ProHost USA, a Minneapolis-based program administrator, has added a new data breach coverage endorsement to its package programs for fine dining, family dining and fast casual restaurants. The endorsement, written on admitted paper, is available immediately in 28 states with …
Hiscox has launched phase two of their Hiscox Professional Liability Portfolio, adding two additional coverage options to the existing portfolio. Professional services firms can now add crime and data breach and privacy security liability, in addition to general liability coverage …
Ryan Specialty Group’s Think Risk has launched [in]TELLIGENCE to address evolving and often overlooked operational exposures coming from technology and its effect on businesses. Recent surveys have reported that more than half of small to mid-size U.S. firms have already …
A federal appeals court has dismissed a Wisconsin woman’s lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging that it was using her name to generate revenue through online advertising. Beverly Stayart, of Elkhorn, alleged that if someone started typing in a Google search …
ACE USA has introduced a new option for ACE privacy protection policyholders through enhancements to its data breach team endorsement. The new data breach fund sidecar endorsement eliminates tiered sub-limits and provides a single data breach fund limit, one that …
CloudInsure, a cloud insurance platform designed to specifically address privacy and security liabilities within the cloud environment, has formed an agreement with independent (re)insurance broker Lockton to provide risk management products for clients exposed to hazards associated with cloud technologies. …
Small businesses may not think they are at risk for cybercrime, but almost 72 percent of the 855 data breaches worldwide analyzed by Verizon’s forensic analysis unit were at companies with 100 employees or less*. However, a questionnaire by Travelers …
Ryan Specialty Group’s (RSG) ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency and Aspen US Insurance have entered into a new underwriting partnership. ThinkRisk will transition its existing converging risk program –specialized errors and omissions insurance for media, advertising, technology, privacy and network and security …
The insurance industry has wrestled with the best way to respond to all the different privacy and security exposures businesses face in the current tech-heavy world. Since it first came out in the late ’90s, cyber coverage has evolved from …
AmWINS Brokerage of the Carolinas, through its partnership with Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) and Beazley plc, is now offering a data privacy and network security insurance product for hospitals. The product is tailored to hospitals for privacy breaches, …
