Dogs are often considered loyal animals. They’ll stick with you through thick and thin typically regardless of how often you take them out for walks or give them treats. The same, however, could not be said for customers of the insurance industry – but this is through no fault of their own. The insurance industry,…
A recent study found that most company’s workloads (83%) will be in the cloud by next year (2020). It effectively means that it will become the norm for businesses to store their data and other vital, important information up in the cloud, which is often defined as computing based on the internet. In the past,…
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…
