Monday, January 20, 2014

How to claim for $3M AvMed Data Breach Settlement?

Have you ever paid AvMed for Insurance and your personal information stolen from laptops? Then, claim on DataBreachSettlement.com for AvMed Data Breach Settlement to get compensation.

AvMed Inc., Florida-based health Plan Company, offers numerous healthcare plans to business and individuals. It has recently agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over claims that it failed to sufficiently secure and protect customers’ sensitive personal data. Under terms of the settlement, it will pay to $3 million to settlement fund, which pays out this money to AvMed members for premium over payments also to those members who suffered from identity theft. If you have paid or received AvMed health plan any time in December 2009, then you can file a claim for compensation.

AvMed Data Breach Settlement

Recently, company has filed preliminary settlement documents in the U.S. district court for the Southern District of Florida describe payments to be offered to 460,000 individuals whose personal information was enclosed on two stolen unencrypted laptops - and who paid insurance premiums to AvMed. The stolen laptops contained more than 1.2 million AvMed members, including dependents of members who paid premiums, and also customers who did not pay premiums during the timeframe described in the settlement.
The final approval hearing of settlement will be held on 28th February, 2014; if it is approved by judge then affected plan member will get $10 annual premium refund, subject to a $30 cap. The agreement also includes payment to some individuals, who were able to prove identify theft because of incident.

Eligibility criteria:

All current and former AvMed customers, who paid AvMed for Insurance and whose sensitive personal information were available on the laptops that were stolen in December 2009.

How to claim?

To file a claim for $3M AvMed Data Breach Settlement, you have to visit www.databreachsettlement.com, and open claim form. And then, it will ask claim number and control number for login. You can also file claim without using pre-assigned claim number. For it, you have to select at least one claim type, overpayment or identity theft and then submit online claim form with all required detail like name, address, city, state, zip code, daytime phone, evening mode, and email.

You can also discover details about how to exclude yourself form or object to the settlement.

Important Dates:
  • Exclusion Deadline (received): January 30, 2014
  • Objection Deadline (filed and received): January 30, 2014
  • Fairness Hearing: February 28, 2014
  • Claim Form Deadline: 30 days after entry of Final Judgment, which will be no earlier than March 31, 2014
Highlights of AvMed Health Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Settlement:

Website: databreachsettlement.com

Case name: Curry v. AvMed Inc.,Case No. 1:10-cv-24513, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Settlement Administrator:
Curry v. AvMed Inc
c/o GCG
P.O. Box 35107
Seattle, WA 98125-5107

Class Counsel
Ari J. Scharg Benjamin S. Thomassen
Edelson LLC

Defense Counsel
John Delionado
Hunton and Williams LLP

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