Zurich North America Commercial Expands Security, Privacy Insurance Coverage

Vulnerabilities & Threats

Zurich Security and Privacy Protection Policy helps businesses manage data breaches, cyberattacks

July 7, 2009

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PRESS RELEASE

Schaumburg, Ill., July 6, 2009 " Zurich North America Commercial announced

today its enhanced and expanded product to help businesses manage the

financial and reputational risks of cyberspace " the Zurich Security and

Privacy Protection Policy.

The consequence of data breaches cost today's business owners an average of

$6.6 million per incident, and this cost is on the rise, according to a

study conducted by an independent research institute. Zurich's policy is

designed to help pay for the costs incurred while trying to recover from a

data breach and to help companies protect against the potential liabilities

arising out of or resulting from cyber-related incidents. In addition to

data breaches, the policy provides coverage for a broad range of network

security and privacy risks, such as unauthorized access or use of an

insured's computer system, alteration or destruction of electronic data and

denial of service attacks. The policy provides both third party insurance

including optional internet media liability and optional first party

coverages.

According to Brad Gow, senior vice president of Specialty Errors &

Omissions for Zurich North America Commercial's Specialties business unit,

the current regulatory environment is creating an escalating exposure for

companies, with more stringent reporting requirements as well as media

notification in numerous jurisdictions. At present, more than 40 states,

the District of Columbia and numerous foreign jurisdictions have data

breach reporting regulations with new legislation being developed

continually.

"Zurich's coverage is expansive and designed to help protect business

owners from the vulnerabilities of business' digital infrastructure," said

Gow. "Most of the technologies making today's workforce more efficient,

including smartphones, laptops, and external hard drives, are also making

it easier than ever for data breaches to occur. The fact is, the

vulnerability of business owners doesn't only spring from hackers or cyber

attacks. A vendor or an unhappy employee can walk off with millions of

records on a USB stick."

Zurich Security and Privacy Protection coverage provides a broad range of

critical third party and first party insurance coverage. This policy was

designed to help reduce the confusion that can result from dealing with

multiple policies helping to close the gaps in coverage existing today.

Third party coverage: -- Security and privacy liability coverage, which includes limited coverage for regulatory proceedings defense costs o Internet media liability coverage (available as an option)
- Privacy breach costs coverage (available as an option): -- Covers certain legal and public relations expenses and forensic investigation expenses of a company's computer system to determine the cause or extent of a privacy breach
- First party coverage: -- Business income loss and dependent business income loss -- Digital asset replacement expense -- Cyber extortion threat and reward payments
  "Zurich brings the knowledge and experience to this field to identify,
  understand and manage the risks facing our customers," said Seraina Maag,
  president of Zurich North America Commercial's Specialties business unit.
  "We continually evaluate loss trends and the current risk environment to
  identify the most common vulnerabilities that cause the greatest losses.
  Zurich's security and privacy product is designed to help our customers
  recover quickly the greatest financial losses from the risks inherent in
  our Internet-dependent economy."
  Zurich's new policy is available to all major industries and offers
  specialized protection for the particular vulnerabilities faced by
  financial enterprises, healthcare industries, which need to comply with key
  regulations such as the recently enacted HITECH Act, and technology firms.
  As an additional level of support, Zurich customers will gain access for no
  additional charge to NetDiligence's eRisk hub, a Web-based resource for
  cyber incident prevention and recovery service information. Zurich Security
  and Privacy Protection customers will also be offered access to additional
  prevention and recovery resources, such as these current offerings:
  Deloitte's Digital Forensic and e-Discovery, National ID Recovery, and Identity Theft 911's Security Breach Response.
  "Combining state-of-the-art coverage with loss control and prevention
  recommendations provided by independent third parties demonstrates Zurich's
  commitment to assisting our customers in all phases of their risk
  management from risk awareness to mitigation to risk transfer," said Ty R.
  Sagalow, chief innovation officer for Zurich North America Commercial.
  For more information, go to http://www.zurichna.com/securityandprivacy.
  About Zurich
  Zurich's North America Commercial and Global Corporate in North America
  business divisions are part of Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich), an
  insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of
  subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia
  Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Founded in 1872, the Group is
  headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It employs approximately 60,000
  people serving customers in more than 170 countries. In North America,
  Zurich (www.zurichna.com) is a leading commercial property-casualty
  insurance provider serving the global corporate, large corporate, middle
  market, specialties and programs sectors.
  Media contact:
  Jennifer Nowacki Zurich (847) 605-6511 [email protected]

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