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Media & entertainment 14 Nov, 2024

Media claims case study: Influencer incident

After an influencer had their YouTube account hacked, they lost the ability to generate income from their two main channels. That’s when CFC’s medi...

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Transaction Liability 27 Jun, 2023

Transaction liability claims case study: Mislabelling manufacturer

A successful farming seed manufacturer faces buyer claim for product mislabelling

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Cyber 18 Jan, 2023

Vulnerable VPN

Hackers access a bank's system through a vulnerable VPN, holding data for ransom

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Life science 28 Jul, 2022

Life science claims: Medical device defect

Medical device suffers a coding issue following a software update

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Transaction Liability 13 Jun, 2022

Transaction liability claims case study: Distressing deal

Entangled policies cause complex post-deal claim.

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Money and people on a plate

Transaction Liability 7 Oct, 2021

Transaction liability small deals case study: Not-so-tasty transaction

When a newly acquired restaurant-chain failed to disclose lease agreements, as well as alleged violations of labour laws, they found themselves fac...

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Product recall 17 Jun, 2021

Product recall: Plight of the peanuts

Traces of peanut are accidently incorporated into nut-free protein

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Transaction Liability 11 Jan, 2021

Transaction liability claims: Not so tasty transaction

A newly acquired restaurant chain failed to disclose lease agreements on unfinished builds, as well as alleged violations of labour laws

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Professional liability 14 Jul, 2020

Professional liability claims: Costly contract breach

Architect and construction management firm breaches contract with negligent spa designs

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Product recall 28 May, 2020

Contract manufacturer catastrophe

Contract manufacturer uses wrong material and causes huge product recall

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Digital healthcare 14 Apr, 2020

Professional liability claims case study: Design disaster

Problematic designs result in a complaint of negligence and hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs

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Professional liability 11 Mar, 2020

Professional liability claims case study: Oilfield injury

Oil and gas consultant faces damaging lawsuit after serious accident at oil well

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Product recall 4 Dec, 2019

Product recall case study: Padron pepper predicament

Family-run farm suffers finacial loss and business interruption after a regulatory advisory warning is released.

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peanut butter

Product recall 11 Jun, 2019

Product recall case study: Regulatory roadblock

FDA suspends peanut butter plant due to E. coli outbreak

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chicken soup

Product recall 1 May, 2019

Product recall case study: Stock surprise

Soup manufacturer falls fowl in stock shock. Despite a thorough and regular testing procedure, a large quantity of chicken stock had been mislabell...

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sad sausage

Product recall 1 Apr, 2019

Product recall case study: Meat processor's misfortune

A meat processing manufacturer was left in the lurch by bankrupt supplier.

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Cyber 7 Jan, 2019

Cyber claims: Legacy system letdown

A ransomware attack on an electrical firm sparks the collapse of a vital accounting system

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Pet food recall

Product recall 13 Dec, 2018

Product recall case study: Pet food plague

Pet food manufacturer accidentally poisons pets with contaminated ingredients

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