Travel Insurance

Love Adventure Travel? Outbacker’s SOS Family App Can Keep You Safe

Adventure travel is great. Escaping the big crowds at tourist hotspots, the outrageous food prices, finding hidden gems off the beaten track. Great fun. But it’s wise to have an emergency back-up plan, just in […]

Technology

Payments By Text? Customers Want It, Let’s Make It Happen

Take payments via text mesaage? That sounds pretty handy.  SPLICE Software, (SPLICE), a customer engagement company specializing in automated communication workflows and digital communications, announced recently that text payments for policyholders, automated via an integration […]

News

Ghost Broker Spared Jail Time, After IFB Action

A fraudster who pocketed nearly £18,000 for selling fake car insurance has been sentenced, following an investigation led by City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), supported by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB). […]

Fraud

Scammers Are Loving Those HMRC Texts, Emails & Calls

Reports of HMRC-branded phishing scams have jumped from 572,029 to 1,069,522 in the last year – a surge of 87 per cent – according to official figures. The data, obtained by accountancy group Lanop Outsourcing […]

HR & Employment

Crises Control Launches Pandemic Toolkit for Companies

 Crises Control, the mass communication system for crisis response and company announcements, has created a series of pandemic response toolkits to allow its customers across the globe to reach out to employees and stakeholders with […]

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 […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Is There an App That Disables Smartphones When Driving? Yep

There are quite a few apps on the market that automatically disable a smartphone when driving above a certain speed. Bit like the classic Father Ted episode, but without the explosives under the milk float. […]