EA USA is pleased to be leading a webinar, hosted by Minnesota Life, that will review the growing threat of medical identity theft. The free webinar, “Medical Identity Theft: A Runaway Train?” will be held Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm eastern time. As part of its health care reform priorities, the Obama Administration has championed the creation of electronic medical records. But as health technology grows, so does the risk of medical identity theft, which at 11 percent of all identity theft cases is the fastest growing type of ... Read More

Tips on Keeping Your Identity Secure While Filing Online From Home or on the Road According to the Internal Revenue Service, 99 million tax returns were e-filed — and 35 percent of taxpayers prepared and e-filed their federal tax returns themselves. As with any online activity, it’s important for Americans to be vigilant in keeping their personal information secure. Europ Assistance USA, a provider of identity theft resolution and online data protection services, reminds Americans to pay close attention as they prepare and file their ... Read More

This week is National Protect Your Identity Week, sponsored by the Better Business Bureau and National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Identity theft prevention and resolution is something we live with every day here at Europ Assistance USA while protecting and assisting some of the 10 million Americans victimized each year. We provide ongoing protection to our customers and help them straighten out any damages that occur if they do fall prey to one of the fastest growing crimes around. All this week, we’ve been highlighting a different kind of ... Read More

This week is National Protect Your Identity Week, sponsored by the Better Business Bureau and National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Identity theft prevention and resolution is something we live with every day here at Europ Assistance USA while protecting and assisting some of the 10 million Americans victimized each year. We provide ongoing protection to our customers and help them straighten out any damages that occur if they do fall prey to one of the fastest growing crimes around. All this week, we’ve been highlighting a different kind of ... Read More

This week is National Protect Your Identity Week, sponsored by the Better Business Bureau and National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Identity theft prevention and resolution is something we live with every day here at Europ Assistance USA while protecting and assisting some of the 10 million Americans victimized each year. We provide ongoing protection to our customers and help them straighten out any damages that occur if they do fall prey to one of the fastest growing crimes around. All this week, we’ve been highlighting a different kind of ... Read More

Yesterday marked the beginning of National Protect Your Identity Week, sponsored by the Better Business Bureau and National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Identity theft prevention and resolution is something we live with every day here at Europ Assistance USA while protecting and assisting some of the 10 million Americans victimized each year. We provide ongoing protection to our customers and help them straighten out any damages that occur if they do fall prey to one of the fastest growing crimes around. All this week, we’ll highlight a different ... Read More

Yesterday marked the beginning of National Protect Your Identity Week, sponsored by the Better Business Bureau and National Foundation for Credit Counseling. The BBB, NFCC and coalition members will host hundreds of free identity theft protection educational and shredding events in communities across the nation and many will feature professional speakers and experts on ID theft prevention and recovery. Find more information by visiting the NFCC’s web site, where you can even take a quiz to see how at-risk you may be. Identity theft prevention and ... Read More

Service Offers Customers Extra Protection and Dealers Recurring Revenue Opportunity Micro Key Solutions, a leading provider of world-class software solutions for the security alarm industry, and Europ Assistance USA (EA USA), provider of immediate support and assistance to individuals in times of emergency and distress, announced the companies will provide EA USA’s comprehensive identity theft protection product to Micro Key’s Millennium Series™ users. According to a study conducted this year by Javelin Strategy & Research, identity theft ... Read More

High schools and universities will open their doors again in the coming weeks. Today’s students are savvier than ever, but still one of the most targeted groups for identity theft. According to Javelin Strategy & Research, 18-24 year olds are at greater risk for identity theft because they take longer to detect fraud – an average of 132 days versus 49 days for those in older age groups. Young adults also tend to have little-to-no credit history, making it easier to create bogus accounts. Most generally-published identity theft prevention tips ... Read More

Travelers can be a ripe target for identity thieves. When traveling, we provide others with access to our personal and financial more often than in our typical daily interactions: your personal affects are out of your control for long periods during flights, you are taking your identification (and your purse/wallet) out often during airport security check-ins, using your credit card in unfamiliar locales (hotels, restaurants, car rental places, etc.), potentially visiting unfamiliar ATMs, accessing the Internet from unknown locations and are ... Read More