Privacy Statement

RSG Underwriting Managers Europe, trading as RSG Transactional Risks Europe, with registered address 30 St. Mary Axe, 13th Floor, London, EC3A 8BF, United Kingdom, is the data controller responsible for the personal data we collect. RSG Underwriting Managers Europe Limited is a company belonging to the Ryan Specialty Group (www.ryansg.com).

This Privacy Notice sets out what personal data we may collect and how we may collect it, how and why we may use it, how we keep it secure and data subject rights in respect of personal data.

 

The types of personal data we use, its purposes and its sources.

In order to operate our business we need to obtain and use a limited amount of personal data.

The categories of personal data include:

  • contact details (including email addresses) of brokers and assureds
  • personal data about directors of businesses such as name and D.O.B.,
  • names of employees of businesses.

The personal data is provided to us directly by the insurance brokers and/or directly by applicants that apply for an insurance policy from us.

The legal reason for collecting the data is to allow us contact the broker and applicant, to review the underwriting information which is needed for entering in to an insurance contract with the applicants and for policy administration and servicing.

 

Who we share data with 

Personal data is not processed outside Ryan Specialty Group businesses, other than:

  • with the Lloyd’s syndicates and insurers that we represent
  • with third party auditors that audit the underwriting process on behalf of these Lloyd’s syndicates (access during their audit)
  • when we are required by law to do so
  • to transfer the data in case of a merger or sale
  • in case of legal proceedings
  • for audit purposes
  • to prevent or detect fraud.

 

Security

We are committed to ensuring that the data collected is secure. While we cannot ensure or guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur, we use our best efforts to prevent this. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the data.

 

How Long We Keep Data

We retain the data on the following terms:

  • In case we underwrite the insurance, data are retained for a 10 years period after expiry of the policy or after final settlement of the claim under the policy;
  • In case we do not underwrite the policy, data are retained for 2 years after our rejection to underwrite.

 

Sending Personal Data outside the EU

Personal data is stored on our underwriting processing system which is administered by Ryan Specialty Group in the United States of America. We ensure any data is processed securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

 

Data Subject Rights

Data subjects have the right of access to confirm if we process their data and get a copy of the data we process. Data subjects also have the right to rectification if any data is incorrect and the right to erasure if there are no legitimate grounds for retaining the data.
Due to the limited categories of personal data we collect, it could be difficult to verify the identity of data subjects however, please contact us at compliance-UK@ryantrs.com to exercise these rights.

 

Complaints

Data subjects have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if they are concerned about we how use personal data. Please refer to www.ico.org.uk/concerns for instructions on how to report a concern.

 

London, 9 March 2020