Zurich American Insurance Company

Zurich American Insurance Company notified California AG on Jan 21, 2019 of a data breach, which occurred on Dec 31, 2018. Data exposed: Social Security number, Medical / health information, Name.

Case file (dates, days to notice against the statute, what the letter offers, prior incidents)

Organization: Zurich American Insurance Company
Source: California AG · source record
Date reported: Jan 21, 2019
Date(s) of breach: Wednesday, August 1, 2018Monday, December 31, 2018
Residents affected: Not published by this source
Data exposed: Social Security number Medical / health information Name
Notice letter: Sample notice (PDF)
Discovered: December 2018, as stated in the letter
"Recently, Zurich learned that falsified account information was submitted through the vendor system in order to gain unauthorized access to certain claim payments between August – December 2018."
Days to notice: 21 days from the end of the breach window (Dec 31, 2018, no discovery date in the letter) to the California record (Jan 21, 2019). Statute: 30 days from discovery or notification of the breach (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.82).
Offered in the letter: 12 months of credit or identity monitoring through Experian
Third party: The letter attributes the incident to a vendor or service provider
First seen by BreachTally: 2026-10-30 16:13 UTC

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