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ARTICLE · 01 OCTOBER 2014

Cyber Liability Insurance: Where’s The Beef?

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
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"Cyber liability insurance" is often used to describe a range of insurance policies; everyone is talking about the need for "stand alone" cyber liability insurance policies.

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"Cyber liability insurance" is often used to describe a range of insurance policies, in the same way that the word cyber is used to describe a broad range of information security related tools, processes and services. Everyone is talking about the need for "stand alone" cyber liability insurance policies.  These stand-alone cyber liability insurance policies basically cover expenses related to the management of a breach, e.g, the investigation, remediation, notification and credit checking. However, cyber liability coverage is also found in some existing insurance policies, including kidnap and ransom and professional liability coverage.  There may also be some limited coverage through a crime policy if electronic theft is added to that policy.

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