Author: Tom Wood | Date: 12/07/2011
Categories: General
Kickbacks and greasy palms are part of doing business, particularly in some geographies, some might argue. Over the years tales of extra ‘import duty’ that needs to be paid to officials at airports, excessive ‘corporate hospitality’ and more recently alleged cash transfers designed to influence decision-makers within the sports world have made the headlines. The U.K. has just introduced The […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 12/07/2011
Categories: General
Don’t forget to check for travel warnings on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) website; it lists countries and regions to avoid for your own safety. Many travel insurance companies will not cover you if the area has an FCO Travel Warning issued against it, so to be certain, visit www.fco.gov.uk to check. For more information please email ourselves at […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 24/06/2011
Well the simple answer is “yes” A Computer Insurance policy provides wider cover including Reinstatement of Data following a virus infection. A claims example is:- A charity had its systems infected by the ‘Conficker’ virus, a particularly nasty virus that targets Microsoft operating systems transmitting via networks, USB devices and web transfer. The virus has claimed many victims: since first detection […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 22/06/2011
From June 2011 (following new regulations in April 2011) all vehicles registered in the UK must be insured at all times or declared off the road with a statutory off road notice (SORN) The registered keeper of a vehicle is responsible for checking that their vehicle has up to date insurance, and will be liable to receive an Insurance Advisory […]