October 11, 2018
Courts around the country have issued a number of important decisions over the past few months, including an Ohio court’s first-of-its-kind finding that lost bitcoin is covered property under a homeowner’s policy and the Sixth Circuit’s ruling that a bank’s insufficient notice to its insurers defeated its claim for $75 million in False Claims Act coverage. Here, Law360 looks at four key insurance rulings you may have missed.
September 28, 2018
A Florida federal court on Friday ruled that a Travelers insurer has no duty to defend a hotel operator's information technology subsidiary against allegations that it was responsible for a data breach that exposed hotel customers' credit card data, finding that the claim doesn't trigger the personal injury coverage in the IT company's policy.
May 01, 2018
A Travelers unit asked a Florida federal court Monday to find it does not have to pay a hotel company's subsidiary for alleged data breach losses, saying it was attempting to trigger coverage with a false claim letter.
March 14, 2018
Insurance companies and policyholders will be keeping an eye out this spring for courts' guidance on a slew of key insurance issues, including the Florida Supreme Court's decision on the requirements for holding an insurer liable for bad faith claims handling and a federal court's ruling on whether a traditional liability policy covers data breach losses. Here, Law360 looks at four rulings to watch for over the next few months.
October 13, 2017
A Travelers unit told a Florida federal court Thursday that it has no duty to defend a hotel company's information technology subsidiary against a claim for losses relating to a data breach, saying the situation doesn't constitute personal injury or property damage covered by a pair of general liability policies.
September 08, 2017
A hotel chain's information technology subsidiary asked a Florida federal court late Thursday to rule that a Travelers unit must cover its defense of a claim that it was responsible for a data breach targeting the chain's credit card payment system, arguing that coverage is available under multiple provisions in its commercial general liability policies.
March 28, 2017
St. Paul Fire & Marine asked a Florida district court Monday to rule it does not have to cover a hotel chain's information technology subsidiary for $2.4 million in costs and fines stemming from a data breach in its hotel credit card payment system.