Opinion

CrowdStrike Event: A Wake Up Call for the Insurance Industry?

Some thoughts on the lessons we can learn from the CrowdStrike outage, by Hermes Marangos, Partner and Insurance lawyer at Signature Litigation. The IT outage which caused 8.5 million systems running Microsoft Windows to crash […]

Opinion

NIS2 Deadline Fast Approaching: Insurers Need to Prep Now

Some insights on the NIS2 rules which come into effect in October this year, from Steve Harris, CEO at CloudClevr; UK companies should not be under any misapprehension that NIS2Ā willĀ notĀ impact them. Due to comeĀ into force […]

Opinion

Responsible Cloud Migration – Overcoming the Data Security Challenge

This artcle looks at cyber security, data and Cloud migration. It’s by Alasdair Anderson, VP of EMEA at Protegrity Since the world went digital the value of data has been unprecedented, and as businesses race […]

Insurance Regulation

Consumer Duty Review: FCA Invites Industry Views & Comments

Now this could be a chance for smaller brokers, insurtechs or MGAs to state their case regarding the consumer duty. In the UK we have a simplified tax system for smaller companies, in terms of […]

News

New Hires and Regional Expansion at Avid Insurance

A flurry of new hires at Avid Insurance, here’s the word; Avid Insurance, the specialist MGA, has boosted its headcount by 20% with six new hires, including four underwriters in its construction division, during the […]

Insurance Regulation

One Third of UK Businesses Face Compliance Penalties

This latest data from Davies shows that many UK companies struggle with compliance issues. In fact the new study by Davies of over 500 senior decision-makers within UK financial services businesses has found: 36% of […]

Insurance Regulation

Insurance Europe Offers Manifesto For Change

The latest thoughts on regulation from Insurance Europe for you; The insurance industry has set out its priorities for a more prosperous, resilient, and competitive European Union. It calls on EU policymakers to reduce protection […]