Cyber Risk News

Sequoia Offers Identity Theft Coverage

Sequoia Insurance Co., based in Monterey, Calif., announces the release of restoration coverage for identity theft. For a minimal additional cost, identity theft recovery coverage can be added to Sequoia’s Enterprise, Edge, Agricultural Edge and other policies. Coverage includes a …

Mercator Risk Services Acquires Tennant Risk Services

Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, acquired Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency LLC, a Hartford, Conn.-based wholesale broker and underwriting manager. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tennant Risk Services specializes in errors and omissions, directors and …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Personal Lines Insurance Agents E&O Nuts & Bolts: Travis-Pedersen & Associates of Arizona, LLC is …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Personal Lines Insurance Agents E&O Nuts & Bolts: Travis-Pedersen & Associates of Arizona, LLC is …

Utah WC Fund Laptop Stolen; Personal Data at Risk

The Workers’ Compensation Fund, one of Utah’s largest insurers, is working to recover a stolen laptop that held personal data records for some 2,800 people. The laptop was taken Dec. 9 from an auditor’s car parked in the garage of …

Regulators Address the Politics of Underwriting

There is an X-factor in setting insurance rates that even actuaries would have a hard time calculating: Politics. For those who serve as their state’s ultimate authority on what factors insurers can use to raise or lower rates, political calculations …

Wash. AG Proposes Identity Theft Bill

A bill requested by Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna to make it easier to prosecute identity theft cases is scheduled for a public hearing today before the House Judiciary Committee. “Records custodians often must fly long distances just to …

Contractor Sends Letters to Wis. Residents at Risk for Identity Theft

Wisconsin residents at risk for identity theft have been mailed letters explaining how they can sign up for free credit monitoring and receive special insurance. State contractor EDS Corporation of Texas sent some of the letters on Saturday, Jan. 12. …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Jewelers Block Nuts & Bolts: Jewelers Block is offering coverage including retail, wholesale and manufacturing …

Regulators Address The Politics of Underwriting

There is an X-factor in setting insurance rates that even actuaries would have a hard time calculating: Politics. For those who serve as their state’s ultimate authority on what factors insurers can use to raise or lower rates, political calculations …