Cyber Risk News

5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms

Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and …

5 Risk Management Steps to Recommend to Design Firms

Critical Areas Include Contract Wording, M&As, Emerging Risks As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and carriers …

5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms

Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and …

5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms

Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat. This dangerous trend means insurance brokers and …

Survey: Private Firms Expect Growth, Employee Theft and Data Breach

Nearly half (44 percent) of private company executives expect their firms will add jobs by year end, and more than half (54 percent) plan to expand product or service offerings. Another 12 percent of those same executives anticipate completing a …

Imprisoned New Jersey Woman Indicted for Auto Insurance Fraud

New Jersey prosecutors say a woman who is currently serving a five-year sentence for insurance fraud and identity theft has been indicted in a separate insurance fraud scheme to steal over $8,000 from Liberty Mutual. Dalynn White, also known as …

Ironshore to Offer Monoline Network Security, Privacy Liability Coverage

IronPro, the professional liability division of Ironshore Inc. has introduced Enterprise PrivaProtector 9.0 to assist businesses in managing their network security and privacy risks. In 2010, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported 533 privacy breaches involving over 13 million personal …

Pennsylvania School Settles Two Webcam Spy Lawsuits for $610K

A Philadelphia-area school district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photos taken on school-issued laptops. The Lower Merion School District admits it captured thousands of webcam photographs and screen shots from student laptops in a …

Worker Theft

It’s Usually One You Least Suspect It often starts with a trusted employee who a small business owner would never suspect. Invoices might be forged, or checks might be stolen. By the time the boss catches on, thousands of dollars …

Congress Takes Aim at Cybersecurity Threats

Proposed cybersecurity legislation circulating on Capitol Hill would give the president the power to declare an emergency in the case of big online attacks and force some businesses to beef up their cyber defenses and submit to scrutiny. The draft …