Nationwide Unit Sues to Duck Seattle Health Center’s Data Breach

Several proposed class actions against a Seattle-based substance abuse treatment center over a February data breach aren’t covered under the center’s insurance policy, a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. unit said in a lawsuit.

The terms of the policy issued to Therapeutic Health Services, including an exclusion for access to confidential information, barred coverage, Scottsdale Insurance Co. said in a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

The insurer also said it’s off the hook because another carrier, a Markel Group Inc. unit, is already insuring THS for the underlying suits under a cyber ...