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If you thought cyber was hard to sell before…

October 20, 2020 by Adam Malik

Cyber claims have skyrocketed recently thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the relatively young class of business has entered a hard market, meaning that an already-tough-to-sell insurance product may become an even harder sell, according to an expert in the

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Why this client can only recover $50,000 on a $2.7-million commercial crime claim

October 16, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

An electronics distributor that lost nearly $2.7-million because its accounts payable staff were duped by fraudsters cannot claim under policy wording covering funds transfer fraud, a Quebec court has ruled. In Future Electronics Inc. (Distribution) Pte Ltd. v. Chubb Insurance

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Two ways your clients are most likely to get hacked during COVID-19

July 17, 2020 by Adam Malik

Cybercriminals are showing much better success with phishing and social engineering attacks while everyone is working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, says a recent report. In fact, in a highly-publicized incident just days ago, Twitter confirmed it was the

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Intact announces new crimes coverage options

February 28, 2020 by Adam Malik

Intact Insurance has updated and expanded its crime coverage to include “social engineering,” which describes a situation in which nefarious online actors dupe unsuspecting employees into sending money or products to criminals. “What we’ve taken is the crime coverages that

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Ontario brewery loses $2.1 million in cyber attack

November 21, 2019 The Canadian Press

KITCHENER, Ont. – Waterloo Brewing Ltd. says it has lost $2.1 million in what it calls a social engineering cyberattack. The Ontario brewery says the incident occurred in early November and involved the impersonation of a creditor employee and fraudulent

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Cyberattacks will increasingly lead to business interruption, cyber insurer warns

February 22, 2018 by Jason Contant

Cyber insurer Beazley is expecting an increase in cyberattacks that lead to business interruption, especially due to the growth of cloud platforms and connected devices in the workplace. On Wednesday, Beazley released its 2018 Breach Briefing outlining the types of

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Questions for brokers to ask clients about cyber insurance

January 17, 2018 by Jason Contant

Serge Solski, principal at AdviseAware Risk Consulting, advises brokers and other clients about technology risks — including cyber risks and coverage. He spoke to Canadian Underwriter Monday about some questions that brokers should be asking their clients to help understand

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Are your clients covered for social engineering fraud?

November 27, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Brokers should not assume that a client who has bought a cyber or crime policy is covered for the risk of innocent employees who are duped into making fraudulent money transfers. ‘Social engineering fraud’ is a broad term describing scams

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Beazley reports nine-fold rise in data breaches due to social engineering in first three quarters of 2017

October 24, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Specialist insurer Beazley has reported a nine-fold increase in data breaches due to social engineering in the first to third quarters of this year. In the first three quarters of 2016, attacks involving social engineering – a form of attack

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Cyber attacks among polled U.S. business costing at least US$5,000

October 2, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Seven in 10 of the surveyed U.S. businesses that experienced a cyber attack in the last year spent in excess of US$5,000 to investigate each incident, restore or replace software and hardware, and address any other consequences. However, 38% of

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Cybercriminals will shift focus from data to threatening human life, cybersecurity expert predicts

September 13, 2017 Jason Contant, Online Editor

Cybercriminals will navigate away from their focus on data and start to target or threaten human life in the near future, cybersecurity expert Kevvie Fowler suggested in an interview with Canadian Underwriter. “Moving forward the next five or ten years,

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Ransomware attacks continue to rise, but accidental data breaches remain a major cause of loss: Beazley

August 1, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Ransomware attacks continued their rise in the first half of 2017, up by 50% over the first half of 2016, but accidental breaches continue to be a major problem and account for 30% of breaches overall, specialist insurer Beazley reported