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Fraudulent Wire Transfers Denial of Insurance Coverage

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Computer Fraud and Funds Transfer Fraud Coverages Not Triggered by Social Engineering Phishing Scam

A Mississippi federal district court became the latest to rule that Computer Fraud Transfer and Funds Transfer Fraud coverages were not applicable to losses resulting from an email phishing scam. In Miss. Silicon Holdings,...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Court Rejects Coverage for Phishing Loss Under Financial Institutions Bond, Calls for More Briefing on Computer Systems Fraud...

A New Jersey federal district court held last week that losses arising out of a phishing scam were not covered under a bank's Financial Institutions Bond. In Crown Bank JJR Holding Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 2020 U.S. Dist....more

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New Case May Signal Greater Likelihood That Insurers Are on the Hook for Coverage in Phishing Attacks

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A new Sixth Circuit decision may signal an emerging trend on whether insurers must cover claims made by policyholders who fall victim to phishing scams....more

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Claim For Fraudulent Wire Transfer Under Commercial Crime Policy Found to be Covered, Although Denial Not In Bad Faith

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Principle Solutions Group, LLC, an information technology company, lost $1.717 million when it became the victim of a fraud scheme for which it sought coverage under the terms of a commercial crime policy issued by Ironshore...more

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