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American Tooling Center, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety

  1. December 14, 2018

    The Biggest Property & Casualty Insurance Decisions Of 2018

    Insurance attorneys received guidance from courts on a host of critical coverage issues in 2018, including two appeals courts' rulings that insurers must cover losses from email-based scams. Here, Law360 reviews the biggest insurance decisions of the year.

  2. August 28, 2018

    6th Circ. Won't Rethink Travelers' Cybercrime Coverage Loss

    The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday declined to review a panel's decision that Travelers must cover more than $800,000 that a tool manufacturer lost when cybercriminals posing as a vendor used fraudulent emails to deceive the company into wiring money to a sham bank account.

  3. July 30, 2018

    Rethink Cybercrime Coverage Suit, Travelers Tells 6th Circ.

    Travelers on Friday asked the full Sixth Circuit to review a panel's decision that it must cover more than $800,000 that a tool manufacturer lost when cybercriminals posing as a vendor used fraudulent emails to deceive the company into wiring money to a sham bank account, arguing that the ruling is in direct conflict with another decision by the appellate court.

  4. July 13, 2018

    6th Circ. Puts Travelers On Hook For Co.'s Email Fraud Loss

    The Sixth Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court's decision and ruled Travelers must cover more than $800,000 that a tool manufacturer lost when thieves posing as a vendor used fraudulent emails to deceive the company into wiring money to a sham bank account, saying the loss directly resulted from computer fraud as required by the insurer's policy.

  5. April 19, 2018

    3 Phishing Insurance Coverage Cases To Watch

    Policyholders and insurers alike are eagerly anticipating guidance from a trio of federal appeals courts on whether email-based "phishing" theft schemes trigger coverage under computer fraud insurance policies. Here, Law360 breaks down the computer fraud coverage cases pending before the Second, Sixth and Eleventh circuits.

  6. January 01, 2018

    Insurance Cases To Watch In 2018

    Courts across the country are primed to grapple with critical insurance issues in 2018, including whether email-based theft schemes trigger computer fraud coverage and whether policyholders must foot the bill for pollution claims in years insurance was unavailable for those risks. Here, Law360 breaks down significant cases insurance attorneys will be tracking in 2018.

  7. December 13, 2017

    Travelers Tells 6th Circ. To Uphold Email Scam Coverage Win

    Bolstered by a filing from an insurance industry trade group, Travelers urged the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday to uphold a lower court's ruling that a tool manufacturer's computer fraud policy doesn't cover $800,000 it lost when thieves posing as a vendor used fraudulent emails to deceive it into wiring money to a sham bank account.

  8. November 14, 2017

    Email Scam Caused Covered Loss, Toolmaker Tells 6th Circ.

    A tool manufacturer asked the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday to reverse a lower court ruling and find that Travelers must cover $800,000 it lost when thieves posing as a vendor used fraudulent emails to deceive the company into wiring money to a sham bank account, saying the loss directly resulted from computer fraud as defined by the insurer's policy.

  9. October 30, 2017

    The State Of Computer Fraud Coverage Law: 5 Key Rulings

    A New York federal court's recent decision that Medidata Solutions is entitled to coverage for a loss to an email-based theft scheme and a Michigan federal judge's ruling that a tool manufacturer isn't covered for a similar scam added to a body of wildly varied case law on whether computer fraud insurance covers sophisticated criminal plots.

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