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Tech Firms Warn of Growing Cyber Risks: From Medical Devices to Sex Toys

It’s not just computers and mobile phones that are vulnerable to cyber attack, according to software firm Trend Micro. As more devices are hooked up to the internet, it could be anything from medical equipment to industrial machinery – and …

JLT Specialty, Keeper Security Form Client Data Protection Partnership

JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), and Keeper Security, Inc., a password manager and digital vault, have formed a partnership designed to offer clients a tool to protect confidential and private information and improve their underwriting risk profile. …

Virtual Privacy Expert Gives Insurers Privacy Tools for Clients

Data breach software firm ID Experts has partnered with risk management and claims consultant Enquiron to offer the Virtual Privacy Expert, an on-demand website service for insurance carriers looking to provide online privacy tools to their clients in conjunction with …

LIU Partners with BitSight Technologies to Provide Information Monitoring to Insureds

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has collaborated with BitSight Technologies to provide LIU Data Insure policyholders with current ratings on their company’s information security health to help better protect their sensitive business and customer data. Through …

EU Agency ENISA Calls for ‘Kick-start’ in Cyber Insurance Market

Europe’s citizens and businesses could benefit from better protection for their computer systems and data if the cyber insurance market can be kick-started, according to a recently released report from the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). The report …