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News Alert: QBE North America launches new cyber insurance program with Converge

The Last Watchdog

New York, NY, July 27, 2023 – QBE North America today announced the launch of a cyber insurance program with new MGA, Converge, acting as program administrator. Tom Kang, CEO, Converge, added, “We’re thrilled to partner with QBE North America given their experience and reputation in the cyber insurance market.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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The growing importance of dynamic pricing and rating in insurance

CGI

The growing importance of dynamic pricing and rating in insurance. On June 20, 2016, CGI held a roundtable discussion on dynamic rating and pricing in the insurance industry that involved nearly all major Dutch insurers. This is in contrast to the traditional cost-plus approach to pricing in the insurance industry.

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Cybersecurity Insurance

Schneier on Security

Good article about how difficult it is to insure an organization against Internet attacks, and how expensive the insurance is. Companies like retailers, banks, and healthcare providers began seeking out cyberinsurance in the early 2000s, when states first passed data breach notification laws.

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Global Scamdemic: Scams Become Number One Online Crime

Security Affairs

Using patented Digital Risk Protection (DRP) technologies, the experts at Group-IB discovered over 70 groups of fraudsters that are only used in one of the fraudulent schemes, Classiscam, of which 36 are aimed at Europe. Insurance companies around the world are now suffering from phishing. million in one year .

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. But in today’s environment, identifying and assessing risk – and taking corrective action — requires a more disciplined, case-management approach. Smart money. LW: What key innovations does Syncurity bring to the table?

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New York Department of Financial Services Issues Guidance Regarding Life Insurers’ Use of External Consumer Data in Underwriting

Data Matters

On January 18, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued Circular Letter 2019-1 (the Circular Letter), addressing insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources in underwriting for life insurance. Unlawful Discrimination.