E. Hurley Companies Quotations

So far, we've been able to either change companies or negotiate a price down ... But it has gotten to be more and more difficult and takes more and more effort. Sooner or later we're going to be in that blind alley and not be able to get out of it.

We're disappointed. We feel Allstate should have to pay the (additional living expense) claims. Other companies with similar types of policies have been paying their claims.

Once we've analyzed the 2005 data, we will ask those companies to file and justify their rates. It's too early to say how the rates will be affected, but there may be some movement.

There's what I'll call best practices and then there's reality. Based on our research over the past two to three years, there are significant differences in performance results that companies are experiencing with their security programs. There are some common things that are done very well among the best-class enterprises suffering the least amount of breaches and damages. But even having said that, there's probably no way to defeat a serious security threat today and it wouldn't matter what the tool is. The only way to do that would be to unplug the computers.

Insurance companies are not even able to get in. It's going to be hard to start making those assessments until the areas are opened up and we can get in.