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Starmount Life Insurance Company

ArchivedSubmitted 12/09/2019
State
LA
Covered entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
630
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of breached information
Email
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

Starmount Life Insurance Company, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 563 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, and member identification numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Change history

  • 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list

Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source

Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.

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