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Data Breach Perils.(insurance industry)

Its negative connotation is deserved. For insurance companies, a data breach spells instant trouble-the least of which is potential loss of reputation, brand and revenue. If a court of law rules the insurance company is negligent, a data breach has the potential of ultimately shutting the carrier's doors.

Recent research by the Chief Marketing Officer Council, Palo Alto, Calif., revealed that a company loses, on average, from 0.63% to 2.10% value in stock price when a breach is reported-equivalent to a loss in market capitalization of $860 million to $1.65 billion per i

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