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New York Department of Financial Services Issues First Guidance by a U.S. Regulator Concerning Cyber Insurance

Data Matters

2 announcing a Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) that describes industry best practices for New York-regulated property/casualty insurers. According to NYDFS, the incorporation of these practices should be proportionate to each insurer’s size, resources, geographic distribution, and other factors. The Framework.

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New York Regulators Call on Insurers to Strengthen the Cyber Underwriting Process

Hunton Privacy

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. sought coverage for expenses under its property insurance policy.

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South Carolina Becomes the First State to Enact the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law

Data Matters

In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted an Insurance Data Security Model Law. On May 3, 2018, South Carolina became the first state to enact this Model Law, in the form of the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act (H.B. See CT Gen Stat § 38a-999b (2015) ; 23 NYCRR 500.

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Hunton Privacy and Insurance Leaders Address Prevention and Insurability of Cyber Attacks

Hunton Privacy

On November 3, 2017, Securityroundtable.org published an article highlighting the vulnerabilities businesses face in a world of e-commerce and interconnectivity, and spotlighted a crisis-planning panel hosted by Hunton & Williams held on November 1. Sponsors for the event included Stroz Friedberg, Pal Alto Networks and Egon Zehnder.

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New Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Institutions in New York State Take Effect November 1, 2024

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

These new rules date back to March 1, 2017, when the NYDFS implemented comprehensive cybersecurity regulations for financial services companies and other covered entities. The regulations were most recently updated on November 1, 2023, with phased effective dates starting on December 1, 2023.

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Cybersecurity Standards for the Insurance Sector – A New Patchwork Quilt in the US?

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

In the past two years, multiple state bills that have been introduced in the US to provide for cybersecurity requirements and standards to the insurance sector, with recent legislative activity taking place in particular within the States of Ohio, South Carolina, and Michigan. NYDFS: Setting a new bar for state cybersecurity regulation.

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Dark Overlord hacking crew publishes first batch of confidential 9/11 files

Security Affairs

The Dark Overlord hacking group claims to have stolen a huge trove of documents from the British insurance company Hiscox, Hackers stole “hundreds of thousands of documents,” including tens of thousands files related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In October 2017, the group broke into the celeb London Bridge Plastic Surgery clinic.

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