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Our Cyber Crime Webinar
Join us for a Webinar on 12th May highlighting the dangers of Cyber-Crime to your business and what protection insurance can offer against this. It’ll be a half hour talk starting at 11am, going over the latest statistics associated with cyber-crime and what actions you can take to shield your business from the damage a breach can cause. We’re especially focusing on small UK businesses as since you started reading […]
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Introducing – Our Cyber Cover product
Recently, the Harris Foundation became the fourth multi-academy education trust in the UK to be targeted by hackers in March alone. 37,000 pupil emails were compromised. This, once again, highlights the importance of rigorous cyber cover against highly numerous and sophisticated attackers. Every minute, there are 45 hacking attempts on SMEs across the whole of […]
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The Professional Indemnity Market for 2021
The professional indemnity market has been fluctuating over the last 5-10 years. Within the last decade there was a vast oversaturation of insurers and as a result, rates plummeted. Since then, it’s not been such a pretty scene. It seems that insurers had been under-pricing professional indemnity for many years in a bid to retain […]
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What can HR Consultants do to further protect their clients?
Any HR consultant wants the best for their clients. They do this by offering their advice on HR related issues to prevent discord between employers and employees. The trouble is humans are still human and even the best advice does not always lead to perfect harmony within the workforce. This can lead to disputes and disputes can end up in court. No employer can say […]
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Your business in 2021. How can you keep your business secure and why would you do so?
The why: Employment Tribunal receipts are largely on the rise, going up by 18% in 2020. This is expected to increase further into 2021. An Employment Tribunal will cost an employer, on average, £8,500, not including potential remedy fees. These costs can be taken care of if you’re covered under employment dispute insurance and that’s […]
Read moreIt’s not bad news only is it?
Increase in employment tribunal claims… Is this really bad news? Sometimes, as an insurance provider, it can feel like we never have good news for SMEs. Especially now. Anyone connected to the world of employment disputes or tribunals will know there has been an increase in since tribunal fees were abolished in 2017. Why? Because it […]
Read more10 reasons to buy Employment Dispute insurance
10 reasons to buy Employment Dispute insurance Last year there were almost 104,000 new #employment tribunal applications in the UK The #MeToo movement raised gender equality awareness in the workplace to new heights The BLM movement is doing the same for minority awareness There’s virtually zero cost to bring an employment tribunal claim COVID required […]
Read moreDoes the past help us predict the future?
Many times as an underwriter I’ve looked at past claims patterns and modelled them to predict future trends.
Read moreA timely post for employers
You might think that the work cultures promoting excessively long hours went out of fashion with red braces, shoulder pads, bankers and red meat. But perhaps this is not entirely the case… Did you know that UK workers are most likely to bring an employment claim against their employer for making them work excessive hours […]
Read moreWomen sacked for self-isolating
Women sacked for self-isolating! Yes, its true. A shop worker with Type 1 diabetes was sacked for self-isolating at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and has been awarded a £7,000 payout at an Employment Tribunal. It was unanimously agreed that she was unfairly dismissed and the deductions from her pay were unlawful. The case […]
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