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Sauder Schelkopf is investigating a class action lawsuit related to the recently announced data breach. Global Atlantic is a retirement and life insurance company. Global Atlantic includes the following subsidiary companies:

  • Accordia Life and Annuity Company
  • Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company
  • First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company
  • Forethought Life Insurance Company

In June 2023, a “third-party vendor used by Global Atlantic—notified Global Atlantic that personal data for an uncertain number of policyholders had likely been taken by the cyber criminals. Global Atlantic then worked with PBI to understand the nature and scope of the information impacted . . . . Global Atlantic has determined that the compromised data included certain individual’s names, policy numbers, social security numbers, dates of birth, gender, and address data. Impacted individuals will receive notification via U.S. Mail regarding this incident.

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Sauder Schelkopf has a nationally recognized litigation practice. The firm currently serves as court-appointed lead counsel in courts across the country.  The attorneys at Sauder Schelkopf have recovered over $500 million on behalf of their clients and class members. Our firm was recognized by the Legal Intelligencer’s 2022 Professional Excellence Awards. The Legal Intelligencer’s Professional Excellence Awards honor Pennsylvania law firms and attorneys who have made a significant, positive impact on the legal profession. Our firm was named in the Litigation Departments of the Year (Specialty Area category; runner-up), an award that honors the best litigation practice in a small or mid-sized firm in Pennsylvania. This recognition was based on the firm’s 2021 litigation work and its important ongoing cases. LawDragon has recognized our attorneys in its list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” for 2022.  This list notes: “From the opioid epidemic to toxic substances and defective products, truck accidents to wildfires and sexual abuse, these are the lawyers who stand on the front line in individual lawsuits and class actions seeking justice.” Mr. Schelkopf was named to Pennsylvania’s Best Lawyers® 2022 for Class Actions/Mass Tort Litigation. The American Lawyer named Mr. Sauder to its 2021 Northeast Trailblazers. The honor recognizes 60 lawyers who are “truly agents of change.” It “recognizes professionals in the Northeast who have moved the needle in the legal industry.” The Legal Intelligencer named Mr. Sauder and Mr. Schelkopf in its 2020 Pennsylvania Trailblazers list recognizing 31 lawyers who “have taken extra measures to contribute to positive outcomes . . . and who are truly agents of change.” The Legal highlighted the firm’s innovative work on advocacy as class counsel in large institutional sex abuse cover-ups, women’s, and children’s rights. Our attorneys have also consistently been recognized by their peers being named to Pennsylvania SuperLawyer, a distinction held by the top 5% of attorneys in Pennsylvania.  Our attorneys have also been selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association as the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania.

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If you’ve received a notice that your personal information may have been impacted by the Global Atlantic data breach, please fill out the form on this page