InsureTech

Digital Risks Becomes SuperScript, Aims For Wider SME Appeal

Digital Risks the pay-monthly subscription based service for business, has rebranded as Superscript. It’s an interesting time for busiess insurance brands, as the aftermath of Covid-19 concentrates minds on enforced closure, lockdowns, staff testing, tracing […]

Technology

Barracuda Publishes Report on Phishing & Email Account Hijacking

A new report from Barracuda Networks, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, reveals that over 33 per cent of hijacked email accounts had attackers dwelling in the account for more than a […]

News

Guidewire Survey Finds Consumers Want Online ID Theft & Illness Insurance

Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE:GWRE), the platform general insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently, today announced the results of a UK consumer survey that shows how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting attitudes towards insurance and insurers. […]

News

Ecclesiastical Warning on Smartphone Cyber Security

Research commissioned by specialist insurer, Ecclesiastical, has revealed smartphone security complacency is leaving devices wide open to criminals, presenting an opportunity for brokers to speak to their clients about the risks they face. The survey […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Reveals More CryptoAsset Buying – Is It Time Insurers & MGAs Got Stuck In?

An estimated 2.6 million UK consumers have bought cryptoassets at some point, new FCA research reveals. As UK banks continue to offer abysmal interest rates and the stock market offers relatively high risks until a […]

Insurance Brokers

Get Three Months Free Trial of NFU Mutual’s Cyber Insurance Cover

Commercial insurer NFU Mutual has launched a free three-month cyber helpline service for its small business and small farm customers. The benefit will be available to existing customers, as well as to new policy holders. […]

InsureTech

Opinion: Kovrr CEO Highlights Potentially Huge Cyber Risk

Covid-19 has changed everything for insurance companies. There’s the fall-out over rejected Pandemic claims, processing millions of refunds for car insurance customers and then the working from home revolution, which looks set to sweep away […]

News

GK8 Teams Up With Aon UK on Crypto Asset Insurance Project

GK8, the high-security custody solution for safeguarding and managing digital assets, announces its product is now insurable via Aon UK Ltd utilising insurance provided by a panel of insurers led by Arch Underwriting at Lloyd’s […]