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September 2018 - Austbrokers Terrace Insurance | Adelaide | Melbourne

MONITORING CLAIMS WITH WEARABLES

Wearable devices – often known as “wearables” – have emerged as a significant force in the tech industry in recent years. Though best-known for consumer applications in the fitness field – such as the Fitbit – wearables have also been utilised in a number of commercial applications too. Warehousing is probably the industry where they […]

THE MOST DANGEROUS OCCUPATIONS IN AUSTRALIA

How dangerous do you think your job is? Maybe you work in construction, or maybe your office building has a less-than-stellar maintenance record. No matter where you spend your nine to five, or even five to nine, every occupation comes with inherent risks, and it’s important to safeguard yourself against them. Still, not all jobs […]

WEB-BASED CORPORATE EMAIL COMPROMISES RAPIDLY INCREASING

This article is a follow through to CFC Underwriting’s previous Cyber Warning notice in July this year. Email compromise is an issue massively on the rise, and taking a couple of risk management steps can hugely decrease your risk. The below “phases” may be written in ‘techie speak’, but we would encourage all businesses to […]

CYBER CLAIMS BEING LED BY ORGANISED CRIMINAL GANGS – CFC

Malicious malware, such as NotPetya, and nation-state hacking have cast a dark shadow over the cyber insurance landscape, and while the threats are real, that’s just the top of the pyramid of what’s driving cyber claims. CFC Underwriting’s chief innovation officer can count on one hand the number of claims that the insurance company has […]

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