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Win for Insurance Industry in Computer Fraud Coverage Ruling

Computers are involved at some point in almost every business transaction—that is the reality of life in the digital age. The implications of that fact are still being worked out with respect to the interpretation of insurance contract computer fraud

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Sixth Circuit Eases Plaintiffs’ Burden for Standing in Data Breach Claims

Insurance companies are susceptible to the same sort of data breaches as suffered by many other businesses, such as the recently reported theft from Yahoo of the personal data in half a billion accounts. In a major decision that may

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Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Insurance, Litigation

Chinese Leftovers: P.F. Chang’s Not Entitled to $2 Million in Breach Costs

In what is thought to be the first published decision in a cyber insurance coverage case, popular Chinese restaurant chain, P.F. Chang’s, was denied coverage for certain costs incurred as a result of a 2014 data breach. Unfortunate as it

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Posted in Data Breach, Insurance, Litigation

Delaware Court Allows Some Claims To Proceed In Data Breach Subrogation Action

Earlier this month, a Delaware state court dismissed multiple implied-warranty claims in a subrogation lawsuit against cybersecurity company Trustwave Corp., but allowed discovery to proceed on certain claims. The suit involved a data breach at Euronet Worldwide Inc., a credit

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Insurance Company Must Defend Against Data Breach Class Action, 4th Cir. Says

On Monday, the Fourth Circuit held that Travelers must defend Portal Healthcare in a class action claim arising out of an alleged medical records data breach. The class action, filed in New York state court in April 2013, alleges that

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Posted in Data Breach, Data Security, Insurance, Litigation

House Subcommittee Examines the Role of Cyber Insurance

On March 22, the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies held a hearing on The Role of Cyber Insurance in Risk Management. The witnesses were Matthew McCabe, a Senior Advisory Specialist for cyber insurance

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Posted in Data Security, Insurance
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