater efficiency, cloud computing has skyrocketed in popularity for IT service delivery, data storage, as well as software applications. However, companies using the…
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