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Insurance companies are lining up to protect you from cyberthreats. Yes — even that nasty Twitter troll.

Insurance companies are lining up to protect you from cyberthreats. Yes — even that nasty Twitter troll.
Insurance companies are lining up to protect you from cyberthreats. Yes — even that nasty Twitter troll.
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A multibillion-dollar market in the West, cyber insurance is beginning to take off in India. They will pay your lawyers and even the shrink you might need to see to recover from your trauma.

This was on the cards. Literally. With huge returns and low risk, cybercrime is a booming business. General insurers have taken a cue and are cranking up the pitch to sell cyber-insurance packages to both enterprises and individual customers. For the likes of ICICI Lombard and Bajaj Allianz, the opportunity is mouth-watering, both on the corporate and retail side. On the one hand, you have disasters such as the INR94 crore heist at Pune-based
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