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War Exclusion
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Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments
Ain’t Going to Study War Exclusions No More… Or Are We? Universal Cable Productions LLC v. Atlantic Specialty Ins. Co. (9th Cir., July 12 2019)
Many insurance policies contain a “war exclusion,” which states that there is no coverage for loss resulting from “war,” “warlike action by a military force,” or “insurrection, rebellion, [or] revolution.”…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
It’s Not Rocket Science: Ninth Circuit Rejects Insurer’s Attempt to Invoke War Exclusion for Hamas Rocket Attack
By Michael S. Levine, Andrea DeField, Latosha M. Ellis
In a significant win for policyholders, the Ninth Circuit rejected an insurer’s argument that the common meaning of “war” applied when interpreting a war exclusion, instead of the customary usage…
Ride the Lightning
Is Insurance Coverage for Cyber Claims Barred by a War Exclusion?
The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) recently carried an article by our friend Judy Selby and Peter McLaughlin entitled "Is Insurance Coverage for Cyber Claims Barred by a War…
Tech Risk Report
Collateral Damage: War Exclusions and Cyber Coverage
By Jim Davis
The entire insurance industry is suddenly abuzz about the rarely discussed “war exclusion.” A standard provision in most policies that excludes claims caused by a hostile or warlike action in…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: War Exclusions and Cyber Attacks
[caption id="attachment_17709" align="alignleft" width="209"] Bill Boeck[/caption] In June 2017, the food company Mondelez International was one of the companies hit by the major global computer malware attack dubbed NotPetya. According…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Zurich Invokes War Exclusion in Battle Over Coverage for NotPetya Attack
By Michael S. Levine, Latosha M. Ellis
Notwithstanding the absence of a congressional war declaration since Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Zurich American Insurance Company has invoked a “war exclusion” in an attempt to avoid covering Illinois snack…
The D&O Diary
On the Meaning of “War”
Many insurance policies contain a war exclusion precluding coverage for loss caused by war. But in world where violent conflicts involve a wide variety of different groups and parties, what…