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Eleventh Circuit Affirms No Coverage Under Computer Fraud Provision of Insurance Policy

May 11, 2018 by J. Robert MacAneney and John C. Pitblado

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On May 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in InComm Holdings, Inc. v. Great American Insurance Company. The Eleventh Circuit agreed that Great American’s computer fraud coverage did not apply to holders of prepaid debit cards who exploited a coding error in the insured’s computer system and fraudulently increased the balances on the cards which caused InComm to incur a loss of $11.4 million.

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