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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

As detailed in my 2014 book Spam Nation , Vrublevsky not-so-secretly ran a pharmacy affiliate spam program called Rx-Promotion , which paid spammers and virus writers to blast out tens of billions of junk emails advertising generic Viagra and controlled pharmaceuticals like pain relief medications. Rusprofile[.]ru

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Summer 2018 National Meeting

Data Matters

The Big Data (EX) Working Group heard a presentation from LIMRA regarding how insurers are utilizing consumer data in underwriting life insurance products. Discussion following the presentation focused on stakeholder concerns regarding such use of big data, including the lack of consumer disclosures and confidentiality concerns.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Fall 2020 National Meeting

Data Matters

Under the Unfair Trade Practices Act and existing state rebating laws, insurers are prohibited from offering value-added products, services, or programs in conjunction with the sale of an insurance policy as an inducement to purchase insurance. The development of the framework will be subject to public review and comment.