In April 2025, British retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) became the latest high-profile victim of a sophisticated cyberattack—one that severely disrupted operations, compromised customer data, and served as a stark reminder of the urgent need for strong cybersecurity and comprehensive cyber insurance. A Sophisticated Breach with Widespread Impact The […]
On 30th November 2018, Marriott International notified Regulators of a significant data breach which has exposed up to 500 million guests who have previously stayed in Marriott and associated chain hotels around the world including W Hotels, Sheraton, and Le Méridien. Reports suggest that there have been ongoing issues stemming […]
Vizion Commercial is a highly customer focused broker dealing with all areas of commercial general insurance. Vizion Commercial was founded in December, 2016 by Russell Sessions who is a well-known, vastly experienced and highly respected broker in the insurance market. In March 2018, Neil Templeton […]
On 25th May 2018 the European Commission will mandate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) across the 28 member states of the EU The new data protection regime has been designed to drag the EU into the digital age, and in turn, offer greater protection to citizen’s […]
Vizion Insurance Brokers Limited, the firm set up to attract talented, entrepreneurial, insurance professionals looking to run their own broking business today announce the addition of Pete Living as a Founding Partner. John Sims, MD at Vizion, commented, “We are delighted that Pete is joining us. He is the […]
A further cyber-attack has hit and is currently targeting businesses across the globe with major organisations including advertising firm WPP, European Bank BNP Paribas and the Ukrainian government all reportedly affected. Many systems are still down and businesses are frantically trying to restore services. Europol have said […]
George Seatter explains why he chose to become one of Vizion’s founding partners. I have always been entrepreneurial and customer focussed. No matter where I have worked my attitude was that I was working for my own business because ultimately I knew that is what I wanted […]
Chris Blackham looks at some of the options when looking for finance to set up a brokerage and what to consider. Creating a new insurance brokerage takes a lot of time and money. Financial and legal advice, setting up your company and its web site, getting FCA approval, […]
Vizion Insurance Brokers Limited is a new broking venture in the UK, attracting business while simultaneously offering entrepreneurial partners a platform to manage their own destiny, free from red tape. Building Vizion Insurance Brokers is industry veteran John Sims’ long-term dream, having watched the service offered by […]
Vizion’s Chairman, Chris Blackham, and Managing Director, John Sims, share their experiences of over 30 years in the insurance industry in this series of articles / blogs. Starting from scratch Chris Blackham provides an overview on the main issues confronting those starting a new insurance […]