Fraud

Fraud: Griffin Law Warns on HSBC Text Scam

UK workers are being targeted by a new SMS phishing scam designed to trick victims into handing over details of their HSBC bank account. The scheme, uncovered by litigation specialists Griffin Law, begins with a text message […]

News

Bristol: Leader of The Pack When it Comes to Car Park Crime

Research by comparison and switching site, Uswitch has revealed the UK’s safest and least safe cities for parking and guess what? The progessive Nirvana that is Bristol has topped the charts as the least safe […]

News

London is Still Car Crime Capital of UK, Keyless Entry Thefts Rising Too

Analysis of theft data recorded by the stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) expert, Tracker, reveals that London continues to top the list of regions where cars are most stolen and recovered. Neighbouring county Essex jumped back up to the number two […]

Insurance Brokers

Revealed: 90% of Small Businesses Have NO Cover for Cyber Crime

Almost 90% of SMEs are not insured for cybercrime despite recognising it as the biggest threat to their business, a new study has found. A survey of more than 500 small business owners across the […]

Insurance claims

Duty of Care: Get Data on High Risk Cities for Your Employees – Avoid Claims

Riskline has expanded its collection of City Safety Maps to cover 150 cities worldwide and is on course to reach 200 by the end of 2019. From Los Angeles to Suva in Fiji, Helsinki to […]

Fraud

Pen Underwriting and Mills & Reeve Recover £3.7m of Cyber Fraud Cash

Detecting insurance or financial fraud is often all about following a data trail, looking for patterns, leaks from the same USB, laptop or mobile device, plus good old fashioned instinct. So how do you combat […]

Opinion

Opinion: Three Tactics for Tackling Insider Cyber Threats

In this piece, Mark Rayner, Head of Financial Services Consulting at BAE Systems offers some useful advice for those in the insurance industry, and the wider workplace, on the tricky matter of data breaches and […]

Technology

Node4 Research Suggests One Third of Insurers Targeted by Cyber Criminals

Research conducted by Node4, the cloud, data centre and communications provider, revealed that security is a key concern for insurance firms, with just under a third (29%) of respondents admitting they were targeted by cyber […]