What Kind Of Insurance Might Cover Cyber-Breach?

“At a minimum, it can be expected that Target will investigate the availability of coverage under four separate lines of insurance,” writes Richard J. Bortnick, shareholder at Christie, Pabarue and Young and publisher of CyberInquirer.Com. He considers the four types of insurance – cyber, privacy and technology (CPT); general liability; crime/fidelity; and directors and officers liability – and how each might, and might not, apply to a scenario like the Target data-breach.