Wealthy individuals can now buy up to $1M in cybersecurity insurance
Wealthy individuals now have the option of buying their own cybersecurity protection, to cover up to $1 million in potential financial losses.
The insurance option is one of the first offerings of its kind, providing cybersecurity coverage to individuals rather than corporations. It is the brainchild of Silicon Valley cybersecurity startup Rubica and Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned insurer designed for wealthy families.
“Rubica receives calls daily from individuals who have experienced a cybercrime incident, frequently resulting in a financial loss ranging from $75,000 to $1 million and well beyond,” said Joe Levy, Rubica’s chief revenue officer, in a press release.
PURE Starling, an add-on to the company’s homeowner’s policy, will reimburse subscribers for financial losses related to cyber fraud, provide assistance for dealing with extortion threats, remove malicious software and reinstall safe programs in the wake of a hack.
On Friday, Marriott announced a data breach involving its Starwood guest reservation database, which potentially compromised the personal information of at least 327 million guests.
But information security has risen to the forefront of the national discourse ever since the massive Equifax breach last year that compromised the personally identifiable information of more than 145 million Americans.
A cybersecurity expert told the House Financial Services Committee last year that consumers would forever have to be concerned about their financial security if birth dates and Social Security numbers had been compromised.