Corporate Insurance Blog

My former colleague, Kristi Singleton, and I recently co-authored an article for the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) with our top ten tips for corporations and other entities that are in the market to buy or renew cyber security insurance policies. The introduction is below:

Companies may spend a lot of time and effort to protect their confidential data, but they may miss prime opportunities to save costs and mitigate potential losses if they focus solely on protecting information, and ignore the benefits of purchasing comprehensive cyber-security insurance coverage. One way that companies can help protect their clients, and themselves, is to understand the scope of the insurance policies that they have, and purchase comprehensive cyber-security insurance coverage. All cyber-security insurance policies, however, are not created equal, so below are some tips that all companies should consider when purchasing or renewing a cyber-security policy.

We give advice that hits on high level insurance coverage considerations for cybersecurity risks, such as buying insurance coverage for first and third party risks, and more specific considerations, such as the scope of coverage for risks and transmissions of data outside of company offices.  To read the entire article, click here.

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