Insurance Journal – “Ridge Global Tackling Cyber Risks”

March 23, 2016 – “It may be surprising to some that a former governor and head of National Security started an insurance company focused on cyber risk, but Tom Ridge, president and CEO of Ridge Global says it shouldn’t be.

“While the world is focused on physical security, even at an early stage in the security space we saw the internet being used for economic and radical espionage,” Ridge said.

Cyber security vulnerability has only grown since Ridge left his job with the U.S. government in 2005. Ridge said that fact and his experience motivated him to start a managing general agent that offers services around cyber response, cyber education and yes, cyber insurance. The company launched in 2014 and in January added three new cyber insurance products designed to integrate with the cyber resiliency services offered by Ridge Global.”

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