Omni Bridgeway Funds Class Action Against Australian Insurer Over Data Breach
Litigation funding of class actions remains a powerful tool for holding large corporates to account, especially within industries such as Healthcare and Insurance, which can see customers outmatched by the financial and legal power of the companies involved. A new proposed class action in Australia looks to bring justice to customers of a major private health insurance provider. Omni Bridgeway recently announced that it is funding a class action against Medibank Private Limited, on behalf of customers affected by the company’s data breach around 12 October 2022. Medibank, which provides insurance policies under the ‘ahm’ brand, suffered the data breach in October of last year, and reportedly compromised millions of customers’ personal data including ‘passport numbers and health claim data’. Omni Bridgeway is inviting both current and former customers to register their interest in the class action, which will be led by the law firm Baker McKenzie.