ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Cyberspace is the next employment practices liability exposure, a consultant says, noting that threats to agents' personal and customer information are real and almost too numerous to imagine.
According to Steven D. Lyon, a consultant with Lyon Consulting Services in Pequannock, N.J., the cyberspace business exposure will be "the next big deal" in the liability arena.
When thefts of customer information occur, "attorneys will have a field day" if an agent can't prove that he or she protected a client's data or advised clients to purchase cyber protection insurance, he warns.
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