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 could 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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