Corporate Risk

NUs March cover feature, Into the Breach, explores the coverage considerations and claims picture in the realm of cyber liability. Here, IT security maven Mark McCurley offers some of the valuable lessons learned from companies whose electronic data was compromised.

Insurance company finance departments are more often being asked for decision support and strategic advice, prompting transformation initiatives to evolve the function into an internal business partnering role by strengthening its link to broader enterprise goals.

Target Corp's net profit almost halved in the holiday quarter as the third-largest U.S. retailer dealt with the fallout of a massive data breach and warned that costs related to the event could hurt future profits.

After a brief respite in violence, at least 77 people including a number of police and journalists are reported to have been killed over the past few days in renewed violence in Ukraines capital Kiev. Businesses should ensure that there are several means of viable communication with employees living and...

Weve all heard about corporate executives who have been kidnapped and held for ransom. But did you know that your computer files can be kidnapped and held for ransom too? The new and particularly devious threat, called CryptoLocker, takes the age-old concept of kidnapping into the cyber world.

Mild weather and positive commercial-pricing trends bolstered insurers 2013 results and, consequently, bonus payouts are largely up for the year. But the success of 2013 may set the bar considerably high for bonuses in 2014.