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An appeals court found T-Mobile can cover its Zurich deductible with funds it recovered from a vendor involved in the breach. “The court rejected Zurich’s argument that a policyholder can’t use a third-party payment as a deductible and found that the insurer must cover T-Mobile’s losses stemming from the breach. The decision will add firepower … Read more
You’ve got until Jan. 17th to weigh in. See instructions in the embedded document at the link below. Requested feedback includes: “Address incentivizing cybersecurity adoption and compliance. TSA wrote that it ‘is particularly interested in comments on types of incentives, such as liability protection, insurance, commercial contracts, or other private- or public-sector options, that would … Read more
“Founded in 2002, Positive (Positive Physicians Insurance Company) provides medical malpractice insurance coverage for physicians, medical staff, and medical groups. ‘Cyber Insurance is often an afterthought in the MPL space, with coverage only triggering when an adverse event occurs. But as digital risk increases and evolves, so must the coverage available for healthcare providers. Coalition … Read more
“’Based on a very healthy budget, we were able to check every box and keep our premiums to an increase of only 46% as opposed to the 103%,’ (ChristianaCare CISO Anahi) Santiago added. The reality is, ‘based on what’s being asked of us, I know that there’s absolutely no way that the 99% other healthcare … Read more
“MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) is good and everyone should use it where they can to protect valuable data and systems (says security expert Roger A. Grimes.) Unfortunately, the insurance industry and their customers are going to learn that using ANY MFA is not going to be as helpful in reducing risk as they thought. Unfortunately, about … Read more