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Companies hit with $1.8 billion cyber losses,six-fold increase in 2020 :Hiscox study

The highest recorded cyber loss was $87.9 million from a financial services firm in the UK.More than 6% of total respondents paid a ransom. Their combined losses came to $381 million.However the positive signs are that twice as many firms responded to a breach by adding new security and spending more on employee training.
There has been a shift in the hackers’ behaviour in the last six to 12 months as they focus more on industries such as energy and manufacturing.

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Munich Re launches automated underwriting solution in APAC life insurance market

“The life insurance industry is evolving and insurers who embrace the latest technologies can reach customers in new and innovative ways, gaining a competitive advantage. This is especially crucial in challenging market environments such as these. With the ability to get up and running quickly, ALLFINANZ SPARK enables firms to ignite the digital underwriting experience faster than ever before, providing  the services they need to reach new customers and new markets.” says Declan O’Neill, Executive Vice-President for Product & Data at Munich Re Automation Solutions.

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2-day `Connected Claims Europe’ goes virtual,to be held on Aug 18-19

All insurance executives can attend the the virtual event for free for the first time..
The next generation of claims is on the horizon, as AI, machine-learning, telematics, IoT and payment solutions are paving the way for the customer experience that will give Amazon and Uber a run for their money. Now is the time to win customers hearts, build your innovation dream team and deliver the definitive digital claims experience for all. The entire industry needs to pull together or risk falling behind.

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Govt warns against large-scale phishing attacks using COVID-19 as bait

‘Such emails are designed to drive recipients towards fake websites where they are deceived into downloading malicious files or entering personal and financial information,’ Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said in its latest advisory dated June 19.

The advisory noted that the ‘malicious actors’ are claiming to have 2 million individual/citizen email IDs and are planning to send email with the subject line: free COVID-19 testing for all residents of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad in a bid to coax users to disclose personal information

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Trump administration to propose rolling back protections for big tech

Trump wants to “remove or change” a provision of a law known as Section 230. Under the 1996 Communications Decency Act, Section 230 does not generally hold platforms responsible for what their users post and allows them to moderate the content of their sites as they see fit.The Justice Department plans to make a legislative proposal that Congress would have to pass, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the proposal.

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