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When to Notify Your Cyber Carrier of a Security Incident - Dear Mary – Incidents + Investigations Cybersecurity Advice Column

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Our company experienced a cybersecurity incident. It seemed pretty minor — just a few suspicious emails and an employee’s account being locked. To my dismay, we’re now hearing from our IT team that the issue is more serious....more

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AI in the Insurance Industry: Balancing Innovation and Governance in 2025

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The insurance industry embraced the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence in 2024 and will continue to do so in 2025. According to the surveys conducted by the Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Working Group of...more

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A Landmark Lawsuit in Data Privacy: Texas v. Allstate

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In a groundbreaking enforcement action, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its subsidiary Arity, alleging systematic violations of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act...more

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Texas Files First Privacy Law Enforcement Action

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On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General’s Office filed its first lawsuit enforcing the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The law went into effect on July 1, 2024. The complaint also states claims under Texas’...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Preparing for Enhanced POPIA Enforcement in South Africa

Recent statements by South Africa’s Information Regulator (“IR”) indicate an impending crackdown on data privacy compliance, specifically within the banking and insurance sectors. The IR has announced its intention to enforce...more

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The Voluntary Parting Exclusion: What You Need to Know

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The US Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 880,000 cybercrime complaints in 2023. Overall financial losses from cybercrime last year reached $12.5 billion, a record-setting year-over-year increase of...more

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NAIC’s Draft Revisions to Protect Consumer Privacy in Model Law 672

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Privacy Protections (H) Working Group (the “Working Group”) has continued its charge to draft a new or revised model law aimed at standardizing privacy protections...more

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NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group Takes First Step on Its New Path ‎Forward

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The Privacy Protections (H) Working Group of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) met on Wednesday June 12, 2024, to consider which proposed path forward to pursue as it considers a new NAIC privacy...more

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NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group’s Path Forward

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On May 15, 2024, the Privacy Protections (H) Working Group of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held its first meeting since the Spring National Meeting in March. The working group seeks public...more

Carlton Fields

Racing Ahead: Privacy, Cybersecurity, and AI Heats for the Life Insurance Industry

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Drivers, start your engines. It has been months of high speed for privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence....more

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Navigating Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Regulations in the Insurance Industry

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For over 100 years, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has been developing model legislation to encourage uniformity among states for the regulation of insurance products. The NAIC model laws and...more

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The Impact of Merck’s NotPetya Policy Claims and a Reported Settlement

By definition, insurance policies represent an exercise in planning for (and hedging against) catastrophe. Cyber insurance for the healthcare industry is no exception. But any hedge is only as good as it’s reliable. Many...more

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Looking Ahead: Cyber Liability Insurance Concerns in 2024

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Followers of the cyber insurance market over the past two years may be suffering from whiplash—that’s how dramatically the market shifted from 2022 to 2023. A perfect storm of good trends and facts combined to create a soft...more

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Insurance Industry: Mid-2023 Privacy and Data Security Updates

The first half of 2023 saw a flurry of activity in the privacy and data security spaces. We outline below some of the key developments of interest to the insurance industry....more

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"An Ounce of Prevention"...How to Reduce the Risk of Litigation and Enforcement Proceedings

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To paraphrase what Ben Franklin may have been alluding to nearly 300 years ago in his famous quote, often the best approach when it comes to reducing the risk of litigation and government enforcement proceedings is to take...more

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Property and Casualty Risks Faced by Data and Analytics Service Providers

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With the explosive growth of data over the last decade, a new industry has emerged: data and analytics services. In an article published in December 2022, Acumen Research and Consulting estimated the global size of the...more

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NAIC Report - 2023 Spring National Meeting

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2023 Spring National Meeting March 21-25 in Louisville, Kentucky. The agenda for this National Meeting was limited, with a number of NAIC working groups...more

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Data Breaches Often Start with Insecure Authentication

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In today’s modern and often hybrid workplace, there is no magic bullet for preventing data breaches—they can come from a variety of angles and thus require a vigilant, multifaceted approach. Implementing a wide-reaching...more

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A New Draft Privacy Model Blooms From the NAIC Privacy Working Group

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On February 1, the NAIC’s Privacy Working Group’s new privacy model germinated. After months of development, the exposure draft, titled “Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law #674” (Proposed Model), has finally...more

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NAIC Report - 2022 Summer National Meeting

Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) Committee Adopts Request for Modernized Privacy Protections Model Law; Receives Working Group Reports - The Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Technology (H) Committee met on...more

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How to Avoid the Most Common Causes of Cybersecurity Incidents

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Cybercrime is at an all-time high, with just the cybercrime insurance industry alone expecting to grow from $8 billion globally in 2020 to $20 billion by 2025.1 Although cyber liability insurance policies now exist to help...more

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How Patching log4J Can Mitigate Regulatory and Insurance Issues

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A major software vulnerability (known as Log4j or Logshell) continues to have a major impact on many industries, causing insurance carriers and regulators to take notice. In the latest episode of Lowenstein Sandler’s...more

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When Congress Freezes Up, the NAIC’s Privacy Protections Working Group Lights a Fire

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On November 18, calling frozen federal legislative efforts “an opportunity” for state insurance regulators to “update state privacy protections … and potentially forestall or mitigate the impacts of any preemptive federal...more

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[Virtual Event] Cyber Insurance Trends – Looking Ahead to 2022 - January 25th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT

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Cyber liability insurance is becoming more ubiquitous, more unpredictable, and in some cases more confusing than ever, which makes understanding your risk even more critical in 2022. Join Woodruff Sawyer experts Dan Burke,...more

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Wisconsin Enacts Insurance Data Security Law Requiring Notification of Cybersecurity Incidents to Insurance Commissioner Within...

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Entities that collect Wisconsin residents’ personal information and are licensed, registered, or authorized (licensee) with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (commissioner) will have to abide by a new data security...more

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