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SEC warns of investment scams related to Hurricane Ida

Security Affairs

Scammers will likely target individuals and organizations that are eligible to receive large payouts from insurance companies to compensate for the damages caused by Hurricane Ida. Fraudsters also may target individuals receiving compensation from insurance companies.” ” reads the alert published by SEC.

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Building long-term transformational outsourcing relationships: An insurance success story

CGI

Building long-term transformational outsourcing relationships: An insurance success story. Insurers, like organizations in most sectors, are under pressure to transform their businesses using modern technologies like digital, mobile, cloud, etc., Thu, 09/08/2016 - 02:38.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

ru , which DomainTools.com says was registered in 2005 to a Konstantin E. ru , a cost-per-acquisition (CPA) program launched in 2012 that paid handsomely for completed application forms tied to a variety of financial instruments, including consumer credit cards, insurance policies, and loans. Fetisov from Moscow.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Sixth Circuit Finds Coverage for Losses Resulting from Retailer’s Data Breach

Hunton Privacy

In February 2005, a computer hacker gained access to the main computer system of shoe retailer DSW Shoe Warehouse, Inc. (“DSW”) collectively, the “policyholders”) sought coverage for the losses under a commercial crime policy issued by National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. DSW”) compromising more than 1.4

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Supreme Court Limits Plaintiffs Ability to Cap Damages Prior to Class Certification

Hunton Privacy

As reported in the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog : On March 19, 2013, in Standard Fire Insurance Co.v. In Knowles , the named plaintiff filed a proposed class action in Arkansas state court alleging defendant Standard Fire failed to include a general contractor fee in its homeowners’ insurance loss payouts.

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Reporters Need to Understand Advertising. But Should They Be Making It?

John Battelle's Searchblog

The company I started in 2005 has been executing native programs since 2005. Can auto industry reporters, for example, create content for other areas not on their specific beat, like say, for an auto insurance brand? I’ve been on about “native” for more than six years.

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