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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Cyber Insurance for Operational Technology: Where Computers Touch the Real World

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On this episode of “Don’t Take No for An Answer,” Lynda A. Bennett, Chair of Lowenstein’s Insurance Recovery Group, speaks with David Anderson, Vice President of Cyber at Woodruff Sawyer, about the difference between...more

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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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 7, August 2024

Welcome to our seventh 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We have a few events we want to pass along to those interested in technology, but also other areas of law and business. ...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

You’ve Been Hacked. Who You Gonna Call?

Your company was hacked. You feel panic, embarrassment, anger, fear and confusion. But you must act quickly, logically and decisively to stop the bleeding and protect your business, your customers and your employees. The good...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The Impact of Merck’s NotPetya Policy Claims and a Reported Settlement

By definition, insurance policies represent an exercise in planning for (and hedging against) catastrophe. Cyber insurance for the healthcare industry is no exception. But any hedge is only as good as it’s reliable. Many...more

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Looking Ahead: Cyber Liability Insurance Concerns in 2024

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Followers of the cyber insurance market over the past two years may be suffering from whiplash—that’s how dramatically the market shifted from 2022 to 2023. A perfect storm of good trends and facts combined to create a soft...more

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New French law will require reporting of cybersecurity incidents within 72 hours to benefit from insurance coverage

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On 25 January 2023, France’s Orientation and Programming Law of the Ministry of the Interior (LOPMI) was published in the Official Journal. LOPMI amends various legislative acts, including the French Insurance Code....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Compounding Consequences for Australian Health Insurer Following Breach

Medibank, one of Australia’s largest private health insurers, detected a ransomware attack in October 2022.  The attackers, believed to be part of a criminal organization based in Russia, exfiltrated approximately 9.7 million...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Using Multi-Factor Authentication as a Prerequisite to Cyber Liability Coverage

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is more than an annoying popup or text message when logging onto a company’s website or platform. Not only is using MFA a sound security practice and good business, it is frequently becoming...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

Brooks Pierce

Rethinking Your Cyber Insurance Needs as Your Workplace Evolves

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The past 20 months have created a lot of transitions in how people work. Some companies still have the majority of their employees working remotely and intend to keep it that way permanently. Other businesses have tried to...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

How Patching log4J Can Mitigate Regulatory and Insurance Issues

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A major software vulnerability (known as Log4j or Logshell) continues to have a major impact on many industries, causing insurance carriers and regulators to take notice. In the latest episode of Lowenstein Sandler’s...more

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[Virtual Event] Cyber Insurance Trends – Looking Ahead to 2022 - January 25th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT

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Cyber liability insurance is becoming more ubiquitous, more unpredictable, and in some cases more confusing than ever, which makes understanding your risk even more critical in 2022. Join Woodruff Sawyer experts Dan Burke,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 16

The T-Mobile Data Breach is One You Can’t Ignore - "Hackers claim to have obtained the data of 100 million people—including sensitive personal information." Why this is important: Earlier this week, reports began...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Two More States Adopt NAIC Model Data Security Law

The National Association of Insurance Commissioner (NAIC)’s model data security law (“Model Law”) was recently adopted by Maine and North Dakota. This addition brings the total number to states that have joined the NAIC...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Added Reason to Be Aware of the New York State Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) implemented cybersecurity regulations (the DFS Regulations) in 2017 which provided for a transitional two-year period before all the provisions were effective. The DFS...more

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Insurers & Producers in Virginia: Get Ready for New Data Security and Notification Requirements!

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Virginia has a new law, the Insurance Data Security Act (New Law), going into effect on July 1, 2020, which will expand the data security and incident notification requirements on insurers licensed in the Commonwealth.  The...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Time to Check Your Cyber Insurance

Now that the CCPA is in effect, some companies will need to revise their policies. The cyber insurance markets are beginning to adapt to the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which went into effect on January 1. ...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Event] Privacy Please: How California’s Consumer Data Collection and Protection Laws Impact Nonprofits - February 27th, San...

Whether in connection with their marketing programs or other data-driven initiatives, nonprofit organizations are becoming more reliant on the data of their customers. Those that are collecting consumer data need to be aware...more

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States Diverge in Following Either the NAIC or New York in Implementing Cybersecurity Regulations

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States continue to implement insurance-specific cyber and data security regulations, drawing on either the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Insurance Data Security Model Law (“Model Law”) or the New York...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Maryland Adds Insurance Commissioner to Breach Notification Requirements

Effective October 1, 2019, organizations providing health insurance and related services must notify the Maryland Insurance Administration as part of its breach notification requirements. In August 2019, the Maryland...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Additional States Adopt Cybersecurity Requirements for Insurance Companies

Since July 1, 2019, Delaware, New Hampshire and Connecticut have enacted laws imposing new cybersecurity requirements on insurers. These laws follow similar statutes already operating in at least six other states: Alabama,...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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Delaware and New Hampshire Join Growing List of States With New Insurance Data Security Laws

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Delaware (July 31, 2019) and New Hampshire (August 2, 2019) have become the latest states to add to the insurance cybersecurity landscape by enacting information security laws.  These laws come on the heels of Connecticut’s...more

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Connecticut Adopts Insurance Data Security Law

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To date, six states from Michigan to Alabama have adopted versions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s model insurance data security law (the “NAIC model”). The NAIC model generally requires entities...more

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