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ARTICLE · 21 MAY 2019

Kleptocurrency: Crime Insurers Face New Challenges With Cryptocurrency

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Chris McKibbin and articling student Maria Christodoulou had their article "Kleptocurrency: Crime insurers face new challenges with cryptocurrency" published in the April-May 2019 edition of Claims

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Chris McKibbin and articling student Maria Christodoulou had their article "Kleptocurrency: Crime insurers face new challenges with cryptocurrency" published in the April-May 2019 edition of Claims Canada magazine. The article provides a high-level description of how cryptocurrency works, and outlines some considerations crime insurers should take into account in tailoring traditional crime coverages to emerging cryptocurrency exposures. A copy of the article is available here.

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