$1M TRISTAR Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over November 2022 Data Breach

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TRISTAR Insurance Group, Inc. has agreed to a $1,000,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the insurance company failed to protect sensitive information on its systems from a November 2022 data breach.

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The $1 million TRISTAR Insurance Group class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on February 26, 2026. The settlement covers all United States residents whose personal information was compromised in the November 2022 data breach, and to whom TRISTAR sent a data breach notice on or around February 1, 2024.

Approximately 38,037 people are covered by the TRISTAR settlement, per court documents.

The court-approved website for the TRISTAR Insurance Group data breach settlement can be found at TRISTARDataSettlement.com.

According to the website, TRISTAR settlement class members who file a valid, timely claim form can receive up to $5,000 for “extraordinary” losses stemming from the data breach. This benefit covers expenses related to identity theft or fraud, the settlement site says.

In addition to an extraordinary-loss payment, class members can also receive up to $500 for out-of-pocket expenses incurred due to the TRISTAR data breach.

Class members must submit proof, such as receipts, with their claim form to receive an extraordinary-loss and/or out-of-pocket expense payment.

Further, in addition to extraordinary-loss and out-of-pocket expense payments, class members can also submit a claim for up to four hours of lost time spent responding to the data breach, at a rate of $25 per hour.

In lieu of the foregoing settlement benefits, class members can instead file a claim form to receive a cash payment, with no proof required.

According to the settlement agreement, class members who are California residents can receive $100, while non-California residents are eligible to receive $40 cash.

In addition to any monetary benefits, all class members may file a claim form to receive an enrollment code for three years of three-bureau credit monitoring, which includes fraud assistance and identity theft insurance.

Finally, as part of the class action settlement, TRISTAR has agreed to enhance its data security, data management, protection and threat detection capabilities.

To file a TRISTAR Insurance Group settlement claim form online, class members can head to this page and log in using the settlement claim ID found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form to print, fill out and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All TRISTAR settlement claim forms must be submitted online or by mail by July 15, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the TRISTAR Insurance Group data breach settlement following a hearing on June 23, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to consumers only after final approval is granted and any appeals are resolved.

The TRISTAR Insurance Group class action lawsuit alleged that the nationwide insurance provider failed to enact proper cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive information stored on its systems from a data breach, which the company discovered on or around November 10, 2022. Per court documents, private information that may have been exposed during the breach included names, Social Security numbers and payment information.

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