Penalty Amount
$14,200,000
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured $14.2 million in settlements from eight car insurance companies for failing to protect consumers' personal information. The companies' inadequate cybersecurity allowed hackers to steal driver's license numbers and other data through online quoting tools, impacting over 825,000 New Yorkers. The settlements require the companies to pay penalties and implement enhanced data security measures.
The companies must pay a total of $14.2 million in penalties and adopt comprehensive data security programs, including maintaining a data inventory, implementing strong authentication, logging and monitoring systems, and improved threat response procedures.
In-house legal teams should review vendor agreements with third-party providers of online quoting tools, customer agreements for data collection and processing, and any data processing addendums. Specific clauses to scrutinize include data security standards (e.g., encryption, access controls), breach notification timelines and obligations, data minimization and retention policies, and provisions regarding the use of sensitive personal information like driver's license numbers. Changes may be needed to mandate specific security measures (e.g., regular penetration testing, multi-factor authentication), require immediate notification to the OAG upon breach, and include obligations to provide credit monitoring to affected individuals.
Entity
American Family Mutual Insurance Company/Midvale Indemnity Company, Farmers Insurance, Hagerty Insurance Agency, The Hartford Insurance Group, Infinity Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Metromile, State Auto Mutual Insurance Company
Also known as: American Family
Industry
Financial ServicesOfficial Press Release
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-secures-142-million-car-insurance-companies-over-data
american family mutual insurance company s.i assurance of di
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/american-family-mutual-insurance-company-s.i-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
farmers insurance exchange assurance of discontinuance 2025
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/farmers-insurance-exchange-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
hagerty insurance agency assurance of discontinuance 2025
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/hagerty-insurance-agency-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
hartford fire insurance company assurance of discontinuance
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/hartford-fire-insurance-company-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
infinity insurance company assurance of discontinuance 2025
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/infinity-insurance-company-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
liberty mutual holdings company assurance of discontinuance
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/liberty-mutual-holdings-company-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
metromile llc assurance of discontinuance 2025
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/metromile-llc-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
state automobile insurance company assurance of discontinuan
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/state-automobile-insurance-company-assurance-of-discontinuance-2025.pdf
New York Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://ag.ny.gov/press-releases
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$18.0M
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