Insurance Company Mailed All Policyholder PII to Wrong Address for 12 Months
Allstate sent every piece of correspondence — containing personal policyholder information — to the wrong address for an entire policy year. The insured received nothing, could not resolve the discrepancy despite contacting the company, and now faces a personal data breach. Reflects systemic address validation and data governance failures in insurance policy administration.
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