Author: Tom Wood | Date: 05/06/2018
Categories: General
Do evolving attitudes about how we work mean that the insurance provided for businesses is due a rethink? In the past, you would ask, ‘Where do you work?’ when getting to know someone. Now, you’re increasingly more likely to ask, ‘What do you do?’ instead. Attitudes to work are changing. Championed by millennials (who will make up 75% of the […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 29/05/2018
Cybercrime has risen in recent years, perhaps more than anybody ever expected. For a long time, the focus was on defending businesses against such crimes. Now, with more people aware of cybercrime and the risks, insurers are becoming increasingly aware of the impact such crime may have on D&O policies. Directors and officers liability insurance has often been seen as […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 23/05/2018
Cambridge Analytica has been a name making global headlines lately, becoming infamous as the organisation which shook the digital world to its roots, following the Facebook data breach that saw the personal information of 87 million Facebook users. Whilst the manipulation of US voters was Cambridge Analytica’s mission, what a company whistle-blower has done is to drag Facebook’s name through […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 14/05/2018
Another construction firm has gone bust, but this time it has attracted more attention than usual. Carillion’s suppliers are said to be owed a hefty £2 billion. This will have a knock-on effect for tens of thousands of businesses. The small firms that handled most of Carillion’s work will sadly be those most affected by its demise. Many will never […]