Every business seems to offer an app these days. Some allow users to watch videos or listen to music while others help to monitor heart rates and steps. But what exactly is an app? An app is simply short for the word ‘application’ that is downloaded by a user to a mobile (smartphone or tablet)…
There could be as many as five million gig workers in the United Kingdom. A gig worker is commonly someone who works for an organisation on a contractual basis or a short-term basis and it’s not uncommon for that work to be conducted remotely. These days, however, it’s not only gig workers that work off-site….
Cyber criminals are getting nastier and stooping to new lows to get what they want from hapless victims. In the latest turn of events they are blackmailing victims by telling them they will divulge embarrassing details about them to their families and friends. They often demand around £250 pounds or more in exchange for their…
According to global insurance broker, Marsh, phishing cost UK businesses £29.1 billion in 2016. Two years on there’s no doubt that the industry is still suffering at the hands of cyber criminals using this tactic – having to pay billions of pounds to negate these attacks and invest in preventative tech measures. This is because…
It’s really nice to not have to make decisions all the time. In fact, the more you can automate, the more you can concentrate on the things that are really important to you. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Since the Jetsons (but probably long before that) the human race has dreamed about getting robots…
Insurance has evolved to more than just insuring homes and cars. In an age where artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) is bringing new technologies to the fore, it’s only a matter of time before insuring robots, drones and other technologies that can do extra-ordinary things becomes the norm. There’s still some…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a foreign concept. In the future robots and computers may really out-think, out-smart and out-pace us. But we’re no longer talking about the future like it would impact us in a few generations time. No, AI is no longer something dedicated to the science fiction section of a library….
Our sister website SchemeServe has written about how direct insurers could pose a threat to brokers. They do, after all, have the muscle and the budget to market to customers directly and persuade them off broker’s books. Often, through advertising, they’ll try to persuade customers that they’re in fact saving vast amounts of money if…
