Personal Insurance - Identity Theft

Identity theft is America's fastest growing crime, and it can happen to anyone.  The good news: You can have peace of mind knowing that if this happens to you, we'll take care of it. 

Whether you're a victim of identity theft, or your personal identification documents are stolen while traveling, Westfield Identity Services will provide diligent and personalized assistance to get your life back on track. You'll be assigned a personal advocate from Identity Theft 911, America's number one identity fraud resolution provider. Identity Theft 911's advocates work with you one-on-one, from beginning to end, to resolve your crisis.

Click here for information about identity theft coverage and useful tips to prevent identity theft.

Westfield Identity Services

With Westfield Identity Services coverage, you and your family receive these benefits at no additional cost if you are a victim of identity theft:

• Identity Theft Resolution Assistance: If you become a victim of identity theft or need assistance handing suspicious activity in your credit files, Identity Theft Resolution Assistance will provide the fastest, most thorough resolution to your crisis. Fraud resolution specialists will help get your life back in order.
• Proactive Identity Services: Proactive Identity Services help potential identity theft victims position themselves to detect and respond to fraud quickly. Options include free fraud alerts placed with all three credit bureaus, plus additional preventative measures, depending on the risk.
• Child Risk Identity Services: It can take years for the theft of a child's identity to be noticed ... which is why child identity theft is a rapidly growing crime. Child Risk Identity Services helps parents to suppress the credit file of the minor to help prevent against the further misuse of their personal information, and erasing any erroneous information from those files.
• Military Identity Services: Military personnel serving abroad may not immediately notice a problem with their identity. This makes them more susceptible to identity theft. Military Identity Services assists military personnel with proactive steps to protect their identity, including active duty fraud alert on credit files, removal from credit bureau marketing lists and Identity Theft Resolution Assistance in the event of identity theft.
• Estate Identity Services: After losing a husband or wife, surviving spouses may find they need to protect the identity of the loved one who has passed away. Estate Identity Services helps a surviving spouse protect the departed spouse?s records from identity thieves, as well as notify credit bureaus and credit issuers that the deceased has passed away.
• Disaster Recovery Services: Natural disaster victims can rely on Disaster Recovery Services to recover critical documentation needed to rebuild their lives and identity. It also provides a communications hub so family members, friends and neighbors can have a central point of contact.
• Identity Travel Assistance: Should you lose your wallet, or your passport get stolen while traveling, Identity Travel Assistance will help with emergency travel arrangements and coordinate with embassies and governmental agencies to get you home safely. If an identity theft should occur as a result, Identity Theft Resolution Assistance will be available. For Identity Travel Assistance, customers should contact the number provided on the Identity Travel Assistance wallet card included with their policy. The card contains country codes as well as a toll-free number to call for assistance when traveling.

Monitoring Your Credit Report

Monitoring your credit report can help you catch inaccurate information - which could be due to identity theft. Visit www.annualcreditreport.com to order a free copy of your credit report from the three credit reporting agencies every 12 months. (Tip: To monitor throughout the year, order from one of the three credit reporting agencies at a time, every four months.)