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NLJ this week: Time to take extra cyber cover?

26 November 2020
Issue: 7912 / Categories: Legal News , Commercial , Cyber
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What are the latest trends in cyber insurance post COVID-19, and has 2020 been the worst year to date for cyber security?

Celso De Azevedo, insurance and dispute resolution lawyer at 36 Commercial, looks into these questions in depth, in an article in this week’s NLJ. He covers recent attacks, and insurers’ and businesses’ response, in the UK and US.

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Issue: 7912 / Categories: Legal News , Commercial , Cyber
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