Cyber Security: helping schemes go beyond the tick-box


“It’s not if, but when” is one of the most concerning things I hear when discussing cyber security with the industry. And the evidence to support it is unignorable. Government statistics published last month reveal that just over four in ten businesses (43%) and around three in ten charities (28%) experienced any kind of cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months. This equates to approximately 612,000 UK businesses and 57,000 UK charities.

How insurance can help make CCS projects viable

Inconsistent regulation is creating barriers to widespread and rapid carbon capture, transport and storage adoption, but insurance could help to fill critical gaps. Carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS) is one of the few scalable pathways for natural resources companies to reduce emissions, meet regulatory requirements, create new revenue streams, and protect long-term asset value while enabling businesses to continue to use their assets profitably as they decarbonize operations.

Always Believing you are Gold

Amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, Bitcoin has received a less traction. This is despite a fall over the last 6 months of nearly 50%. I’m a huge believer in diversification, and I’m an advocate of having exposure to pretty much every asset class, so long as it’s both appropriately sized and risk managed. A 0.5% allocation to Bitcoin is no bad thing, for instance. However it’s worth understanding what different investments both are and aren’t. One of the big arguments for Bitcoin is as a store of digital gold.

AI resets business-government relationship

 

Lifestyle Actuary

Dalriada Trustees Limited (Dalriada), one of the largest providers of professional trustee services to pensions schemes in the UK, has today announced the appointment of Sarah Brough as a professional trustee.

Lights Camera Actuary

For the next few months Zoe Bolton will be talking to the senior actuaries in these firms, getting a brief insight into their career paths and visions for the future. This month Zoe interviews Shil Patel the UK Managing Director at Dynamo Analytics

Travelling Actuary

This month's Travelling Actuary takes us to the iconic Boston to experience New England at it’s very best.

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