All CFC articles – Page 3
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Briefing: Commercial brokers must build cyber cover confidence to avoid ‘lazy broking’
Are brokers sufficiently equipped to have well informed cyber insurance discussions with clients or are they ‘doing a very poor job on the whole’?
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Brokers key in closing awareness gap for scams like iSpoof
CFC Underwriting warns that cyber criminals are unwavering in their commitment to the goal of extorting money from victims
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CFC creates dedicated fintech team
CFC has witnessed the volume of submissions from fintechs increase by more than 100% year-on-year over the past couple of years
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Backchat December 2022
A cello meets an untimely death, rivalries revealed over virtual snowballs, a broking superhero duo and a dance off at the Insurance Times Awards. What has the insurance industry been up to? You heard it here first…
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Best of Christmas Backchats 2022
After 12 whole months of backchats, Insurance Times has rounded up the best Christmas backchats for December 2022 including a pink grizzly bear, Santa’s naughty or nice list and an epic dance-off. You heard it here first….
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Andy Holmes: Cyber will be the biggest risk code for Lloyd’s in 2023
CFC’s chief underwriting officer says cyber insurance has started ’to grow up’, but balancing regulation and value propositions is tricky
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: CFC helps ‘customers fix vulnerabilities they don’t even know they have’
Roger Francis, managing director of CFC Response, tells Insurance Times why his company should win the Excellence in Risk Management category at the 2022 Insurance Times Awards
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: Six nominees compete for Excellence in Risk Management trophy
Six firms hope to win the Excellence in Risk Management category at this year’s Insurance Times Awards
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: CFC Underwriting ‘takes on cyber criminals on behalf of customers’
Tom Bennett, team leader of the cyber threat analysis team at CFC Underwriting, explains why the MGA believes it should win the Customer Champion of the Year - Insurer category at the 2022 Insurance Times Awards
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: Six finalists confirmed in the Customer Champion of the Year - Insurer category
Six firms are competing for the Customer Champion of the Year - Insurer trophy at this year’s Insurance Times Awards
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CFC publishes fintech insurance guide for brokers
Brokers should understand the specific risks to the ‘fast growing’ fintech sector to properly advise these clients
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: CFC Underwriting ‘shifts the narrative’ of transaction liability cover
Joe Perrett, product manager at CFC, explains why he thinks his firm could take the Excellence in Underwriting trophy home from this year’s Insurance Times Awards.
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: Excellence in Underwriting nominees unveiled
Nine firms are competing to take home the gold prize in the Excellence in Underwriting category at 2022’s Insurance Times Awards
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CTP regulation provides insurers with new opportunity – CFC
Potential regulations could allow insurers to provide ‘regulatory investigation cost coverage’.
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CFC launches Leadenhall-based Innovation Hub
The MGA’s offices in Gracechurch Street are nearing capacity, creating the need for a dedicated space for the firm’s technology organisation
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Backchat September 2022
Insurance journos take on TV inspired challenges, while MGA staff get muddy for a good cause, Allianz gets involved in movie making and an Uber driver nabs a new electric vehicle. What has the insurance industry been up to of late? You heard it here first…
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Analysis
Emerging Bazarcall ransomware attacks reinforce cyber risk to SMEs
A more ’robust and joined up approach’ is needed to combat the risks UK businesses are facing from cyber attacks, such as those distributed by bogus call centres, says director
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Brokers should prioritise ‘critical’ cloud security following largest ever DDoS attack
The attack on a Google Cloud Armor customer was equivalent in scale to receiving all of the web’s daily requests to Wikipedia in just 10 seconds
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Cyber risk rating reports versus threat intelligence - what is ‘the best tool’ to analyse firms’ cyber security?
Industry leaders expose problems with cyber vulnerability assessment tools and discuss new ways to get ahead of cyber criminals
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Insurers must be alert to the threat of physical damage from cyber attacks
Recent cyber attacks on a number of Iranian steel plants evidence the dangers these events can pose to physical infrastructure - this should serve as a warning to insurers