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New Products Regulator – speak softly and carry out some enforcement action

Product recall 18 Apr, 2018

New Products Regulator – speak softly and carry out some enforcement action

It hasn’t taken long for the new consumer products regulator – the Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS), to show businesses that it’s not g...

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Digital healthcare 4 Apr, 2018

CFC expands cyber proposition for US healthcare providers

Today we’re pleased to announce the newest version of our cyber insurance product for US healthcare providers.

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K&R News

Kidnap & ransom 3 Apr, 2018

K&R News April

This month, instead of a newsletter focusing on specific aspects of kidnap & ransom, we wanted to share the following articles predicting global ki...

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Wrongful detention trends around the world

Kidnap & ransom 5 Feb, 2018

Wrongful detention trends around the world

Wrongful or unlawful detention of business or recreational travellers by state or nonstate groups will also present a security concern in 2018. Com...

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Kidnap & ransom 2 Feb, 2018

Wrongful detention: the plight of independent journalists in the CIS

The 2017 abduction of Afgan Mukhtarli not only puts Georgia’s democratic credentials under scrutiny, but also highlights the variety of threats fac...

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Product recall 15 Jan, 2018

2017 recalls numbers in review – tiptoeing through the raindrops

2017 was a busy year in the recall market with some tumultuous market events, big ticket claims, regulatory advances and multiple manufacturing recalls.

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Product recall 10 Jan, 2018

Malicious Product Tamper from a Cyber vector…

Product tampering has long been necessary coverage for companies purchasing Recall policies. That’s because there has always been a risk of disgruntled employees, unhappy consumers, and even ideologically motivated extremists tampering with a prod...

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Life science 4 Jan, 2018

CFC launches new insurance solution for nutraceutical companies

Today we are excited to announce an innovative addition to our life science suite of products with the launch of our new insurance solution designed specifically for nutraceutical businesses in the US.

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‘Duty of Care’ and Kidnap and Ransom Insurance

Kidnap & ransom 3 Jan, 2018

‘Duty of Care’ and Kidnap and Ransom Insurance

It is a basic tenet of the law of torts that employers owe a duty of care to their employees. How far this duty extends becomes unclear when employ...

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Product recall 6 Dec, 2017

The Rise of the Allergens

There are many theories on the increasing prevalence of allergies amongst the population: our ‘too clean’ society which leads to poorly trained immune systems, our increasingly indoor lifestyles and the related lack of vitamin D, the diet we eat,...

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Kidnap Capital: the beginning of the end for kidnap and ransom in Nigeria?

Kidnap & ransom 27 Nov, 2017

Kidnap Capital: the beginning of the end for kidnap and ransom in Nigeria?

The arrest of one of Nigeria’s most notorious kidnap kingpins, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, has been hailed as a potential turning point in the battle...

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Virtual kidnappings in Latin America

Kidnap & ransom 27 Nov, 2017

Virtual kidnappings in Latin America

There has been a notable increase in scams involving hoax kidnappings in recent years. Virtual kidnapping involves attempts to extort a ransom from...

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Extortion threat dynamics in Europe, Turkey, Russia and the FSU

Kidnap & ransom 27 Nov, 2017

Extortion threat dynamics in Europe, Turkey, Russia and the FSU

Extortion simply defined is the unlawful extraction of property, including monies, goods and/or favours and privileges by way of various coercive a...

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Financial institutions 14 Nov, 2017

CFC appoints Neil Beaton to build new financial institutions practice

CFC is proud to announce the appointment of Neil Beaton to build a new team focused on developing a suite of products for financial institutions.

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The current state of maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

Kidnap & ransom 30 Oct, 2017

The current state of maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

So far this year, seventy-three seafarers of various nationalities have been kidnapped from seventeen vessels operating in the Gulf of Guinea and c...

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Kidnapping risks and dynamics in Haiti

Kidnap & ransom 30 Oct, 2017

Kidnapping risks and dynamics in Haiti

red24 rates Haiti as a high-risk destination and operating environment due to various persistent security concerns. These include high threats of p...

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Management liability 18 Oct, 2017

Webinar: ESOP 101

As part of CFC’s series of e-learning sessions, the ML team is holding a webinar to walk you through the acronym-heavy area of fiduciary liability insurance.

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Kidnap & ransom 16 Oct, 2017

Filippino police accused of kidnapping tourists

The police is usually called in to help with cases of robbery, extortion and kidnap.. not often do you find them being the perpetrators of such activities. However, this seems to have occurred in the Philippine city of Angeles City.

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