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IronPro Enhances Cyber, Tech Products in Canada

IronPro, Ironshore’s financial and professional lines unit, is introducing a suite of enhanced cyber and Technology E&O products customized for the Canadian marketplace. IronPro’s cyber and tech products will also provide eligible Ironshore Highly Protected Information (HPI) policyholders with cyber …

IDT911 Enhances Data Breach Services for Commercial Insureds

IDT911 has enhanced its DataRiskStages data breach mitigation and remediation service for insurance companies and their commercial policyholders. The DataRiskStages platform has been enriched with three new features: Ins.breachresponse.com to help avoid and manage a breach, CyberClaims911 for more efficient …

Hartford Steam Boiler Launches Cyber Product for Mid-Size Companies

The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB), part of Munich Re, has introduced HSB Total Cyber, a stand-alone insurance product that offers mid-size companies direct coverage for multiple types of data and cyber exposures. The coverage is designed …

XL Catlin Launches Online Data Breach Resource Portal

XL Catlin’s Cyber & Technology insurance business has launched a new online resource โ€“ CyberRiskIQ.com, to provide clients with support for cybersecurity readiness and incident response services. CyberRiskIQ.com features a comprehensive portal including: Information on the underwriting and claims cyber/tech …

BHSI Launches Professional Liability, Network Security and Privacy Policies

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched two policies providing cyber liability and breach response coverage with risk management resources, the Professional First Network Security & Privacy Policy and the Professional First Professional Liability and Network Security & Privacy Policy. …

XL Catlin Expands Data Breach Response Specialists Network

XL Catlin’s Cyber & Technology insurance business in North America is adding additional computer forensic and legal resources to its network of breach response specialists to help clients respond to breach incidents. XL Catlin’s newest breach response partners include Mandiant, …

Banks Scuttle MasterCard Settlement with Target Over Data Breach

A proposed $19 million settlement between MasterCard Inc. and Target Corp. over the retailer’s 2013 data breach fell through after not enough banks accepted the deal, the credit card company said on Thursday. The agreement, announced in April, would have …

Uber: Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 50,000 Drivers

Uber Technologies Inc. said its database was access by an unauthorized third party last year, resulting in the possible theft of information on 50,000 drivers. The drivers, who are part of Uber’s mobile car-booking network, were notified and Uber took …

19 States Seek Data on Damages from JPMorgan Breach

JPMorgan Chase & Co. was pressed for more evidence by a group of states probing a data breach that jeopardized millions of customer accounts last year, including whether any of the compromised information has been connected with fraud. The group …

‘Throwing Money’ at Data Breach Victims May Not Be Best Response

Offering customers discounts in future purchases and free credit monitoring โ€”strategies used by Target after its large-scale data breach โ€” may raise suspicions rather than satisfy customers’ sense of justice, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas. Information systems …