Motorists Mutual Offers Security Breach Response Service to Businesses

Motorists Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, recently announced it will provide its commercial customers in five states with a Security Breach Response service at no additional cost. The service, which can help businesses respond to customer notification requirements in the event of a security breach resulting from situations such as a stolen laptop, will be added to all Motorists business insurance accounts in early 2008.
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Motorists’ written statement said it is one of the first insurance companies to offer this service to commercial customers in the Midwest.
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The goal of the service is to help companies insured with Motorists to notify customers when credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security numbers and other personal information held by a business is lost, stolen or inadvertently published. The cause can be the result of “hacking” into a computer system, theft of files or a laptop computer, > procedural or fraud-related.
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In addition to the Security Breach Response service, Motorists¹
> program will include the following services for commercial customers¹ business owners, officers, directors and employees:
* expediting replacement of documents lost while traveling, such as
> passports, visas, drivers licenses;
• protection for financial, credit and identity data during a move;
> replacement of documents lost while relocating, such as birth certificates or Social Security cards;
• help for patients who become identity theft victims as a result of
the fraudulent use of medical information;
• disaster recovery services for victims of natural disasters, such as
> a hurricane, tornado, or fire;
• estate identity safeguards; and,
• identity theft resolution services similar to those offered to
> Motorists’ homeowner policy customers.

Source: Motorists Mutual Insurance Co.