Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Guardian Life
Current Parent Company:
Guardian Life Insurance
Penalty:
$2,000,000
Year:
2015
Date:
March 23, 2015
Offense Group:
consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense:
insurance violation
Violation Description:
Guardian Life agreed to pay $2 million 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 Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
New York
Ownership Structure of Parent:
mutual
Major Industry of Parent:
financial services
Specific Industry of Parent:
insurance
Source of Data:
Two Additional Insurers Agree to Appropriate Use of Death Master File, States News Service, March 23, 2015 (via Nexis).
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
