Identity Theft Insurance Can Cover Your Losses Due to Fraud
Aura offers up to $1 million per adult (up to $5 million total with the Family plan) as insurance for eligible out-of-pocket expenses due to identity theft — including legal fees, lost wages, and more.*
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What Is Identity Theft Insurance?
Identity theft insurance helps reimburse victims of identity theft for eligible losses (such as stolen funds), as well out-of-pocket expenses associated with recovering their identities.
The insurance coverage on Aura plans includes stolen funds reimbursement, personal expense compensation, and certain legal fees.
Aura does not cover financial losses from any pre-authorized payments from an account. Aura can, however, help you resolve fraudulent transactions, and freeze your credit if you suspect identity fraud.
Nearly 65% of all identity theft cases go unresolved.10 This means you may be liable for any fraudulent charges on your bank account — unless you have identity theft insurance.
For example, if an identity thief uses your Social Security number (SSN) to take out a loan in your name, you could be saddled with thousands of dollars in debt and a damaged credit score.
While you can dispute the fraud, there will still be costs associated with the process — from time spent contacting the credit bureaus to potentially hiring a lawyer.
How Does Identity Theft Insurance Work?
In general, identity theft insurance may be offered by insurance and credit card companies. It can also be included as part of an identity theft protection service like Aura.
Companies like Allstate® and State Farm® also offer identity theft insurance as an add-on to your homeowners or renters insurance. They may charge an additional $9–$35 a month.
While a single homeowners and identity theft insurance policy can simplify bills, you may only have limited coverage.
When you choose a comprehensive identity monitoring service like Aura, you’re also choosing proactive alerts. Dark Web monitoring or alerts about new inquiries on your credit file give you a chance to get ahead of potential fraud.
 Family Plan | Allstate Identity Protection Blue Family | State Farm Identity Restoration Insurance | |
|---|---|---|---|
Free Trials |  14-day free trial available. |  Only available on monthly plans. |  |
Clear Pricing | Transparent pricing; no hidden renewal fees. | Price increases by ~17% after the first year. | Available as a $25 per year add-on on a policy. |
Member-ship | 5 adults, unlimited kids. |  Up to 10 members + primary subscriber. | Covers you, your dependents in the same household. |
Identity Monitoring | Identity Protection with Home and Auto Title monitoring. | No home and auto title monitoring. | |
Identity Theft Expense Reimburs-ement | Up to $5 million. | Up to $2 million. | Up to $50,00013 |
Dark Web Monitoring | Available for up to 10 email addresses per adult. | Available for up to 5 email addresses in a plan. | |
Social Media monitoring | | | |
Spam Call and Message Protection | Available on iOS and Android phones. | Robocall blocker available for only the primary subscriber. | |
Our comparison methodology combines ratings and reviews from third-party professional and consumer review sources as of June 2024. This comparison does not solely reflect Aura's subjective opinions, tests, or experiences.
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What Aura’s Identity Theft Insurance Covers
Aura offers $1 million in insurance coverage per adult member regardless of whether the policy is for an individual, a couple, or a family.
Expense Reimbursement: $1,000,000 per adult member per 12-month period
Cash Recovery Aggregate: $1,000,000, included within (not in addition to) Expense Reimbursement
Some examples of expenses covered include:
- Re-filing applications: Costs for re-filing loans, grants, or other credit applications.
- Verifying documents: Costs for notarizing affidavits or similar documents, long-distance phone calls, travel, and postage.
- Recovery-related expenses: Credit freeze/thaw costs, transcript costs, appeal bond, court filing fees, and more resulting from any identity restoration efforts.
- Lost wages: Includes compensation for vacation days, discretionary days, floating holidays, and paid personal days, within twelve months of discovering the fraud.
Pre-authorized transfers: Losses from any pre-authorized transfers to financial institutions or other accounts owned by the Aura member.
Pre-existing identity fraud: Losses from identity fraud discovered before the policy started.
Excessive legal fees: Legal fees over $125 per hour.
Inactive memberships: Losses that may have occurred while your membership was inactive.
For unauthorized electronic fund transfer — Aura’s identity theft insurance coverage is only valid if you’re an active and paid member. You must also report this loss within 90 days of discovering it.
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To Start Your Claim:
If you’re an Aura member and may have been a victim of identity fraud, here’s how you can start your insurance claim process:
Contact Aura Support from inside your mobile or desktop app.
If you received an Aura alert about suspicious activity, contact Support using the number provided on the fraud alert.
Secure a copy of your insurance policy.
Aura will also walk you through how you can directly make a claim with our insurance provider.
Prepare a detailed proof of loss to also file with your claim.
File within 60 days of you first learning about the fraudulent incident.
Frequently Asked Questions
Identity theft insurance that’s part of an identity theft protection plan can cost anywhere between $10–$40 per month.
Your exact subscription amount will depend on your plan, the number of people on your plan, and any other add-ons you purchase.
For example, Aura provides $1 million in insurance coverage to every adult member, and on every plan — at no additional cost.
Neither identity theft protection nor insurance can prevent identity fraud from happening. With Aura, you’ll receive timely fraud alerts so you can take action.
Identity theft insurance — already on all Aura plans — helps cover certain direct and indirect expenses that you may have as part of your identity recovery process.
An April 2024 study from Javelin found that people spent an average of 10 hours and ~$200 resolving issues that stemmed from identity fraud.11
During this period, you might miss work, spend money on lawyers, replace stolen documents and IDs, or pay for childcare — all out of pocket if you don't have insurance.
Along with generous insurance coverage, Aura's identity theft protection also includes:
- Expert Fraud Remediation. Aura can work with you to create a custom recovery plan. The team can also facilitate three-way calls with your bank or credit bureaus to resolve your ID theft incident.
- Identity monitoring and protection. Receive notifications if your identity was used in a high-risk transaction or exposed in a data breach.
- Three-bureau credit monitoring service. Identity thieves can open new accounts or take out loans in your name. Aura warns you of any such activity on your credit reports.
- Online safety tools. This includes antivirus software, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to hide your browsing history, and more.
Standalone identity theft protection plans such as those from Aura offer a wider range of alerts and remediation services.
On the other hand, Allstate has identity theft insurance as an optional endorsement to existing homeowners, renters, or auto insurance policies.12
This coverage is only available to the policyholder and their registered domestic partner.
Allstate also offers a separate product — Allstate Identity Protection — which can be purchased independently.
For an additional cost, property and auto insurance companies like State Farm include identity theft insurance as an add-on.
This type of identity restoration insurance tends to cover what’s not already part of your homeowners policy, such as credit card fraud. The downside is that expense reimbursement limits are far lower compared to that of Aura’s.
State Farm may reimburse you up to $50,000, sometimes subject to a deductible of $500 per occurrence.13 Meanwhile in Aura’s case, coverage may be up to $5 million based on your plan.
On average, it can take over six months and 100–200 hours of your time to discover, resolve, and recover from the effects of identity theft.
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