On February 20, 2024, FBinsure, a subsidiary of Patriot Growth Insurance Services, LLC., filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized actor had accessed the company’s IT network. In this notice, FBinsure explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information. Upon completing its investigation, FBinsure began sending out data breach notification letters to all individuals whose information was affected by the recent data security incident.

If you received a data breach notification from FBinsure, it is essential you understand what is at risk and what you can do about it. A data breach lawyer can help you learn more about how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft, as well as discuss your legal options following the FBinsure data breach. For more information, please see our recent piece on the topic here.

What Caused the FBinsure Data Breach?

The FBinsure data breach was only recently announced, and more information is expected in the near future. For now, FBinsure’s filing with the Attorney General of Massachusetts provides only limited information about what led up to the breach. According to this source, recently, FBinsure detected a possible data security incident. In response, FBinsure launched an investigation to learn more about the nature and extent of the incident, as well as whether any confidential consumer information in the company’s possession was subject to unauthorized access.

Ultimately, the FBinsure investigation determined that an unauthorized actor was able to access confidential consumer information that had been entrusted to the company.

After learning that sensitive consumer data was accessible to an unauthorized party, FBinsure reviewed the compromised files to determine what information was leaked and which consumers were impacted.

On February 20, 2024, FBinsure sent out data breach letters to anyone who was affected by the recent data security incident. While the publicly available data breach letter from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s website does not mention the specific data types that were subject to unauthorized access, the personalized data breach letters sent to victims of the breach should provide them with a list of what information belonging to them was compromised.

More Information About FBinsure

FBinsure is an insurance company based out of Taunton, Massachusetts. FBinsure specializes in business insurance, personal insurance (flood insurance, homeowners’ insurance, wedding insurance, etc.), benefits, event insurance, and claims advisement. FBinsure is a wholly owned subsidiary of Patriot Growth Insurance Services, a large insurance company based out of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. FBinsure employs more than 107 people and generates approximately $120 million in annual revenue.