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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Great American Life
Current Parent Company: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
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Penalty: $400,000
Year: 2016
Date: August 4, 2016
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: insurance violation
Violation Description: Great American Life agreed to pay $400,000 to settle multistate litigation regarding its use of the Social Security Administration's Death Master File.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Massachusetts
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: mutual
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance
Source of Data: Four Additional Insurers Agree to Change Their Use of Death Master File, States News Service, August 4, 2016 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.