• DocumentCode
    1528329
  • Title

    The cold realities of software insurance

  • Author

    Voas, Jeffrey

  • Author_Institution
    Reliable Software Technol. Corp., USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    71
  • Lastpage
    72
  • Abstract
    Is your company scrambling to assess its legal and financial vulnerability from online transactions or the Y2K problem? If so, you should know that insurance companies are now tentatively dipping into the waters of software liability. Amidst predictions of huge corporate liabilities and despite reports to the contrary, insurers are offering some coverage. Often, however, the coverage either does not completely protect business holdings or comes with hefty premiums. The availability of even limited, expensive coverage is a trend worth watching. To provide insurance, insurers must be able to accurately predict future disasters
  • Keywords
    DP industry; Internet; data integrity; database management systems; electronic commerce; insurance; integrated software; product liability; business holdings protection; corporate liability; financial vulnerability; legal vulnerability; online transactions; software insurance; software liability; year 2000 problem; Calendars; Companies; Cost function; Information systems; Insurance; Internet; Law; Legal factors; Marketing and sales; Protection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IT Professional
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1520-9202
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6294.774795
  • Filename
    774795