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Long-Term Effects of Russia/Ukraine on Insurance
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Prior & Pending Litigation
The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, applying Illinois law, has held that a cyber policy did not afford coverage for an underlying lawsuit alleging violations of the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)...more
In Part I of this series, we posed a series of questions to consider when purchasing cyber insurance. Our approach was deliberate: the right questions help get you the right insurance to address cyber risks facing your...more
Commercial insurance pricing trends in the first quarter of 2024 followed many of the same patterns as last year. Insurance buyers can still expect competitive premiums in D&O and Cyber despite several insurers publicly...more
The coverage dispute in Home Depot, Inc., et al v. Steadfast Insurance Company, et al. arises out of a 2014 data breach of millions of Home Depot’s customers’ payment information. As a result of the breach, the financial...more
Insurance coverage for cyberattacks can be tricky for anyone to navigate, including lawyers. To illustrate this point, a case in New Jersey caught my eye that I thought would be an interesting read for our followers who are...more
Courts took up some interesting insurance questions this past month. Here’s some we address in our June Insurance Update. When a government sponsored cyberattack infects computers worldwide, does the war exclusion apply? ...more
A recent appellate court decision could help policyholders secure insurance coverage for losses arising out of state-sponsored cyberattacks. In Merck & Co., Inc. v. ACE American Ins. Co., the Superior Court of New Jersey...more
According to Aon’s 2022 Executive Risk Survey, which aggregates and examines responses to its annual international survey of C-suite leaders and senior executives in the U.S., the EU and the UK including 800 respondents at...more
The war exclusion has received a lot of attention over the past year, particularly since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Policyholders’ concern that insurers will assert the exclusion as a basis to deny coverage is...more
In this episode, partners Jeff Meagher and Lucas Tanglen, along with associate Reymond Yammine, discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict and insurance for state-sponsored cyberattacks, including lessons learned from the NotPetya...more
The “war” exclusion has gotten more attention over the past couple of weeks in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. For good reason. This exclusion, common in property and liability policies alike, typically eliminates...more
Jerich Beason & Whitney McCollum speak on this Cyberside Chat to discuss the recent Merck & Co. cyber insurance win and how this impacts future wars fought with cyber weapons such as the conflict in Ukraine. This case sets a...more
We are still in the relatively early stages of jurisprudence addressing the insurability of loss stemming from data breaches. Compared to the more developed body of case law interpreting coverage provisions and exclusions...more
Coronaviruses represent a large family of viruses that can cause respiratory illnesses. The 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China represented the first severe virus that resulted from a coronavirus,...more
In the recent weeks our risk management team has identified a number of insurance-related issues relevant to clients dealing with the outbreak of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, that we felt...more
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
Cyberattacks are an increasingly frequent and costly risk faced by almost every business today. While the availability and scope of cyber-specific insurance has developed exponentially over the past few years, it is important...more