Canada:
Social Engineering Fraud: Is Coverage Available Under Commercial Crime Policies?
25 September 2018
Blaney McMurtry LLP
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Insurance for loss resulting from the use of technology to
commit fraud has existed for decades. Since the 1980s, commercial
crime policies have included various forms of computer fraud and
funds transfer fraud coverage. Similar coverage has been available
as part of financial institution bonds since the 1990s.
New forms of fraud have emerged in recent years which do not fit
neatly into the existing coverages. Social engineering fraud is the
most significant of these new frauds...
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