An Irish cybersecurity startup outlines the cyber threats facing health organisations, writes Trish Dromey

Here is a selection of people who are starting interesting new roles with public and private organisations in Ireland.

Judges and the legal profession are to be asked to explain the high costs of compensation claims as TDs attempt to uncover reasons behind costly insurance premiums faced by consumers.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has accused insurers of exaggerating the number of fraudulent claims to justify the rising cost of premiums.

A man who threw himself in front of a car and then claimed damages against the driver has been jailed for a year.

FBD Insurance has accused the legal profession of being solely responsible for exorbitant premiums for businesses as it defended its 41% rise in profits last year.

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French insurer Axa has said it will handle its international risk and reinsurance through an Irish unit in light of Britain’s plans to leave the EU.

“Before they knew and before strict deals had been concluded, the ladders were against the outside of the walls, the Irish men were on the roof and had started working," Dutch authorities claim.

A 39-year-old jobless man has withdrawn a €60,000 damages claim, arising from a road-traffic accident. The judge told him to stop “ducking and diving”, when asked about previous accidents.

Motorists and homeowners have been assured that their insurance is valid during severe weather events, despite claims to the contrary on social media.

Rising premiums, lower claims, and better weather conditions helped drive a 12% year-on-year rise in profits at insurer Aviva Ireland in the first half of the year.

Two personal injury claims by James Jordan, husband of Dublin Wives television star Jo Jo Jordan, for damages totalling €120,000 have been thrown out by a judge.

A “pronounced switch” by customers away from face-to-face engagement in favour of phone and online has been blamed for the pending closure of more than 40% of Axa’s branches in the Republic of Ireland.

Insurers facilitate projects that cause global warming while providing cover against these projects’ adverse climate impact, writes Bill McKibben.

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One of the country’s largest insurers has said it is investigating “organised rings” of people staging car crashes around the country, with potential claims of more than €3m in just two counties.

One of the country's largest insurers has said it is investigating “organised rings” of people staging car crashes around the country, writes Noel Baker of the Irish Examiner.

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) issued advice to motorists on getting ready for bad weather as far back as September but an unusually mild autumn made it easy to put the suggestions on the long finger, writes Grainne McGuinness. 

Axa Insurance has been fined almost €700,000 by the Central Bank for breaching minimum competency standards and the Consumer Protection Code.

Axa, France’s largest insurer, plans to increase profitability through 2020 by seeking €2.1bn of cost cuts and growing digital investments to tap rising demand for policies protecting savings and health. The firm may also seek acquisitions to boost growth.

Axa, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, will stop investing in the tobacco industry, it has announced.

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Investors sought out the safe haven of gold as stock markets dipped and tourism shares dropped in the aftermath of the attacks on Brussels.

An attempt by a former credit union director to con an insurance company by claiming that his Mercedes had been hijacked and stolen was yesterday described by a judge as being somewhere between deliberate deceit and crass stupidity.

RSA Insurance chief executive Stephen Hester said that the company will attract bids from other suitors after Zurich Insurance Group abandoned its £5.6bn (€7.74bn) offer for the British insurer.

Zurich Insurance abandoned its £5.6bn (€7.69bn) proposed bid for Britain’s RSA, after forecasting a $200m (€178m) third-quarter loss yesterday largely due to explosions at Chinese port Tianjin.

The managing director of Loyaltybuild confirmed yesterday that a "very sophisticated cyber attack" 14 months ago cost the firm millions of euro in lost revenues.

Russia’s financial crisis is slowly yet surely spilling into Europe.

A mother who has been crusading for new laws since her son was killed by a drunk driver has warned young people about the dangers of getting in to a car with a driver who is under the influence of drink or drugs.

Global regulators have written the first global capital rule for insurers, marking a key milestone in efforts since the 2007-09 financial crisis to reinforce supervision of the sector.