Turke & Strauss LLP, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Aurora National Life Assurance Company regarding its recent data breach. The Aurora National Life Assurance Company data breach involved sensitive personal identifiable information belonging to over 48,400 individuals.
ABOUT AURORA NATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY:
Aurora National Life Assurance Company is an insurance organization offering services related to individual and group life insurance and annuities. As a subsidiary of RGA Reinsurance Company, Aurora National Life Assurance Company provides assistance for a range of insurance plans, including qualified retirement annuities, as well as single and annual premium options for term life, whole life, deferred, and immediate annuities. Founded in 1961, Aurora National Life Assurance Company conducts business throughout 46 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Based out of California, Aurora National Life Assurance Company operates satellite offices in Illinois and Missouri.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On June 2, 2023, Aurora National Life Assurance Company discovered that Pension Benefit Information, LLC (“PBI”), a vendor of Aurora National Life Assurance Company’s third-party administrator, Alliance-One, Inc., experienced a data breach in which the sensitive personal identifiable information belonging to Aurora National Life Assurance Company customers may have been accessed. Through its investigation, PBI determined that an unauthorized actor may have accessed the sensitive information belonging to Aurora National Life Assurance Company’s clients through a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer platform used by PBI to serve Alliance-One between May 29 and May 30, 2023. On July 21, 2023, Aurora National Life Assurance Company began contacting individuals whose information may have been impacted. The type of information exposed includes:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Date of birth
- Demographic information
- Zip code information
- PBI account numbers
If you received a breach notification letter from Aurora National Life Assurance Company:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at (608) 237-1775 or sam@turkestrauss.com.
If you were impacted by the Aurora National Life Assurance Company data breach, you may consider taking the following steps to protect your personal information.
- Carefully review any breach notice and retain a copy;
- Enroll in any free credit monitoring services provided by Aurora National Life Assurance Company;
- Change passwords and security questions for online accounts;
- Regularly review account statements for signs of fraud or unauthorized activity;
- Monitor credit reports for signs of identity theft; and
- Contact a credit bureau(s) to request a temporary fraud alert.