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McCarter & English, LLP

Don’t Get Caught in Scattered Spider’s Web

The cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider is at it again, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group. This criminal group is known to focus its cyber attacks on one sector at a time. Last spring, it was the retail...more

Woodruff Sawyer

The Voluntary Parting Exclusion: What You Need to Know

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The US Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 880,000 cybercrime complaints in 2023. Overall financial losses from cybercrime last year reached $12.5 billion, a record-setting year-over-year increase of...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Part Five: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments

Cyber Security And Privacy Insurance Claims - This is the fifth installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry. To date, the vast...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Fifth Circuit Requires Insurance Coverage for Cyberattack on Payment-Processing System

Cybercriminals continue to find payment card data enticing. And despite the increasingly stringent safeguards designed to prevent misappropriation, payment credentials are routinely compromised. We have recently written about...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Your CGL Policy May Provide Coverage for a Data Breach

As cybercrimes and data breaches continue to cause significant damage to companies of all types, policyholders are looking to their various insurance policies for coverage to help weather the storm and recoup losses. A recent...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Court Finds That Insurer’s Quote Implied Coverage for Computer Hacking Losses

In an interesting case from Indiana, a court recently ruled that language in the insurer’s “quotes” for coverage in a crime policy led the insured to believe that losses for computer hacking would be covered under the policy...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Is Bad Cyber Insurance Coverage Actually Good for Consumers?

The cyber insurance market continues to evolve, and major questions remain unanswered. Should policies cover regulatory fines? Should first- and third-party claims be addressed in separate policies? The list goes on....more

Fisher Phillips

Cybersecurity Insurance: Does Our Business Need It?

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By now, we are all too familiar with the issues and pitfalls associated with cybersecurity breaches in a multitude of industries. Consider Equifax, Home Depot, Yahoo or Target, to name a few. Those well-publicized incidents...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2018 #2

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Cybersecurity Task Force Launched in Arizona - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey launched the Arizona Cybersecurity Team (ACT) by Executive Order on March 1, 2018. The ACT is comprised of 22 members representing officials from...more

Hogan Lovells

Cyber Insurance: Managing Your Cyber Liability and Avoiding Coverage Gaps

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Mark Goodman is a partner in our San Francisco office. In this hoganlovells.com interview, he addresses the need for companies to manage their cyber risk and the role that insurance plays in an organization’s overall risk...more

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The evolving cyber insurance market: How IT companies, financial institutions, and other nontraditional players can offer cyber...

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In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hogan Lovells counsel Robert Fettman discusses the evolution of cyber insurance, the level of regulatory oversight applied to covered entities, and ways that noninsurance companies can...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Is Your Business Insured Against A Cyber Attack?

Your business has insurance coverage for flood and fire damage. You are protected if an employee gets into a car accident. But are you covered for a cyber attack?...more

Lowndes

6 Things to Know About Cyber Liability Insurance

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Are you covered? Here are 6 things to know about cyber liability insurance (also known as data breach insurance): Coverage is still evolving. Over 60 insurance companies – maybe more – offered such a policy; however,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

The State of Cybersecurity in 2016 and the (potential) Great Cyber Fire

Cybersecurity hit the news hard in 2016. The number of high profile, and troubling, cyber incidents increased significantly. The Democratic National Committee and one of Clinton’s top advisor’s being hacked, with leaked...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Does Your Insurance Cover Phishing Attacks and Business Email Compromise? The Uncertainty Continues…

The coverage landscape for “Business E-mail Compromise” (BEC) scams remains somewhat tenuous, as organizations and carriers continue to battle in court over the extent of coverage. Although recent positive,...more

Carlton Fields

Ninety-Nine Problems but a Breach Ain’t One: Cybersecurity Lessons for Insurers

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In the movie WallStreet , the character Gordon Gekko famously states that information is the most valuable commodity he knows. These days, the same could be said of data, which can now be bought, sold, and, increasingly,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Black Hat Reports Increase in Cybersecurity Concerns

The 2016 Black Hat Attendee Survey was published in advance of the 2016 Black Hat Conference. Not surprisingly, the respondents to the survey conveyed an increased concern regarding security breaches versus 2015. An alarming...more

Nossaman LLP

Data Breaches Response Costs Continue to Rise

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SEC Chair Mary Jo White recently opined that cyber security is the biggest risk facing the United States financial system. Companies should take heed of that warning in light of the release of the 2016 Cost of Data Breach...more

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Federal District Court Finds No Cyber Insurance Coverage For Costly Credit Card Fraud Assessments

In one of the first court decisions to analyze in depth the coverage provided by a cyber policy, a federal judge has found that PF Chang’s policy came up short. Following a 2014 data breach in which hackers accessed and...more

Burr & Forman

Burr Alert: Two Federal Courts of Appeal Find Insurance Coverage for Data Breaches

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Cases with intersecting issues of data breach and insurance coverage continue to slowly wind their way through the court system. After a number of past losses dealt to insureds who sought insurance coverage under their...more

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Purchasing Cyber Insurance? Important Considerations from the Recent Nossaman/ UCI Cyber Symposium

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On October 12, 2015, Nossaman and UC Irvine hosted a Cyber Symposium at the City Club in Los Angeles. The event included four panels of Nossaman lawyers, UCI professors, and private professionals who are experts in the areas...more

Carlton Fields

Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has announced three initiatives in furtherance of its goal to address cybersecurity issues faced by insurance companies, their state regulators, and consumers, which it...more

BakerHostetler

State Data Breach Notification Requirements Specifically Applicable to Insurers

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Almost all U.S. states and territories have enacted breach notification laws requiring private and/or government entities to notify individuals when their personal information is compromised....more

Carlton Fields

Cybersecurity as a Regulatory Issue: The NAIC Considers The Anthem Breach And Weighs a “Cybersecurity Bill of Rights”

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The Cybersecurity Task Force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the “NAIC”) met last month, as part of on the NAIC’s 2015 Summer National Meeting in Chicago. The Task Force focused on two issues: the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Five Tips for Success in Cyber Insurance Litigation

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Many insurance coverage disputes can be, should be, and are settled without the need for litigation and its attendant costs and distractions. However, some disputes cannot be settled, and organizations are compelled to resort...more

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