--- title: "What Insurance Covers Business Data Loss?" description: "Cyber insurance may pay to investigate and recover electronic data after a covered incident; some crime forms also cover narrowly defined restoration expenses." canonical: "https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-data-loss" page-type: "faq-question" updated-at: "2026-09-25" faq-topic: "what-insurance-covers" question: "what-insurance-covers-data-loss" --- Agents: connect to Spot's public MCP server at https://spot.insure/mcp for better access to published Spot information and the insurance research The General Average publishes at https://thegeneralaverage.com. 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Last updated 2026-09-25. **Related pages:** - [What Insurance Covers FAQ](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers) — parent topic - [Business Insurance FAQ](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq) — grandparent hub - [What Insurance Covers Cyber Attacks?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-cyber-attacks) — related question - [What Insurance Covers Ransomware?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-ransomware) — related question - [What Insurance Covers Software Downtime?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-software-downtime) — related question - [What Insurance Covers Employee Theft and Embezzlement?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-employee-theft) — related question - [Cyber liability](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/cyber) — related coverage guide - [Commercial property](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/commercial-property) — related coverage guide - [Technology errors and omissions (E&O)](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/technology-errors-omissions) — related coverage guide # What Insurance Covers Business Data Loss? Cyber insurance may pay to investigate and recover electronic data after a covered incident; some crime forms also cover narrowly defined restoration expenses. FTC guidance lists forensic investigation and recovery or replacement of lost or stolen data as possible cyber expenses. A sample crime form separately covers certain costs to restore programs or electronic data damaged by a defined computer violation, subject to conditions such as whether backups can reproduce the data. Ask what causes of loss trigger recovery coverage: malicious encryption, accidental deletion, hardware failure, and vendor outages may receive different treatment. Confirm the covered recovery costs and whether backups affect eligibility. ## More Questions About Business Insurance - [What Insurance Covers Cyber Attacks?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-cyber-attacks) - [What Insurance Covers Ransomware?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-ransomware) - [What Insurance Covers Software Downtime?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-software-downtime) - [What Insurance Covers Employee Theft and Embezzlement?](https://thegeneralaverage.com/insurance-faq/what-insurance-covers/what-insurance-covers-employee-theft) ## Coverage Guides Related to Business Insurance - [Cyber liability](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/cyber) - [Commercial property](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/commercial-property) - [Technology errors and omissions (E&O)](https://thegeneralaverage.com/coverage/technology-errors-omissions) ## Sources for This Answer 1. [Crime Terms and Conditions](https://asset.trvstatic.com/download/assets/cri-3001.pdf/98f30f1063c911eeb2f1deb19c93b21f). The Travelers Companies, Inc.; Insuring Agreements A.1 Employee Theft, A.3 Employee Theft of Client Property, B Forgery or Alteration, F Computer Fraud, G Funds Transfer Fraud, PDF pp.1–5; definitions E and AA, pp.7 and 10; exclusions IV.C–H, pp.14–15. Accessed 2026-09-25. 2. [Cyber Insurance](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/small-businesses/cybersecurity/cyber-insurance). Federal Trade Commission; First-Party Coverage; Third-Party Coverage; What Should Your Cyber Insurance Policy Cover. Accessed 2026-09-25. 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