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As digital threats grow, will cyber insurance take off?

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Cyberattacks cost the world more than natural disasters – US$3 trillion in 2015, a price that may climb to $6 trillion annually by 2021 if present trends continue. But most people – and even most businesses – don’t have insurance to protect themselves...

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