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Woodruff Sawyer

Q1 2024 Commercial Insurance Market: Competitive Cyber and D&O, Higher Casualty Premiums, and More Capacity in Property

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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

Wiley Rein LLP

Insured Not Entitled to a Windfall Under Cyber Policy’s Business Interruption Insuring Agreement

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In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, applying Arkansas law, has held that a cyber policy’s business interruption coverage should not result in a windfall for an...more

Carlton Fields

Ohio Supreme Court Finds Insured’s Ransomware Payment Not Covered Under Business Owners Policy

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In EMOI Services LLC v. Owners Insurance Co., No. 2021-1529 (Ohio Dec. 27, 2022), the Ohio Supreme Court found that there was no coverage for a ransomware attack because there was no direct physical loss as required under the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Caught in the Crossfire — How will the war exclusion affect commercial policyholders?

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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

Jones Day

Policyholders Should Not Overlook Traditional Policies in Evaluating Coverage for Cryptocurrency-Related Risks

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Introduction - Cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, is a decentralized and exclusively virtual currency that is secured through cryptography. Companies using or investing in cryptocurrency face various risks, such as market...more

J.S. Held

What Forensic Accountants Should Consider When Analyzing a Business Interruption Insurance Claim Following a Ransomware Attack

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As businesses continue to rely on computers and digital storage of important data, cyberattacks are a growing potential threat to these organizations—especially now, as businesses have transitioned their workforces to work...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Ransomware Attack Results In Covered Physical Loss Or Damage

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A Maryland Federal Court Examines A Coverage Dispute Regarding Whether An Insured Had Experienced A Covered Loss To Its Computer System Following A Ransomware Attack. ...more

Carlton Fields

Ransomware Attack Replacement Costs Are Covered “Direct Physical Loss or Damage” Under Standard Business Owner’s Policy, According...

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A Maryland federal court recently weighed in on the still-murky world of insurance coverage for cybersecurity losses, finding replacement costs necessitated by a ransomware attack were “direct physical loss or damage” to a...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2019 #4

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We have definitely seen an uptick in the number of ransomware attacks against municipalities around the country. Thus far, the attacks have been against single cities, towns, and court systems, and recently against a...more

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