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Arron Banks slams Green ‘wokery’ and ‘finished’ Tories as he announces mayoral tilt
Somerset Bridge and Brightside founder Arron Banks has been confirmed as the Reform UK party mayoral candidate for the West of England.
News analysis: The future for Directors’ & Officers’ cover
Martin Friel explores how this niche line is developing, and learns how factors such as Russian sanctions are driving change in the highly specialist market.
Lawyers reveal record levels of fines for companies let down by their directors and officers
SMEs racked up over £60m in D&O fines in 2021, compared to £120m between 2016-2020, according to law firm BLM.
ICO cracks down on firms’ nuisance ‘appliance insurance’ calls
Five companies were collectively fined £405,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for over 755,000 unsolicited marketing calls.
ICO fines Tempcover £85,000
The regulator said the penalty was for a “serious contravention” of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
Gallagher faces legal action over response to ransomware attack
Broker faces class action in the United States following a cyber breach in September 2020 which also saw personal data of individuals in the UK being accessed.
Arch Re buys Somerset Bridge
The deal also adds Arron Banks’ Southern Rock Holdings to the reinsurer’s portfolio.
One Call confirms ransomware attack
The cyber attack, which caused disruption to the broker's IT systems, and the criminal gang behind it are under investigation by the police.
Eldon/Leave EU ICO fine appeals dismissed
The broker, now known as Somerset Bridge, still faces a fine of £60,000 and the Leave organisation, which campaigned for Brexit, faces a £45,000 fine.
Gallagher forced to take global systems offline
The broker has confirmed that a ransomware incident hit its network but everything is now back online as ICO says attack has been reported.
ICO confirms investigation into Ardonagh cyber incident
Ardonagh says it has found no evidence of customer, carrier, or broker data leaving its estate as the Towergate website remains unavailable.
Eldon signals fresh appeal after ICO fine tribunal throws out case
The broker, now called Somerset Bridge, is set to launch another appeal against the £60,000 data fine.
In-depth - cyber: Are brokers protecting themselves against cyber risks?
As well as selling the benefits of cyber insurance to clients, brokers must show the way by being ready for any data breaches or cyber attacks. Sam Barrett reports
Cyber insurance payout rates at 99%, claims ABI
The cyber insurance battlefield is far from clear as the trade body calls on the ICO to make more breach data available publicly.
ICO fines Arron Banks' Eldon and Leave.EU £120,000
Regulator set to review how Eldon and Leave.EU are complying with data protection laws.
Podcast: The top five stories of the week
The Insurance Age team chat about the most popular stories of this week including potential deals and fines as well as "poor" cyber products.
ICO to fine Eldon Insurance £60,000
The Information Commissioner also issued a notice of intent to fine Leave.EU as part of the same action and is investigating allegations that Eldon shared customer data “obtained for insurance purposes” with Leave.EU.
Average ICO data breach fine doubles to nearly £150,000 in 12 months
Increase a “wake up call” for businesses says law firm RPC.
Bupa fined £175,000 over data security
The Information Commissioner’s Office punishes the provider after customer data ended up for sale on the dark web.
ICO fines broker Our Vault £70,000
Watchdog says broker made over 55,000 nuisance phone calls in 2016.
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