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privacy policy

This is the web site of Actus Insurance 

We can be reached via e-mail: info@actusinsurance.co.uk

1. Cookies
By using the website of Actus Insurance  you consent to the usage of data captured by the use of cookies. Cookies allow us to do multiple things to enhance and improve your browsing experience on our website. If you wish to turn off cookies, please adjust your browser settings. Our website will continue to function without cookies.

We use cookies to track visitors to our website; these details are in no way personal or identifiable details and will never be shared. Our cookies are for the sole purpose of improving the performance of our website for you, the user; this includes allowing us to geo-target our users, to make websites more personal and relevant to you.

Below are the third party tools we use:
Google Analytics
Page views, source and time spent on website are part of the user website activities information we can see with this cookie. This information cannot be tracked back to any individuals as it is displayed as depersonalised numbers; this is in order to help protect your privacy whilst using our website.

Using Google Analytics we can take account of which content is popular, helping us to provide you with reading and viewing materials which you will enjoy and find useful in the future.

We also use Google Analytics Remarketing cookies to display adverts on third party websites to our past site users, based on their past visits. The data we collect will only be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.

Should you not wish for your website visits to be recorded by Google Analytics, you are able to opt-out with the addition of a browser add-on: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/

Google Analytics Advertiser
We use Google Analytics Advertiser Features, which helps us to better understand site visitors, via anonymised data. This can include collecting information from:

Google Display Network Impression Reporting
DoubleClick Platform integrations
Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting
Remarketing with Google Analytics
This information is collected via Google advertising cookies and anonymous identifiers, in addition to data collected through the standard Google Analytics implementation. It allows us to understand what type of users visit the site, which then allows us to improve the website’s offerings for a better user experience.

Google AdWords
We use Google AdWords to see which pages led to our users submitting contact forms to us, which allows us to create a more effective marketing campaign, and make better use of our paid search budget.

DoubleClick
We use DoubleClick cookies and remarketing codes on our website to record user activity. The information we collect allows us to create targeted advertising in future work and across Google’s network of partners.

Website Optimiser
Our website optimiser uses cookies to remember your search history. The information collected is anonymous and not personally identifiable, and allows us to generate more relevant results for your searches in the future.

Call Tracking
We use Call Tracking to set dynamic phone numbers on our site. These help us identify how you found the website when you call us and allows us to identify the source that you used to find the website. It gives a better idea of our users’ requirements and lets us tailor our advertising methods in the future. If you phone us, your call may be recorded for training and quality purposes.

Visitor Tracking
We often record and monitor user’s behaviour around a website to analyse how we can improve its performance.

2. Privacy Policy
For each visitor to our web page, our web server will not hold any information regarding the domain or email address.

If you supply us with your postal address you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding enquiries placed online.

If you do not want to receive emails from us in the future, please let us know by sending us an email at the above address.

3. Personal Identification Information
We may collect personal identification information from users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to when users visit our site, subscribe to our newsletter or fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate: name, email address and phone number.

However, users may visit our site anonymously. We will only collect personal identification information from users if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain site related activities.

Your personal information may be used to inform any promotional information sent to you about third parties that are deemed to be relevant to your needs. Unless we have your permission, or unless required to do so by law, we will never sell, distribute or lease any personal information to a third party.

4. How We Store & Protect Your Information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our site.

Consumers can have any inaccurate contact information corrected by sending us an email at the above address.

5. Sharing your Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

With respect to Ad Servers: We do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

6. Variations to the Policy
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses that have not been previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our website to notify you of these changes. For these new purposes, we will only use data collected from the time of the policy change forward. If you are concerned about how your information is being used, you should check back at our website periodically.

Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by emailing us at the above address.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number.

For any further information regarding cookies, or our use of cookies, please visit: support.google.com/analytics/answer/2700409?hl=en-GB

Anna Wilson

HR Advisor

Strengths: Talking to people
Weaknesses: Chocolate
Special talent: Rubik’s cubes!
Favourite drink: Tea
Favourite food: Pizza
Favourite movie: Elf
Karaoke song: I try not to sing in front of people to save their ears 😂
Favourite Sport & Team: Not really a sport follower, but love watching any snowboarding events
Olympic event i’d compete in: Snowboarding border cross
Favourite Read: Oprah Winfrey – What I know for sure
Favourite Music: Secret Lady Gaga fan over here…

Minnie Tiana Lula Jojo Siwa Leeder

Official Greeter

Strengths: Being alert to anyone walking past the Actus office
Weaknesses: Chicken or grated cheese
Special talent: Running in circles
Favourite drink: Water
Favourite food: Roast chicken
Favourite movie: Secret Life of Cats and Dogs
Karaoke song: Who Let The Dogs Out?
Favourite Sport & Team: Pickleball
Olympic event i’d compete in: Trampolining
Favourite Read: How To Train Your Human
Favourite Music: Anything except the Cats soundtrack

Will Gascoyne-Rhodes

Trainee Account Handler

Strengths: Beautiful manners
Weaknesses: I hate custard
Special talent: Playing the trumpet
Favourite drink: John Smiths
Favourite food: Mashed potato
Favourite movie: Snatch
Karaoke song: Suspicious Minds
Favourite Sport & Team: Football & Sheffield United
Olympic event i’d compete in: Shooting
Favourite Read: Sheffield Utd programmes
Favourite Music: Indie

Selinay Smith

Trainee Account Handler

Strengths: Patient
Weaknesses: Pickles and chillies
Special talent: Salsa Dancing
Favourite drink: Raki
Favourite food: Lahmacun, Mussels Mariniere
Favourite movie: The Godfather
Karaoke song: In Spite Of Ourselves
Favourite Sport & Team: Handball
Olympic event i’d compete in: Tennis
Favourite Read: Saphiens
Favourite Music: Everything!

Kirsty Moore

Account Handler

Strengths: Punctuality
Weaknesses: Wine and cheese
Special talent: Making Yorkshire Puddings
Favourite drink: Pinot
Favourite food: Meat and potato pie
Favourite movie: Dirty Dancing
Karaoke song: This Girl Is On Fire
Favourite Sport & Team: Football & Sheffield Wednesday
Olympic event i’d compete in: Curling – I’m good at sweeping!
Favourite Read: Martina Coles books
Favourite Music: Indie, 90s pop, Soul and Motown

Ben Shepherd

DIP CII, Account Handler

Strengths: I never get full
Weaknesses: Banging my head
Special talent: Taking the lid off any jar
Favourite drink: Guinness
Favourite food: Sushi
Favourite movie: Fight Club
Karaoke song: Wonderwall
Favourite Sport & Team: Football & Barnsley
Olympic event i’d compete in: High jump
Favourite Read: CII textbooks
Favourite Music: House

Tom Croggon

DipCII, Account Executive

Strengths: Actus Barista
Weaknesses: Can’t say no to food
Special talent: I can dislocate my shoulder
Favourite drink: Guinness
Favourite food: Tiramisu
Favourite movie: Layer Cake
Karaoke song: Give It Up
Favourite Sport & Team: Football & Sheffield Wednesday
Olympic event i’d compete in: Long jump
Favourite Read: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Favourite Music: House

Nicola Timmins

ACII, Senior Account Handler

Strengths: Remembering random historical dates
Weaknesses: Cheese
Special talent: Desk quoits champion
Favourite drink: Jasmine tea
Favourite food: Chinese
Favourite movie: Muppets Christmas Carol
Karaoke song: No idea – only done it once and was too drunk to remember
Favourite Sport & Team: Shuffleboard and wine (or vice versa!)
Olympic event i’d compete in: I’d be a better judge than competitor!
Favourite Read: Enchanted April
Favourite Music: Rock

Karen Leeder

Marketing Manager

Strengths: Planning Disney trips, knowing random bits of trivia
Weaknesses: Key Lime Pie
Special talent: Licking my own elbow
Favourite drink: Yorkshire tea
Favourite food: Thai food
Favourite movie: Grease
Karaoke song: Born This Way
Favourite Sport & Team: Rugby League & Leeds Rhinos
Olympic event i’d compete in: Rugby sevens
Favourite Read: To Kill A Mockingbird
Favourite Music: Take That, musicals, 80s pop

Katie Taylor

Finance Manager

Strengths: Attention to detail, understanding nature – when my husband is out at numerous events
Weaknesses: Chocolate
Special talent: I make a good cheesecake
Favourite drink: Cherry Coke
Favourite food: Sunday lunch .. Paul makes fab roast potatoes!
Favourite movie: Double Jeopardy (love a good legal drama/movie)
Karaoke song: Ironic
Favourite Sport & Team: I’m not really a sports fan – but I love watching my son’s football team
Olympic Event I’d Compete In: Swimming
Favourite Read: The Twilight Series – pre children!
Favourite Music: I’m a bit of a Taylor Swift fan, after taking my daughter to London to see The Eras Tour.

Louise Turner

MBA Chartered CIPD, Director

Strengths: Packing for holidays – I am super organised
Weaknesses: Buying new shoes
Special talent: Flower arranging – I did an evening course a long time ago!
Favourite drink: Prosecco
Favourite food: Curry
Favourite movie: The Proposal
Karaoke song: I Say A Little Prayer
Favourite Sport & Team: I don’t really follow sport but I’d pick Sheffield United
Olympic event i’d compete in: Rowing
Favourite Read: Anything! I love reading
Favourite Music: All things 90s

Paul Taylor

Director

Strengths: I cook a mean Sunday roast
Weaknesses: KP salt and vinegar peanuts – I just can’t stop
Special talent: Scalextric champion – Williams F1 Conference Centre 2010. Sad I know!
Favourite drink: Whisky –  I do love a drop of Scotch
Favourite food: Gammon joint
Favourite movie: Catch Me If You Can
Karaoke song: Help!
Favourite Sport & Team: Football & Sheffield Wednesday
Olympic event i’d compete in: 100 metre hurdles
Favourite Read: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Favourite Music: Depends what mood I’m in! Dance, Indie, Rock, Motown

Sam Leeder

ACII, Director

Strengths: Looks good in Lycra
Weaknesses: Bike shop or Apple Store
Special talent: Closing down Pizza Hut buffets
Favourite drink: Strong black coffee
Favourite food: Curry
Favourite movie: Alien
Karaoke song: Amarillo
Favourite Sport & Team: Rugby Union & England
Olympic event i’d compete in: Track cycling
Favourite Read: The Hobbit
Favourite Music: 80s rock

Karen Leeder - Operations Manager

Strengths              Planning Disney trips, knowing random pieces of trivia

Weaknesses          Key Lime Pie and Take That

Special talent(s)    Licking my own elbow

Favourite drink     Yorkshire Tea or Quince Gin

Best movie           Grease

Karaoke song        Born This Way – Lady Gaga

Paul Taylor - Director

Strengths             3 Card Brag – I do love a game! 

Weaknesses          KP salt and vinegar peanuts and a gammon joint – not on the same plate

Special talent(s)  Scalextric champion – Williams F1 Conference Centre 2010. Sad I know! 

Favourite drink      Whisky

Best movie             Catch me if you can

Karaoke song         Help – The Beatles

Sam Leeder ACII - Director

Strengths                Looks good in Lycra

Weaknesses           Bike shop or Apple Store

Special talent(s)     Closing down Pizza Hut buffets

Favourite drink      Strong black coffee

Best movie             Alien

Karaoke song         Amarillo – Tony Christie