Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. today announced the launchof a new Web site dedicated to educating agents, brokers andcommercial insurance purchasers about technology and informationliabilities.

According to Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin, www.tech-404.comaddresses risks facing commercial businesses, including cyberliability, Internet liability and technology errors andomissions.

“These risks are converging to create new areas of liability fortraditional businesses that are technology dependent,” said DrewBartkiewicz, assistant vice president for Darwin's technology andinformation liability initiatives.

He added, “Identity theft is just the tip of the iceberg, andcompanies should absolutely be taking steps to protect theirconfidential customer data.”

Mr. Bartkiewicz said that other exposures such as maliciouscodes, network security, intellectual property theft, networkfailures, third-party business interruption, media and copyrightinfringement are growing areas of concern.

Insurance coverage for technology and information exposures is“often limited and inadequate to address the growing sophisticationof business and technology infrastructures, the company noted. TheWeb site provides several resources, including industry-specificclaims scenarios and a technology glossary of commonly usedterms.

The Web site currently focuses on exposures within the healthcare, financial services, e-commerce and technology industries,said Darwin.

Darwin is a specialty insurance group focused on theprofessional liability insurance market.