E-Mail Fears (NAPSA)—A new survey uncovers business’ greatest erisks, and reveals how employers can prevent e-disasters. The 2002 Workplace E-Risk Survey from Assurex Global and Clearswift reveals: Employers fear computer viruses (82 percent), confidentiality breaches (49 percent), lost productivity (39 percent), spam (35 percent) and legal liability (25 percent). Reasonsfor Concern: 19 percent have battled lawsuits stemming from e-mail/ Inter- net. 18 percent have experienced data theft. 35 percent have fired employees for e-abuse. Assurex Global—the world’s largest privately held risk management and commercial insurance brokerage group—says e-insurance can mitigate losses and cut costs. Popular e-insurance coverages: * Crimeloss (22 percent) Director’s & Officer’s (19 percent) Business interruption (18 percent) Computer software/services errors & omissions(13 percent) Product liability (10 percent) * Unauthorized access/use (6 percent) Visit Assurex Global at www.assurexglobal.com.
