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Can You Insure Against GDPR Fines?

May 21, 2018 10:46:34 AM

May 21st, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect this month on May 25. Better known as the GDPR, the regulation was adopted in 2016 to extend data protection and privacy people within the EU. If you do business within the EU, even if your company is based outside of it, the GDPR is set to affect you. While uniformity should, theoretically, make compliance easier, penalties are set at 4% of global turnover or €20 million, whichever is higher. That’s not even including the cost of litigation or compensating victims of a data breach.

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Financial Institutions and Employment Practices Liability Insurance Protection #metoo

Feb 19, 2018 8:54:20 PM
Bonner v. Point72 Asset Management, 18-cv-01233, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. The lawsuit filed earlier this month alleges that Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management firm discriminates against women. For its part, the firm denied the allegations and filed papers to seal the complaint, alleging that the claimant is trying “to harm Point72’s repetitional interests, cause upset among its employees by disclosing their confidential personal information, and perhaps, generate publicity."
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Tags: Hedge Funds, employment practices, Employment Practices Liability, financial institutions, Insurance Protection, Investment Adviser, Iron Cove, Legal liability, Private Equity, registered investment adviser

Case Study: Iron Cove Partners Spearhead PEO Search for Emerging Hedge Fund Manager

Feb 14, 2018 12:36:16 PM

As a full-service insurance advisory, Iron Cove is highly sought-after across the investment services sector. Recently, the company was brought on in an advisory capacity by a hedge fund preparing to launch. Understandably, the fund’s COO was burdened by all the early decisions such firms must make. Which vendors should be used? What alternatives exist for employee healthcare? How will the administrative costs break down? Even for executives seasoned in operational excellence, correctly arriving at the best solution can take time better spent tackling mission-critical objectives.

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Tags: Hedge Funds, advisory, brokerage, Insurance Protection, Iron Cove Partners, PEO, Healthcare, registered investment adviser, trinet, prestige, engage, adp

Tags: Hedge Funds, Cyber & Privacy Liability, Iron Cove Partners, Lou D'Agostino, protection, Risk

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