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MetLife to pay $10,000 for data breach in 2009

Bob Graham — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:45 +0000

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a case where current and former customers' personal information was made public in November 2009.

MetLife to pay $10,000 for data breach in 2009 via IFAwebnews.

Microfilm with personal plan enrollment information from 60s, 70s lost

Bob Graham — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:30:17 +0000

A St. Louis-based plan administrator disclosed that a delivery service has lost a box of microfilm containing plan enrollment information from the 1960s and 1970s.

Microfilm with personal plan enrollment information from 60s, 70s lost via IFAwebnews.

Insurer fights paying Sony cyber insurance after hacking

Jaime L. Brockway — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:33:51 +0000

An insurer for Sony Corp. asked a court to excuse it from paying the conglomerate's legal defense after a data breach in April, and challenged Sony's other insurers to define the extent of their coverage.

Insurer fights paying Sony cyber insurance after hacking via IFAwebnews.

Health Net reports apparent breach of members’ private data

Bob Graham — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:42:12 +0000

Health Net Inc. is investigating the apparent loss of several server drives containing employee, member and health care provider information from its data center in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

Health Net reports apparent breach of members’ private data via IFAwebnews.

Specialty brokerage in New Jersey allows brokers to insure against cyber crime

Jaime L. Brockway — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:13:14 +0000

A wholesale brokerage operation launched a practice specializing in cyber liability coverage, which protects businesses against the damages that come from identity theft, data breach and other forms of cyber crime.

Specialty brokerage in New Jersey allows brokers to insure against cyber crime via IFAwebnews.

Health Net to pay $250,000 to Conn. over disk drive security breach

Bob Graham — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:03:50 +0000

Health Net agreed to pay $250,000 to Connecticut to settle a case involving the May 2009 loss of a computer disk drive containing personal health information of up to 2 million health plan members.

Health Net to pay $250,000 to Conn. over disk drive security breach via IFAwebnews.

Aetna personal data for some N.J., Pa. clients breached in office move

Bob Graham — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:47:47 +0000

Aetna officials say paper files containing personal information for about 4,900 of its enrollees in New Jersey and Pennsylvania were thrown out as part of an office move in Blue Bell, Pa.

Aetna personal data for some N.J., Pa. clients breached in office move via IFAwebnews.

ACE announces enhancements to privacy protection, liability policies

IFAwebnews Staff — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:00:54 +0000

ACE USA has announced new enhancements to its DigiTech and Privacy Protection policies, providing privacy, network security and media liability coverage for all industries.

ACE announces enhancements to privacy protection, liability policies via IFAwebnews.

Conn. AG sues Health Net over ‘ethically unacceptable’ data breach

Keith L. Martin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:47:19 +0000

In what he is calling a “historic” lawsuit, Connecticut’s attorney general has filed suit against Health Net of Connecticut for a data breach jeopardizing the personal information of 446,000 of its members.

Conn. AG sues Health Net over ‘ethically unacceptable’ data breach via IFAwebnews.

Conn. regulator approves Health Net business deal; AG launches inquiry

Keith L. Martin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:50:12 +0000

While Connecticut’s insurance commissioner gave his blessing to the sale of Health Net’s northeastern business to UnitedHealthcare, the state’s attorney general said he wants to take a closer look at the acquisition

Conn. regulator approves Health Net business deal; AG launches inquiry via IFAwebnews.