American Income Life Sued Over Breach Affecting 850,000 People

American Income Life Insurance Co. negligently failed to protect the personal information of more than 850,000 people that was exposed in an October 2024 data breach, a proposed federal class action said.

Lead plaintiff Thomas Harris alleged that American Income breached its duties under common law, contract law, industry standards, and the Federal Trade Commission Act to implement reasonable and adequate data security measures and provide timely notice of the incident.

Information exposed in the breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, health information, and insurance-policy information, according to a complaint filed Tuesday ...