Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog

A New York federal court denied AIG Specialty Insurance Company’s (“AIG”) motion to dismiss breach of contract and bad faith claims in a lawsuit filed by SS&C Technology Holdings, Inc. (“SS&C”). SS&C alleges that AIG breached its contract by failing to cover losses stemming from a cyber incident in which hackers duped the company out of millions of dollars.

The members of Hunton’s Insurance Recovery group present regularly on today’s hot topic insurance coverage issues. Upcoming insurance presentations for November 2019 include:

• Walter J. Andrews will be presenting on Experts and Their Role in Bad Faith Litigation at the 2019 Insurance Law Symposium at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida on November 1, 2019.
• John C. Eichman will be presenting on Pursuing the Insured’s Claim at the ABA’s 2019 Fidelity & Surety Law Fall Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on November 7, 2019.
• Syed S. Ahmad will be presenting with ...

In a recent Global Data Review article, Hunton Andrews Kurth insurance practice head Walter Andrews commented on the FBI’s guidelines on ransomware payments and the insurance industry’s aggressive marketing of ransomware policies, noting that policyholders now have a resource that can help cover the cost of such an attack. The full Global Data Review article can be found here.

Recap of Hunton Insurance Recovery Group presentations in August and September 2019 focusing on key risk management techniques and strategies for maximizing recoveries under corporate insurance policies and enforcing indemnity rights under technology, sales, services, outsourcing, and other commercial contracts:

• John Eichman and Sergio F. Oehninger presented a seminar on Electronic Crime – Insurance Coverage for Cyber Attacks and Computer Fraud, Independent Community Bankers of America Webinar Series, September 24, 2019.
• Sergio F. Oehninger presented seminars on ...