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MisuseFinancial ServicesFinanceCustomer Data InvolvedPIILowResolved

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company

bd_c6a351efe0b2e050 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

May 23, 2024

Filed

Jun 25, 2024

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

181 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

82%
Full breach record for American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company →

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company reported an internal system breach occurring and discovered on May 23, 2024. A total of 18 individuals were affected, including 1 Maine resident. Written notification was sent to affected consumers on June 25, 2024. Identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months. The breach was classified as an internal system breach.

Maine clockDiscovered May 23, 2024 → Filed with AG Jun 25, 202433d ⏱ ME AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

May 23, 2024

Begins

May 23, 2024

Discovered

Jun 25, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJun 25 · first
Maine State AGJun 25 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.