it used to be that EV certs had higher insurance if there was a leak of the intermediate private keys and lost data. Since nobody ever actually leaked an inter

it used to be that EV certs had higher insurance if there was a leak of the intermediate private keys and lost data. Since nobody ever actually leaked an intermediate private key for a CA, people don't recognise the value. If we had lost payment card information through MITM, we would have been liable for a lot more money. That was the business justification for EV back when I was doing major ecommerce stuff.