Technology, Internet News

Lloyd’s on ‘Cyber Risks’

Tom Sheffield, Technical Director at Aon, pointed out that businesses are typically at ease with physical security systems, but when it comes to online matters there appears to be a lack of knowledge. Companies must think outside the box and …

ISO Granted Patent for Rating and Policy Processing Method

ISO Insurance Technology Solutions (ISO-ITS), a business unit of Insurance Services Office, Inc., (ISO) today reported that it has been granted a patent for its approach to implementing and maintaining rating and policy processing product definitions. The Method and System …

Federal Agencies Still Lacking Identity Theft Protections, Says Report

Nearly two years after an embarrassing flap in which veterans’ personal information was put at risk of identity theft, federal agencies are still not doing all they can to prevent further lapses, investigators have found. Most of the two dozen …

Willis ‘CyPro’ to Cover Business Interruption, Costs from Data Loss

Willis Group Holdings has launched a new facility to cover business interruption and recovery costs stemming from malicious and accidental loss of data. Willis described its CyPro, as a “new suite of products,” that will “help businesses avoid having to …

Report: Black Market for Computer Vulnerabilities Weakens Web Safety

A new Internet security analysis finds that computer vulnerabilities decreased last year for perhaps the first time, though the researchers behind the report caution that there has been no improvement in Web safety. The annual “X-Force” report, released by Internet …

N.Y. Hosts ‘Free Shredding Day’ to Promote Identity Protection

Zainab Chaudhry held onto her father’s tax documents for years after his death, for fear the sensitive information they contained about her family might get into the wrong hands. On Tuesday, she finally got a chance to destroy the piles …

ACE Names Faulkner as European e-Commerce Manager

ACE announced the appointment of Carl Faulkner as its European e-Commerce Manager. The bulletin from the London office stated he would “work closely with ACE’ s Underwriting and Business Development teams across the UK and Europe.” Faulkner “will be responsible …

Langley Lauds Lloyd’s Market Reform Group Progress

Sue Langley, Lloyd’s Director of Market Operations and North America, lauded the progress, detailed in a recently released report from the Lloyd’s Market Reform Group (MRG), which is charged with modernizing the insurance market’s business processes. In an open letter …

Stuckey & Co. Answers When Business is Liable for Blogs, Email, RSS Feeds

Nearly every company distributes electronic content over the Internet. There are 100 million daily video streams from YouTube.com alone, more than 60 million blogs being disseminated, more than 60 billion emails per day, and RSS feeds have reached nearly 275 …

Wash. AG Supporting Cell Phone Privacy, Internet Safety and Ethics Bills

Five bills requested by Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna are scheduled for public hearings today and Wednesday of this week. The bills would help keep cell phone numbers private, make it a crime to view child pornography, allow non-commissioned …