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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Sixth Circuit Eases Plaintiffs’ Burden for Standing in Data Breach Claims
Tagged with: breach, data breach, insurance, litigation, standing
Posted in Cyberattack, Data Breach, Insurance, Litigation
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…
Tagged with: breach, coverage, data breach, insurance, risk assessment, risk management
Posted in Data Breach, Insurance, Litigation
Posted in Data Breach, Insurance, Litigation
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…
Tagged with: breach, coverage, cybersecurity, data breach, insurance, publication, risk management
Posted in Data Breach, Data Security, Insurance, Litigation
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…
Tagged with: cyber security, data security, insurance, risk management, security practices
Posted in Data Security, Insurance
Posted in Data Security, Insurance
Connecticut Supreme Court Likely To Affirm Personal Injury Coverage For Data Breach Requires Actual Publication To Third Parties
The Connecticut Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday April 27th on an appeal testing the scope of coverage afforded for a business’s data loss or theft events under its Commercial General Liability insurance’s “Personal Injury” coverages. Based on the Justices’…
Court Holds that Privacy Violations Allegations Are Not Covered
A federal court in Washington recently issued an unpublished decision affirming that a common policy exclusion protects insurers from having to provide coverage in certain cases of alleged privacy violations. The same court issued a similar order earlier this year.…
Data Breach Liability Exclusion – It’s Not Your Father’s CGL
No business is immune to data breach. Digital data in particular can be lost in innumerable ways, causing serious business interruptions and consumer injuries. After falling victim to a hack, virus, or cyber theft, companies often search for coverage under…
Posted in Data Breach, Insurance
