Malicious cyber events accounted for 80% of cyber claims made in Continental Europe last year, up from 70% in 2019,according to a report published by Marsh, the world’s largest insurance broker and risk advisor, in collaboration with Microsoft, international law firm CMS, and Kivu, a global cyber security firm,

Ransomware attacks accounted for 32% of cyber claims in 2020 – more than double that recorded for 2016-2020 (14%). Overall, cyber insurance claims across Continental Europe rose by 8% in 2020.

Uber drivers are employees, not contractors, says Dutch court

Sep 14, 2021

The Amsterdam District Court sided with the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions, which had argued that Uber’s roughly 4,000 drivers in the capital are in fact employees of a taxi company and should be granted benefits in line with the taxi sector.

Australian media outlets liable for Facebook comments, court finds

Sep 14, 2021

“The acts of the (media companies) in facilitating, encouraging and thereby assisting the posting of comments by the third-party Facebook users rendered them publishers of those comments,” Justice Rothman found.

At the time the comments were published, Facebook did not allow page moderators to turn off comments on posts, however it has changed that.

AXA XL appoints Vanessa Karvela as Head of Client Management & Business Development, APAC & Europe

Sep 14, 2021

In this role, Karvela will be responsible for developing and implementing AXA XL’s client experience strategy in APAC & Europe in close collaboration with Country Leaders.

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