Sherwood v. Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC

  1. March 12, 2024

    Retirees Seek Final OK On $8.7M Data Breach Settlement

    Employer benefit plan members whose sensitive data was exposed in a massive breach at a consulting company have asked a Georgia federal judge to approve an $8.7 million agreement to resolve allegations the firm failed to protect their information.

  2. January 09, 2024

    Attys Seek $2.9M Cut Of Retirement Plan Data Breach Deal

    Attorneys representing customers who allege their personal information was exposed during a 2021 data breach at a benefits consulting firm are seeking nearly $3 million in legal fees for their work settling allegations the company's negligence permitted the hack.

  3. September 21, 2023

    Actuarial Co. To Pay $7.75M In Retirement Plan Privacy Suit

    A benefits consulting firm agreed to shell out $7.75 million to wrap up a proposed class action claiming the company's negligence allowed hackers to access the personal data of millions of retirement plan participants, according to a Georgia federal court filing.

  4. August 02, 2023

    Consulting Firm Reaches Deal In Data Breach Suit

    Benefits consulting firm Horizon agreed to end a proposed class action alleging it failed to protect retirement plan participants' personal information from a November 2021 data breach, with a Georgia federal judge saying Wednesday that it has until the end of the month to seek initial approval of the deal.

  5. October 11, 2022

    Customers Fight Tossing Of Horizon Data Breach Suit

    A proposed class of more than 2 million retirement plan participants has urged a federal judge not to dismiss their suit alleging that a benefits management consulting firm failed to protect their personal information from a November data breach, saying the "easily foreseeable event" caused them to suffer financially and emotionally.

  6. July 22, 2022

    4 Cybersecurity Breach Suits Benefits Lawyers Should Watch

    Attempts to steal workers' personal information and even their retirement savings are on the rise, attorneys say, raising questions about plans' and third-party administrators' exposure for cybersecurity breaches under federal benefits law.

  7. May 13, 2022

    Ga. Judge Consolidates Horizon Data Breach Class Cases

    A Georgia federal judge has consolidated five proposed class actions against consulting firm Horizon Actuarial Services LLC over its November 2021 data breach, and appointed interim lead and liaison counsel.

  8. April 19, 2022

    Consulting Firm Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

    Consulting firm Horizon Actuarial Services LLC is facing a proposed class action over a November 2021 data breach that allegedly affected more than 100,000 individuals who were signed up for benefit plans through their employers.