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Best Auto Insurer 2020

BEST AUTO INSURER While best is a subjective term, we tend to all agree that when it comes to customer experience, past performance is a leading indicator of what an experience could be. Similarly, while we at privateRISK base our judgment and recommendations on...

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PURE sold to Tokio Marine – 2019

PURE sold to Tokio Marine – 2019

PURE has agreed to terms on the sale of Privilege Underwriters, Inc (PUI), the parent company for the attorney-in-fact managing the reciprocal exchange on behalf of PURE members. Quick facts of the deal:

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Capital One Data Breach 2019

Capital One Data Breach 2019

Multiple news outlets are reporting that a 33-year old hacker from Seattle was able to access a Capital One serves and compromise over 100 million user accounts and applications.

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Florida DMV Registration Issue 2019

FLORIDA CANNOT PROCESS ONLINE VEHICLE REGISTRATION FOR FLEETS The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is experiencing an issue with its online vehicle registration portal. This error is preventing clients with more than 10 motor vehicles registered...

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PURE releases 2018 Annual Report

PURE releases 2018 Annual Report

PURE Annual Report 2018 PURE Insurance has released its annual report to members for the 2018 fiscal year. Highlights include: PURE achieved an A rating from AM Best, up from A- Gross Written Premium increased from $781M to $962M Membership increase from 70,475 to...

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Beazley Report on Business Email Compromise 2019

Beazley Report on Business Email Compromise 2019

Beazley Reports Email Compromise On Rise Beazley released a report which shows that year over from 2017 through 2018, Business Email Compromise (BEC) claims increased 133%. In 2018, BEC accounted for 24% of the overall number of incidents reported to Beazley Breach...

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