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Becoming Cyber Resilient: A Seven-Step Guide for Insurers
To effectively address cybersecurity issues and the myriad regulatory requirements taking shape, insurers should consider taking several steps. The seven steps set forth below are designed to move ...
Preparing a Comprehensive Cyber Incident Response Plan
Development of a comprehensive cyber incident response plan (CIRP) flows from completion of steps 5 and 6 in the accompanying article: performing the threat, vulnerability and impact assessment and ...
Regulatory and Market Imperatives Place Cybersecurity High on Carrier Agendas
Insurance carriers, with their large repositories of high-value personally identifiable information (PII), are increasingly threatened by cyber attacks from bad actors globally. Such attacks could ...
Who Will Be Your Next Leader?
When Sally Smith became the chief executive officer of Buffalo Wild Wings in 1996, it wasn't exactly a planned event. According to Smith's account published in the New York Times (as part of Adam ...
The Changing of the Guard: Comparing the Old and New
Property/casualty insurance carriers say they won't be looking for carbon copies of the incumbent CEO when they seek out his or her potential replacement, but they're not looking for someone very ...
New Blood, Same Veins
Most of the new CEO appointments at many of the world's top insurance companies are what one would expect: men who have spent their entire careers in the insurance business. Not all succession tales ...
Are New Leaders Needed to Guide Insurers Ahead?
Insurance is a business as old as business itself, expertly greasing the wheels of commerce by absorbing risks that would otherwise slow down the engines of growth. Insurance companies have long sold ...
Google to Face Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock.com CEO
Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business. The reason: the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying ...