Waking up to e-risks.
The e-tail revolution is here, and with e-risk exposure rising rapidly, the lack of provision among companies relying on the internet is alarming. But some insurers have woken up to the call for specialist covers tailored to the changing e-needs of business, says Simon Threadgold.
When a business starts using e-commerce, its risk profile can change dramatically. Take a firm that previously used a showroom to market its goods. Now it has switched to marketing itself via aOnly users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.
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