Judge Approves Settlement in Ameritas Mutual Data Breach Lawsuit

Ameritas Mutual Holding Co. will pay $850,000 to settle claims it failed to protect the personal information of 95,644 current and former policy holders during a May 2019 data breach.

Judge John M. Gerrard granted the settlement final approval on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Nebraska. The plaintiffs and Ameritus Mutual first reached the settlement in April.

The insurance company failed to secure information exposed in the breach included names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, member ID numbers, policyholder names, employer names, and policy numbers, named plaintiff Cynthia Weisenberger said in ...