Latest / California / January 2019

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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