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Next Steps for Cybersecurity Model Law
Having faced a lot of "can't be done" reactions to initiatives like increasing competition in the North Dakota's health insurance market and changing a centuries-old life insurance reserving ...
Cyber Theft Strikes 20,000 Tesco Bank Accounts in UK
The banking arm of Britain's biggest retailer Tesco was scrambling on Monday to deal with an online attack over the weekend on 40,000 customers' accounts, 20,000 of which had money removed. The hack ...
China Passes Sweeping Cybersecurity Law; Foreign Opposition Remains
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations in the world's second-largest economy. ...
Digital Innovation, Personal Service Can Help Agents and Brokers Keep Wealthy Clients
The global high-net-worth individual (HNWI) population has increased by 5 percent so far in 2016 to 16.6 million, with total global HNWI wealth increasing by 4 percent to $58.7 trillion, according to ...
Hiscox Helps Back Indio, a Commercial Insurance Broker Platform, in $2M Round
Hiscox is among the participants in a $2 million seed financing for Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth ...
After 6 Years of Fast Growth, Cyber Insurance Purchasing Slows Down
There are signs in 2016 that the cyber insurance market is slowing after six years of rapid growth, even as the overall upward trend of organizations purchasing cyber insurance continued. A 2016 ...
Blockchain in Insurance: Applications and Pursuing a Path to Adoption
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, quickly has become a fixation in the financial services industry as a result of its potential to revolutionize and transform our thinking about data ...
Internet-Connected Appliances, Outdated Systems Vulnerable to Russia Cyber Attacks: UK Spy Chief Warns
Businesses and homes are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks as people install Internet-connected appliances and companies rely on outdated systems, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip ...