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New York Department of Financial Services Provides Guidance in the Face of the Change Healthcare Cyber Incident

On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, a platform that provides certain technology solutions for the health care industry, experienced a nationwide network interruption related to a cybersecurity issue (cyber incident) and...more

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National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2023 Summer Meeting Summary

The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of lawyers recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2023 Summer National Meeting which was held in Seattle, Washington. We have prepared a...more

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National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2022 Summer Meeting Summary

The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of lawyers recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2022 Summer National Meeting which was held in Portland, Oregon on August 9-13th. We have...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Maryland Adds Insurance Commissioner to Breach Notification Requirements

Effective October 1, 2019, organizations providing health insurance and related services must notify the Maryland Insurance Administration as part of its breach notification requirements. In August 2019, the Maryland...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Attorney General Yost announces multistate data breach settlement with Premera

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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost recently announced a multistate settlement that will require health insurance company Premera Blue Cross to pay $10 million following a breach of protected health information (PHI). According...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Big Ten Update: End-of-Year Changes to Top Insurance Regulators

While Ohio made all the holiday bowl news, its Big Ten counterparts of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa have been making all the holiday news on leadership of insurance regulation. Since December 5, 2016, three Midwest states have...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Insurance Regulators Fine Tuning Cybersecurity Guidance

You may not realize how much personal information your insurance company has about you. Scarier still is that much of this data is sensitive and valuable to hackers – such as your Social Security number, financial...more

Carlton Fields

Rules of the (International) Road, Brexit, PPP as a New Tool for Argentina, and Keeping Non-U.S. Companies Safe from Suit (Expect...

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- Post-Daimler: Are Non-U.S. Companies Safe from Suit in U.S. Courts? What if the Non-U.S. Parent Registers to Do Business in a State? - Rules of the (International) Road: Choosing and Appointing a Distributor ...more

Carlton Fields

Another One Bites the Dust: Maryland Federal District Court Dismisses Putative Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Standing

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The United States District Court of Maryland recently dismissed a putative class action alleging that CareFirst’s failure to adequately secure the computer hardware storing their customers’ personal information led to two...more

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Technological and Information Concerns Highlight NAIC Spring 2016 National Meeting

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Spring 2016 National Meeting, which was held from April 3 – 6 in New Orleans, offered insight into numerous issues being considered by state commissioners nationwide....more

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Phishing for Cybersecurity Coverage: When is a Fraud a “Computer Fraud”?

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In late June, the New York Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court ruling that there was no coverage for a health insurance company policyholder, under a “Computer Systems Fraud” rider issued by its insurer, for an underlying...more

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10 million Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield members’ information compromised

Yesterday, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, located in Rochester, NY, announced that it will notify up to 10 million members that it was the victim of a cyber-attack dating back to December of 2013 that exposed their members’...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: States Strengthen Laws Addressing Health Information Handling and Breach Response

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Connecticut and Oregon were recently added to the increasing list of states adopting stricter laws addressing the handling of health information and penalties in connection with breaches of health information. Both states...more

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Blog: CareFirst Discloses Data Breach

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CareFirst, a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan serving the Washington D.C. metro area, became another in a line of health insurers to suffer a data breach as a result of hackers. CareFirst and the FBI are examining the breach...more

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Anthem Breach Triggers Lawsuits, Investigations And Heightened Concerns About Healthcare Security Infrastructure

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Anthem, formerly known as WellPoint, announced on Wednesday that its database had been hacked, exposing the personal information of as many as 80 million individuals. According to Anthem, the information accessed included...more

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Cyber Attackers Reach Anthem, Health Care Providers Seen As Vulnerable

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Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, announced last Wednesday that it had been attacked by cyber hackers and that personal information for as many as 80 million individuals had been compromised....more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

The Anthem Data Breach: The Fallout and What’s Next

By now (unless you have been under a snow drift), you have likely heard about the apparent intrusion into a database at the nation’s largest health insurer, Anthem, Inc. Rather than reiterate the facts as currently known...more

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Anthem's Breach: How Employers Should Respond

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With the news of the breach of security at Anthem health plans, many employers have been wondering whether their employees are affected and how they should respond. The breach extends to members in Anthem-affiliated plans and...more

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