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Article 2021-04-22
Sustainability in the middle east - transitioning to a lower carbon economy by building smart cities?
Imagine a city where you land in the airport from your flight, walk through and be taken on a high-speed underground only a short ride from the city centre. The facial recognition software inbuilt into the system already knows where you’re going – so an auto-shuttle picks you up to take you to your hotel. No need to check-in – the hotel already knows it’s you and you can sign into the room. The city has no cars, no streets and no carbon emissions. Everything you need is within walking distance.
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Article 2021-04-20
The human side of artificial intelligence
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven us all towards more use of and reliance upon technology for reasons of remoteness from one another, and generating efficiency in tougher times. This upwards trend includes an increase in the number of businesses seeking to make better use of the data within their businesses via artificial intelligence technologies.
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Article 2021-04-07
The practicalities of responding to a ransomware attack
Ransomware attacks have become one of the biggest cyber threats to all organisations. In 2020 and 2021 there have been a spate of attacks targeting councils. The consequences can be catastrophic: systems down for days or sometimes weeks, scrambled files, and employees unable to carry out duties.
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Podcast 2021-03-30
Cyber Sounds: Episode 4 - The global nature of cyber attacks with Laetitia Fouquet from Charles Taylor
In this episode we are joined by Laetitia Fouquet, Global Head of Cyber at Charles Taylor. The team discuss the global nature of cyber attacks, developments in marine cyber and its complexities, and play ‘Fine and Finest’.
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Article 2021-03-22
Does computer fraud coverage include ransomware payments? The Indiana Supreme Court believes so
For several years now, courts have wrestled with the issue of whether computer fraud coverage under a commercial crime policy covers business email compromise (BEC) attacks. An example; of a BECs is where an insured is emailed new payment instructions purportedly coming from a vendor, when in fact the email comes from a threat actor, thereby tricking the insured into wiring payment to a wrong account.
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Article 2021-03-18
Professions and Financial Lines Brief March 2021: cyber insights
A roundup of recent global cyber-related developments, including the introduction of mandatory data breach notification requirements in Singapore, the digitisation of insured businesses and resulting risks to insurers, the Bermuda Cyber Underwriting Report, corporate forum shopping for favourable data protection laws and the New York launch of the Cyber Insurance Risk Framework.
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Article 2021-02-23
Potential insurance issues arising from corporate forum shopping for favourable data protection laws
The UK officially left the EU in January 2020 with the implementation period, or transition stage, concluding on 31 December 2020 and the new UK/EU a trade deal finally agreed on 24 December 2020. However, large technology companies such as Facebook and Google did not leave their preparations until the last minute.
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Article 2021-02-18
Breaking down New York’s Department of Financial Services’ new cyber insurance framework
On February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) issued its Cyber Insurance Risk Framework (the Framework) to provide insurance carriers what it deemed an outline of “best practices for managing cyber insurance risk.”
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News 2021-02-18
Kennedys strengthens financial lines team in Latin America and Caribbean with key hire
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News 2021-02-11
Kennedys launches fourth edition of claims handling guide book
The fourth edition of our most popular guide for claims handlers has launched, helping empower insurers, third party administrators, corporates and their claims teams to become less reliant on their lawyers