Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company (July 2023)

Organization named: Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 19, 2023.

Organization as reported: Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company, WA
Entity type as reported: Business Associate
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported: Email
Submission date: July 19, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10588, row:1727)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

The business associate (BA), Physician Insurance A Mutual Company, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,852 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented new administrative and technical safeguards.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

1,852 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date July 19, 2023, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

2023-07-19Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 10588)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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