Home / News&Stories
Filter
Wrong Public Holidays: Media Designer Ruins Calendar
16.05.2024 Mistakes In Print Data
Wrong Public Holidays: Media Designer Ruins Calendar

A calendar is only useful if it accurately reflects the dates of a year. If this is not the case, chaos is inevitable, as this damage event impressively demonstrates.
Water Damage In Rented Office Space - a Real exali Damage Event
14.02.2024 Property Damage In Rented Premises
Water Damage In Rented Office Space - a Real exali Damage Event
When moving out of her rented office space, an agency owner noticed damage to the parquet flooring. Find out who ended up paying for the damage to the rented property in the latest damage event.
Written Warning! Portal Operator Uses Brand Logo Without Approval
30.01.2024 Infringement of Rights
Written Warning! Portal Operator Uses Brand Logo Without Approval
A portal operator used the word and figurative mark of a well-known supermarket chain on his website. This earned him a four-figure claim for compensation.
Business Risks For Agencies: These Are The Threats You Should Be Aware Of
12.01.2024 Infringements, Careless Mistakes, Cybercrime & Co.
Business Risks For Agencies: These Are The Threats You Should Be Aware Of
The risks in everyday agency life are numerous. To minimise these dangers, we have summarised the biggest business risks for agencies and how to deal with them for you in our latest article.
Comma Error Causes Overpriced Advertising Campaign - a Real Damage Event
11.12.2023 Advertising Fail
Comma Error Causes Overpriced Advertising Campaign - a Real Damage Event
A brief lapse of attention and the budget for the advertising campaign is blown. A media agency insured by exali made this advertising fail. You can read the whole case in the current article.
Layout Error in Advertising Material - A Real Damage Event
27.11.2023 Design Agency liable
Layout Error in Advertising Material - A Real Damage Event
A small layout error leads to 20,000 incorrectly printed flyers and a loss of over 3,000 euros. Find out how this real damage event turned out for a graphics agency here:
Domain Blocked: Artist Fights For His Livelihood
20.11.2023 Provider Blocks Domain - a Real Damage Event
Domain Blocked: Artist Fights For His Livelihood
A provider blocks the domain of a freelance artist's website, depriving him of his economic foundation. Read our real exali damage event to find out how he defended himself.
Safety Obligation Violated? Trash Cans Damage Cars
09.10.2023 A Damage Event About Breached Safety Obligations In Parking Lots
Safety Obligation Violated? Trash Cans Damage Cars
When you rent an office building, you need to ensure security on the premises. Otherwise you will end up like the service provider in our damage event.
Missed Deadline: Consultant Has to Pay 10,000 Euros in Damages
02.10.2023 A Real Damage Event about a Costly Mistake
Missed Deadline: Consultant Has to Pay 10,000 Euros in Damages
One small mistake, expensive consequences: Because a consultant overlooked a deadline, his client missed out on €10,000 in funding. Find out how this real damage event turned out.
Business Consultant Botches Location Analysis - a real Damage Event
11.09.2023 Poor Site Analysis Leads to Costly Claim
Business Consultant Botches Location Analysis - a real Damage Event
Overlooking the competition: In this real damage event, a consultant made a serious - and expensive - mistake during a location analysis.
Programming Error Causes 23,000 Euros Damage - a Real Damage Event
31.07.2023 Protection from Day One
Programming Error Causes 23,000 Euros Damage - a Real Damage Event
When is cover provided by Professional Indemnity? This question was posed to an IT expert who reported a claim shortly after taking out the policy. Read how the case turned out here.
Incorrect Domain Registration Causes 6.000 Euros in Damage
03.07.2023 A real exali damage event
Incorrect Domain Registration Causes 6.000 Euros in Damage

International domain registration can be treacherous - even if the desired domain is free at first glance. An IT expert had to find this out in this real damage event.
IT-Fail: 130.000 Euros in Damage Due to Faulty Backup
02.06.2023 A Real exali Damage Event
IT-Fail: 130.000 Euros in Damage Due to Faulty Backup
A defective backup caused the complete loss of data in a company and brought the IT service provider responsible a claim for compensation of 325.000 euros.
Confidentiality Agreement Violated: Too much Information in a Business Profile
19.05.2023 Breach of Confidentiality
Confidentiality Agreement Violated: Too much Information in a Business Profile
What happens when a freelancer accidentally breaches confidentiality? This real damage event shows how quickly this can happen and what the consequences are.
Incorrect Foiling Ruins Vehicle - A Real Damage Event
05.05.2023 Vernissage Ends In Disaster
Incorrect Foiling Ruins Vehicle - A Real Damage Event
When all parties involved fail, it can be expensive: This is what a media agency had to experience in this real-life damage event when the spraying of a vehicle for a vernissage went wrong.
Server Crash: 100.000 Euros Compensation Claim After Data Loss
28.04.2023 A Real exali Damage Event
Server Crash: 100.000 Euros Compensation Claim After Data Loss
What started with a small system error ended in a server crash that kept an IT service provider on edge for days. You can read the whole exciting damage event in the current article.
Last Chance General Liability - Employee Demolishes Skylight
20.03.2023 A Real exali Damage Event
Last Chance General Liability - Employee Demolishes Skylight
One tug too hard and the skylight in the office is gone. It's good to have General Liability Insurance for such cases - like the IT service provider in our damage event:
Ghostwriting: Liability, Legal Situation and A Real Damage Event
10.03.2023 All info about ghostwriting at a glance
Ghostwriting: Liability, Legal Situation and A Real Damage Event
Is ghostwriting a legal offence? Here we summarised all relevant facts about ghostwriting - in literature as well as in science and academic work.
Web Shop Project Fail: A Real exali Damage Event
20.02.2023 Website Development Becomes a Disaster
Web Shop Project Fail: A Real exali Damage Event
A customer sued for damages because an agency had not properly implemented their web shop project. We sum up the outcome of this story for you in our latest article.
IT Freelancer Ruins Advertising: Financial Loss Insurance Kicks In
10.02.2023 A Real exali Damage Event
IT Freelancer Ruins Advertising: Financial Loss Insurance Kicks In
A case for Financial Loss Insurance: An IT freelancer from Poland not only ruined a marketing campaign, but also triggered a heavy legal dispute because he made a programming error.
Ad Agency Orders Wrong Advertising Material – a Real Damage Event
20.01.2023 15,000 euros in damage because of the wrong promotion material
Ad Agency Orders Wrong Advertising Material – a Real Damage Event
A little carelessness can quickly have expensive consequences: That’s what happened with an advertising agency that ordered the wrong advertising material for its clients. Read about how this real exali claim ended in the current article.
Trouble at a Photo Shoot: Self-Employed Photographer Damages Sculpture
09.01.2023 A Real Exali Damage Event
Trouble at a Photo Shoot: Self-Employed Photographer Damages Sculpture
Small misstep, big damage: A sculpture worth 23.000 euros and a self-employed person who wasn’t paying attention in an artist’s studio for just a moment - a bizarre damage event from the exali files.
Unauthorised Use of Music at Fashion Event - a Real Damage Event
02.01.2023 Copyright Infringement Music
Unauthorised Use of Music at Fashion Event - a Real Damage Event
It’s complicated: This sentence really sums up the regulations for the commercial use of music well. An IT service provider insured by exali really got a taste of this in this real damage event.
Watch Out for Written Warnings: 10,000 Euros for Errors in Advertising
05.12.2022 Business Risks of Advertising Agencies
Watch Out for Written Warnings: 10,000 Euros for Errors in Advertising
An SUV and a Bratwurst lead to a fine of 10,000 euros. These two real damage events from the exali files show how the cases are connected and why even experienced agencies can fall into traps when it comes to advertising.
Water Damage In Rented Office Space - a Real exali Damage Event
Property Damage In Rented Premises
Water Damage In Rented Office Space - a Real exali Damage Event
When moving out of her rented office space, an agency owner noticed damage to the parquet flooring. Find out who ended up paying for the damage to the rented property in the latest damage event.
Business Risks For Agencies: These Are The Threats You Should Be Aware Of
Infringements, Careless Mistakes, Cybercrime & Co.
Business Risks For Agencies: These Are The Threats You Should Be Aware Of
The risks in everyday agency life are numerous. To minimise these dangers, we have summarised the biggest business risks for agencies and how to deal with them for you in our latest article.
Layout Error in Advertising Material - A Real Damage Event
Design Agency liable
Layout Error in Advertising Material - A Real Damage Event
A small layout error leads to 20,000 incorrectly printed flyers and a loss of over 3,000 euros. Find out how this real damage event turned out for a graphics agency here:
Safety Obligation Violated? Trash Cans Damage Cars
A Damage Event About Breached Safety Obligations In Parking Lots
Safety Obligation Violated? Trash Cans Damage Cars
When you rent an office building, you need to ensure security on the premises. Otherwise you will end up like the service provider in our damage event.
Business Consultant Botches Location Analysis - a real Damage Event
Poor Site Analysis Leads to Costly Claim
Business Consultant Botches Location Analysis - a real Damage Event
Overlooking the competition: In this real damage event, a consultant made a serious - and expensive - mistake during a location analysis.
Incorrect Domain Registration Causes 6.000 Euros in Damage
A real exali damage event
Incorrect Domain Registration Causes 6.000 Euros in Damage

International domain registration can be treacherous - even if the desired domain is free at first glance. An IT expert had to find this out in this real damage event.
Confidentiality Agreement Violated: Too much Information in a Business Profile
Breach of Confidentiality
Confidentiality Agreement Violated: Too much Information in a Business Profile
What happens when a freelancer accidentally breaches confidentiality? This real damage event shows how quickly this can happen and what the consequences are.
Server Crash: 100.000 Euros Compensation Claim After Data Loss
A Real exali Damage Event
Server Crash: 100.000 Euros Compensation Claim After Data Loss
What started with a small system error ended in a server crash that kept an IT service provider on edge for days. You can read the whole exciting damage event in the current article.
Ghostwriting: Liability, Legal Situation and A Real Damage Event
All info about ghostwriting at a glance
Ghostwriting: Liability, Legal Situation and A Real Damage Event
Is ghostwriting a legal offence? Here we summarised all relevant facts about ghostwriting - in literature as well as in science and academic work.
IT Freelancer Ruins Advertising: Financial Loss Insurance Kicks In
A Real exali Damage Event
IT Freelancer Ruins Advertising: Financial Loss Insurance Kicks In
A case for Financial Loss Insurance: An IT freelancer from Poland not only ruined a marketing campaign, but also triggered a heavy legal dispute because he made a programming error.
Trouble at a Photo Shoot: Self-Employed Photographer Damages Sculpture
A Real Exali Damage Event
Trouble at a Photo Shoot: Self-Employed Photographer Damages Sculpture
Small misstep, big damage: A sculpture worth 23.000 euros and a self-employed person who wasn’t paying attention in an artist’s studio for just a moment - a bizarre damage event from the exali files.
Watch Out for Written Warnings: 10,000 Euros for Errors in Advertising
Business Risks of Advertising Agencies
Watch Out for Written Warnings: 10,000 Euros for Errors in Advertising
An SUV and a Bratwurst lead to a fine of 10,000 euros. These two real damage events from the exali files show how the cases are connected and why even experienced agencies can fall into traps when it comes to advertising.
Page 1 of 3
123
Go to top