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Should Retailers Rely On CGL Coverage For Data Breaches?

Law360, New York ( March 12, 2015, 10:55 AM EDT) -- In the past year, multiple cases have disputed whether commercial general liability insurance policies provide coverage for lawsuits related to data breaches and data privacy incidents. At least two matters are on appeal. The question of whether there is CGL coverage for those lawsuits is quite significant, particularly to retailers that have suffered data privacy incidents involving payment cards (i.e., credit and debit cards). CGL coverage can provide overlapping coverage with cyberinsurance policies, if not its own independent coverage, and defense costs under CGL policies frequently do not erode policy limits....

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