Emerging E-Risks The Same Yet Different

Saturday, July 15th, 2000 Liability Technology

Anyone who has watched a six year-old play a video game or surf the Internet knows that it is human nature to take existing technology for granted. Anyone who was around when the first television came to town also knows that Man has always viewed technological change with a sense of wonderment. Certainly 19th Century Man typically believed that such significant technological change could come only through divine intervention. But technological change does not bring only benefits: change and risk are soul mates. With changes in electronic technology fueling revolutions throughout our economy at an ever-increasing pace, we can forgive non-techie executives, risk managers and insurance claims professionals for questioning whether

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