In American Tooling Center, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, No. 17-2014, --- F.3d ---- (July 13, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court decision that a Michigan manufacturer’s $834,000 loss was not covered under the “Computer Fraud” coverage of its Travelers commercial crime policy. [...]
In American Tooling Center, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan recently ruled that a tool and die manufacturer’s $800,000 loss was not covered under the “Computer Fraud” coverage of its Travelers commercial crime policy. The insured manufacturer had authorized payment to a [...]
P.F. Chang’s Denied Coverage Under Cyber Insurance Policy for Penalties and Assessments Imposed Following Data Breach A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona – P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company – concluded that nearly $2 million in fees and assessments incurred by P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, [...]
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Liability and damages arising out of “cyber” events present one of the greatest risks facing small and large businesses in the coming years. In fact, a recent study suggests that roughly 1 in 5 small businesses (those with 200 or fewer employees) will be hacked and, among those hacked, about 60 percent will go out [...]
