30
Number of states that require companies that have information that can be used in identity theft — driver’s license numbers, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers — to tell individuals if that information has been compromised.
$3.6 billion
Amount in claims paying capacity the California Earthquake Authority is expected to lose after Dec. 1, 2008, after the authorizing legislation allowing CEA to assess insurers for future earthquake claims expires.
$49.3 billion
Amount in fraud caused by identity theft in 2006, according to the “2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report” by Javelin Strategy & Research. ID theft amounted to $55.7 billion in 2007, 12 percent higher than in 2006.
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