Una Conference: Insurance firms top target for cybercrime

Cyber criminal with credit card

Senior crime adviser to PWC says firms can take steps to protect themselves.

Insurance companies are among the top targets for cyber criminals according to a senior crime adviser to PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Charlie McMurdie told an audience of broking and insurance executives at the annual Una Conference in Birmingham that the right training and procedures can help to thwart such attacks.

She said that during her 32-year career with the Metropolitan Police tackling crimes like murder and terrorism, establishing a national cybercrime capability for law enforcement was

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