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Must be a lawyer. Duties include: “Advise clients of their claim related obligations under the policies and establish client-specific claims management procedures Provide claims advocacy on behalf of clients by providing written responses to carrier coverage positions and by negotiating favorable claim resolutions” Source: Senior Cyber Claims Advocate at Willis Towers Watson / Insurance Journal … Read more
“The new central cyber underwriting team will assume global responsibility for Swiss Re’s underwriting and product development activities in the cyber sector.” The company has hired John Coletti to manage the effort. Source: Swiss Re to create central cyber underwriting team | Insurance Business
Broker urges patience as industry develops sustainable approach to ransomware and other cyber issues…unfortunately, the cyber crooks are anything but patient. “Obviously, you can see just how difficult it is to be a broker right now, regardless of how up-front you are with renewing cyber insurance programs, because we’re reacting to the insurance carriers who … Read more
The breach involve employee emails. “The company then conducted a manual review of the emails to determine whether they contained sensitive information. This process, completed on June 30, 2021, showed that certain personal information for a limited number of individuals was accessible although not necessarily actually accessed or viewed by unauthorized individuals.” Source: Ryan Specialty … Read more
This reminds us of the push after 9-11 for the US government to share terrorism losses with the insurance industry, which led to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, or TRIA. TRIA’s 2019 extension included a requirement for the federal government to study whether a similar structure might work for cyberterrorism. “Cyber – as some other … Read more