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ID Theft Program Solution Overview
One Call | One Solution
Prepared Exclusively For
ID Theft | Methods
Identity thieves use many methods to stealpersonal information, including:
1. Dumpster Diving. They rummage through trash looking for bills or other paper with your personal information on it.
2. Skimming. They steal credit/debit card numbers by using a special storage device when processing your card.
3. Phishing. They pretend to be financial institutions or companies & send spam or pop-up messages to get you to reveal your personal information.
4. Changing Your Address. They divert your billing statements to another location by completing a “change of address” form.
5. “Old Fashioned” Stealing. They steal wallets & purses; mail, including bank & credit card statements; pre-approved credit offers; new checks; tax information & medical records. They steal personnel records from their employer, or bribe employees who have assess to employee data.
6. Data Breach. They steal personal data from businesses or institutions by any means, sophisticated or otherwise, accidental or intentional, whereby large amounts of personal data are targeted & breached – i.e., lost/stolen laptops, Wi-fi schemes, data media/storage devices, breached or ‘hacked’ data systems intrusions, etc.
RESTITUTION
Insurance that helps replace financial losses due to an ID Theft
Usually with deductibles Always with limitations &
exclusions
Solutions
RESOLUTION
Steps necessaryto restore a victim’s identity
Depending on severity of situation may include:• Law enforcement• Creditor & governmental
notification + submission of forms/affidavits, cancellation/replacement of accounts, filing of criminal reports, court appearances, dispute resolution, ID replacement
• And more . . .
PREVENTION
Caution, information & techniques to help avoid becoming a victim
Is proactive vs. reactive Can include 3rd party
services like credit monitoring, credit reports & credit freezes
Operational Team
24 x 7 single source intake for victim & is backbone of ID Theft Assist service
Long-term solutions to the stress, legal, and financial ramification of identity theft
worldwide benefit services
Enhances the speed of recovery by providing the needed credit background and protective monitoring services
Europ Assistance USA
Operating since 1982 in theU.S & office has not closed for 1 single day
Today has:25+ million Covered Members125 Employees in Bethesda/4,300 worldwideCoordinators are fluent in 28 languages24 x 7 x 365 in Bethesda Assistance Center
Provides victims with the necessary speed & timesaving capabilities in the critical early stages of identity theft discovery
Part of Europ Assistance Group: > 40years assistance business experience
ID TheftAssist™
Trans Union
Leading global provider of
business intelligence services:Supported by 3600 employees in 24 countries worldwide.
Provides real-time access to victim’s credit report to accelerate recovery.
Offers pre-incident credit monitoringService through subsidiary True CreditPart of Premier Service—no extra cost Includes free credit freeze—more effective preventative
tool than fraud alert,
ID TheftAssist™
Affinity Care
Created to meet the unique and
increasingly complex issues facing businesses 20+ years of experience has allowed creation of
preferred vendor relationships with specialty service providers nationally and internationally.
24/7 counselor support, emotional assistance for the victim is just a phone call away.
Provides long-term credit restoration needs, such as resolving any disputes with creditors
ID TheftAssist™
Standards Of Excellence
2011 Q3 Customer Feedback Survey Results:
Overall Quality of Service 95% Speed of Assistance 96%
Overall Employee Rating 94% Assistance Provided 92%
Overall Coordinators Helpful 91% Customer Service Skills 90%
Follow-up 89% Recommendation to others 92%
Telephony Metric Category Standard Actual
Average Speed of Answer 15 seconds 7 seconds
Telephone Service Factor 85% 94%
Maximum Busy Signals 2% 0.3%
Maximum Abandoned Calls 3% 0.8%
Service Levels
Basic & Premier Plans Capture all necessary information &
complete an initial needs assessment while the victim is on the phone to determine if a fraud or theft has occurred & act on it immediately.
Access to off-line single bureau credit monitoring on a post-incident basis. (Basic only)
Notify all 3 major credit-reporting agencies of the ID theft. Cancel & replace credit & charge cards Assist participant in placing a "Fraud Alert" on his/her credit report. Provide the participant with a helpful "ID Theft Action Kit“ Translate 25+ languages whenever necessary; i.e. when
victim is overseas & needs help communicating withlocal police in order to file a report or if victim’s firstlanguage is not English.
ID TheftAssist™
Service Levels
Premier Level Only Provide access to triple bureau daily credit monitoring Provide participant with a uniform ID Theft Affidavit, answer any questions
regarding completion of the affidavit & affidavit to proper authorities, credit bureaus & creditors.
Obtain list of creditors & contact them with separate itemized fraudulent account statements for each fraudulent occurrence.
Report the fraudulent activity to Local authorities& forward report to creditors.
Notify the fraud department of participant's creditors. Report the ID theft to the Federal Trade Commission. Home-state specific paperwork & services Educate the participant on how ID Theft occurs & inform him/her of
protective measures to take to avoid further occurrences. Provide emergency cash advance when theft occurs
away from home.
ID TheftAssist™
Service Levels
Premier Level Only Review “real-time” credit history with victim
& identify fraudulent accounts & activity. Medical ID Theft Services. Perform legal document review and free initial legal consultation. Draft a victim impact letter to the judge handling the case if impostor is
apprehended and stands trial. Determine best legal action to take against creditors or
how to work with credit bureaus if creditors are not cooperative in removing fraudulent entries fromparticipant's credit report.
Give advice for ancillary problems caused by identity theft. Offer unlimited 24/7 telephone access to Master-level Consultants to help
participant alleviate stress & anxiety caused by ID Theft. Arrange access, when needed, to up to 3 in-person sessions with a
professional in our national network of BehavioralSpecialists to help participant deal with theemotional trauma of ID Theft.
ID TheftAssist™
Program Eligibility
• All plans are “Family Service”– "Family Service" means the person(s) eligible for the restoration services shall be the
employee; spouse or Domestic Partner; children age of 21 and under who live with the employee; and children age of 24 and under who are full-time students
– "Domestic Partner" means anyone living in a domestic partnership with a employee as a relationship between two cohabitating people unrelated by either blood or marriage, regardless of gender, who are over the age of 18, share the common necessities of life, and have resided together for at least 6 months prior to subscribing to our product. In the cities and or states where domestic partnership registers are available, enrollees need to be registered in order to be covered.
• One main restriction—ID compromises/thefts discovered by the individual prior to enrollment are not eligible for service.
• Credit Monitoring Benefit is available to one person per household. Other household members can enroll at a discount from the general public price. However this is only needed if other household members have there our individual accounts and not joint accounts.