JMG Group has appointed experienced cyber, data and crime client director, Andy Parkin, in a move to increase awareness of the serious risk of cybercrime amongst its insurance clients.

Andy Parkin joins the firm as its client director responsible for cyber insurance across all Group businesses, based out of the Professional Risks insurance broking business in Guiseley. With 35 years in the insurance industry, Andy has gained top level experience in organisations including Heath Lambert and Towergate Insurance. He joins JM Glendinning from Bollington Insurance Brokers in Harrogate – an office he established.

Andy will work with businesses across the JMG Group to make clients aware of their exposures to cybercrime and help them to put suitable insurance protection in place. His appointment comes at a crucial time as cybercrime is now the fastest growing crime in the UK, heightened by COVID-19 restrictions increasing remote working at short notice and businesses underestimating their additional off-site risks and increased exposure to cybercrime.