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• Position: Technology Tools - Zurich North America Financial Enterprises introduces E-Risk Edge - Brief Article

Zurich North America Financial Enterprises has released an expansion of its E-Risk[TM] e-commerce insurance program. The new product, E-Risk[TM] Edge, is an advanced, second-generation e-commerce insurance program that addresses a wide range of e-commerce threats and the latest loss-event scenarios, Zurich says.

E-Risk Edge offers customers comprehensive coverage for many Internet exposures in a single, integrated policy. The product protects businesses against such threats as unauthorized access to or use of data or software; computer viruses that damage or impair data; attacks that result in the inability to perform or gain access to e-business activities; public disclosure of private information; or outright theft of money, securities or other computer resources.

Dave O'Neill, vice president of e-business Solutions, says that in the three years since Zurich entered the e-commerce insurance field, "advances in Internet technology and an increasing interdependence among companies and their suppliers have vastly increased...