Customers at risk as Eagle Insurance loses vital data

The disc disappeared over a year ago - in August 2008 - but it was only yesterday that the insurance company started writing letters to customers and brokers urging them to rush to banks to change their details because their accounts are at risk.

Eagle is a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Company in Switzerland. Yesterday, Zurich Insurance announced that they are launching an investigation into the loss of the back-up data tape containing details of 40,000 Botswana customers.