Commercial Crime Policies Cover Some Cyber Crimes
In some instances, a commercial crime insurance policy may offer coverage for money a company loses due to a cyber attack, a court has ruled. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has ruled that an insurer must indemnify a policyholder that was scammed out of more than $1.7 million in a phishing incident under its commercial crime policy. The decision is good news for companies who have not purchased cyber insurance but have commercial crime policies. This is at least the third precedent-setting case in which a court has ruled that a commercial crime policy can cover…