Iron Cove Blog

EPIC Amongst Top US Brokers

Jan 27, 2019 9:43:06 AM

I hope you don't mind me sharing some of the good news. As you know Iron Cove is a division of EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants.

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Tags: Business Insurance, financial services, hedge fund, Insurance Solutions, Iron Cove, epicbrokers, rankings, top 10

What managers should ask their Professional Employer Organization (PEO)?

Jan 18, 2019 10:05:20 PM

The below article was published in the October 2018 Edition of Wells Fargo Prime Brokerage Consulting's quarterly journal.

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Tags: Iron Cove, PEO, Healthcare, epicbrokers, Professional Employer Organization, Fincare, Payroll

EPIC Brokers & Consultant Adds Lou D’Agostino as a Principal in New York - Addition of new team deepens EPIC’s commitment to the Financial Services Industry

Jul 24, 2018 8:15:28 AM

New York, NY (July 24, 2018) – EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced today that risk management and insurance brokerage veteran Lou D'Agostino and his Iron Cove Partners team have joined the firm. D’Agostino has over 17 years of insurance brokerage experience with an expertise in serving the Financial Services industry. 

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Tags: Hedge Funds, brokerage, financial services, Insurance Protection, Iron Cove, New York, premium, Private Equity, regulatory coverage, Risk, Examinations, gdpr, insurance market, principal, epicbrokers, join

Hedge Fund Management & Professional Liability Insurance Market Update

Jun 13, 2018 2:22:14 PM

Hedge Fund Insurance Market Update

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Tags: Hedge Funds, brokerage, Insurance Protection, Iron Cove, premium, Private Equity, regulatory coverage, Risk, Examinations, gdpr, insurance market

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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Tags: Hedge Funds, brokerage, Cyber & Privacy Liability, Insurance Protection, Iron Cove, Private Equity, regulatory coverage, Risk, gdpr

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