The lion’s share of business intelligence (BI) data analytics users in the United States taking part in a recent Clutch survey regard structured data like internal information as more important than unstructured data, such as social networks. In all, 83% of the 291 respondents who use BI data analytics tools – BI data refers to […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 16, 2016
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Public Safety Canada (PSC) has launched a public consultation on the “evolving cybersecurity landscape.” On Tuesday, the federal government launched the Consultation on Cyber Security to help identify gaps and opportunities, bring forward new ideas to shape Canada’s renewed approach to cybersecurity and capitalize on the advantages of new technology and the digital economy, PSC […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 16, 2016
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The global commercial and military drone market will reach US$4.2 billion by 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 9.2%, a new report has suggested. Research and Markets, a global market research store, released their 90-page Commercial and Military Drone Market Assessment and Forecasts 2016-2025 report on Monday. North America will lead in the […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 15, 2016
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Global revenues for the 3D printing market are expected to reach US$35.4 billion in 2020, over twice the US$15.9 billion forecast for this year, according to a recent update to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing Spending Guide. Framingham, Mass.-based IDC, a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services and events for the […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 12, 2016
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One day after a report suggested the global cybersecurity market is set to grow to US$202 billion by 2021, International Data Corporation (IDC) said that worldwide revenues from public cloud services are expected to reach more than US$195 billion in 2020 – more than double the 2016 number. IDC said in a statement on Wednesday […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 12, 2016
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The global cybersecurity market is set to grow from US$122.45 billion in 2016 to US$202.36 billion by 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.6%, according to a recent report from Research and Markets. The Cyber Security Market – Global Forecast to 2021 report from the Dublin, Ireland-based global market research store reveals […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 10, 2016
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Lackner McLennan Insurance Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Erb and Erb Insurance Brokers Ltd. Waterloo, Ont.-based Lackner McLennan (LMI) said in a press release that the acquisition occurred on Friday. Kitchener, Ont.-based Erb and Erb and Lackner McLennan will continue to operate as their own entities for the “next few years to […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 2, 2016
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Time will bring more and more data. But to truly understand and reap the benefits, information needs to be properly analyzed. First-movers are expected to realize the biggest advantage and chart their future paths.
August 2, 2016
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In the digital age, sharing responsibility for automotive recalls among owners, vehicle manufacturers and dealers is important to ensure as timely and effective a response as possible. To make that happen, it may be time to adopt and make mandatory some basic measures in the car ownership process.
August 1, 2016
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The Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO) announced on Wednesday that Trillium Mutual Insurance Company has become the latest company to obtain CSIO certification for Personal Lines eDocs. When eDocs are used to their full potential, sending, receiving, sorting, scanning and destroying paper is no longer necessary, “saving the industry significant amounts of time […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 27, 2016
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