(Bloomberg) -- Anthem Inc., the second-biggest U.S. healthinsurer, said it’s going to take about 10 to 14 days to figure outwho was affectedby a data breach and begin notifying those people.
The individuals will get letters in the mail and may receivee-mails as well, said Kristin Binns, a spokeswoman forIndianapolis-based Anthem. The costs to deal with the breach won’thurt this year’s earnings outlook, in part because the company hasits 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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