Tag Archives: Insurance

Insurance Data Security Model Law Picks Up Steam

By Andreas Kaltsounis and BakerHostetler on February 6, 2019 Posted in Cybersecurity, State Legislation

Three states recently enacted variations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law (MDL-668), based on the landmark cybersecurity requirements issued by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) in March 2017. The NYDFS requirements apply to certain banking, insurance and financial service entities licensed in the state of … Continue Reading

BakerHostetler’s First Data Security Incident Response Report Shows Human Error is Most Often to Blame

By Theodore J. Kobus III, Gerald J. Ferguson and Craig A. Hoffman on May 7, 2015 Posted in Incident Response

We are pleased to announce the release of the first BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, which provides insights generated from the review of more than 200 incidents that our law firm advised on in 2014. It looks at the nature of the threats faced by companies, as well as detection and response trends, and … Continue Reading

Once Again, Clapper Defeats Data Breach Class Action

By Judy Selby on February 14, 2014 Posted in Data Breaches, Identity Theft, Online Privacy, Privacy Litigation

Article III standing has once again proved to be an insurmountable hurdle for data breach class action plaintiffs whose personal information hasn’t been misused. In Galaria v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., an Ohio federal court relied on the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Clapper v. Amnesty Intern. USA, 133 S.Ct. 1138 (2013), and held … Continue Reading

California Court Finds Advertising Injury Coverage is Triggered by Medical Information Data Breach

By Judy Selby on October 16, 2013 Posted in Data Breaches

Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. On October 7, 2013, a federal district court in California held that the Advertising Injury coverage in a comprehensive general liability policy issued by Hartford Casualty Insurance Company (Hartford) covered two class action lawsuits arising out of the disclosure of … Continue Reading