At 2:00 AM -0400 on 6/14/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Title: Daitokyo Fire & Marine Insures EC Shopping Malls... > Resource Type: News Article > Date: June 11, 1999 > Source: AsiaBizTech > Author: Nikkei Multimedia > Keywords: E-COMMERCE ,INSURANCE ,FRAUD/THEFT ,BUSINESS PRACT > > Abstract/Summary: > Daitokyo Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. will insure operators of > electronic commerce shopping malls and Internet Service Providers > against password theft. > > The insurance is in response to the growing incidence of online > shoppers being billed by credit card companies for goods that they > have no recollection of purchasing via the Internet, a problem that > also is deterring growth of electronic commerce. > > Password theft insurance indemnifies the operator or ISP against > damages incurred through password abuse. If a person registered with > an insured shopping mall or ISP has his or her password stolen and > misused, the insurance company compensates that individual for any > losses suffered. > > Original URL: >http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/73522 > > Added: Mon Jun 14 0:45:18 -040 1999 > Contributed by: Keeffee ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Digital Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
