Well-intentioned legislation aimed at fighting broad-based identity theft needs several changes in order to work effectively for property/casualty insurance policyholders, an American Insurance Association spokesman said. “Similar security breach legislation has been introduced in several states this year in the …
The better your credit score, the better your chances are of getting a loan, being issued a credit card, renting a house, getting a job or receiving good auto and homeowner insurance rates. It all starts with building a track …
Nuts & Bolts: St. Paul Travelers launched a basic Internet liability policy aimed at small to mid-size technology companies. Internet basic liability protection is designed for technology businesses or firms with between $5 million and $100 million in revenues that …
News Currents Americans share a lack of confidence in the Internet that could have political consequences. In addition, the lack of action by government to boost security of the digital infrastructure is manifesting itself in economic losses. Those are two …
Chicago-based online wholesaler InsuranceNoodle has been selected by St. Paul Travelers as one of fewer than 90 agencies nationwide to offer the carrier’s VisionPak suite of products for technology companies. Under the agreement, the more than 2,400 independent small commercial …
The Justice Department has decided that most health care employees can’t be prosecuted for stealing personal data under a privacy law intended to protect medical information. The ruling could jeopardize the lone conviction obtained under medical privacy rules that took …
As System Breaches and Hacking Reports Proliferate, Agencies Take Security Seriously High profile cases of identity theft have been all over the general press in recent weeks. We have seen from these cases just how devastating an impact these security …
For Agents Facing Evil Internet Wizards, Security is a Matter of Liability as Well as Downtime In 2001, Boston-area independent agent Peter Anderson noticed that his agency’s network server was dramatically losing hard disk space. The last time he’d checked …
Insurance Coverage, Recovery Services and Preventive Measures Can Help One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud …
Insurance, Recovery Services and Preventive Measures One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report from …
