Syracuse Diocese Insurer Held in Contempt in Sex Abuse Data Leak

Two subsidiaries of insurance giant Allianz SE were held in contempt for leaking nearly 100 Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse sex abuse claimants’ personal information nearly four years ago.

Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. and Allianz Reinsurance America Inc. said the inadvertent disclosure was resolved almost immediately after it was discovered.

The US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York acknowledged in a Tuesday decision that the leak was fixed quickly but held that the insurers were in the wrong when they failed to notify the court, the diocese, and a committee representing the claimants until nearly five ...