(Bloomberg) -- Anthem Inc., the second-biggest U.S. health insurer, said it’s going to take about 10 to 14 days to figure out who was affected by a data breach and begin notifying those people.

The individuals will get letters in the mail and may receive e-mails as well, said Kristin Binns, a spokeswoman for Indianapolis-based Anthem. The costs to deal with the breach won’t hurt this year’s earnings outlook, in part because the company has its own insurance to cover such incidents, she said.

Notifications “will happen as quickly as we can get them out,” Binns said.

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