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Frequent, meaningful blog posts can drive clients to your website

November 3, 2021 Brooke Smith

Don’t have a brokerage blog? You should get on that. Businesses with blogs produce 67% more leads per month, according to Demand Metric; and HubSpot customer data found they get 55% more visits to their websites than businesses without blogs.

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Construction industry ‘particularly vulnerable to cybercrime,’ Northbridge warns

September 12, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Large and small construction contractors are vulnerable to cyber crime, with “smart” building devices and lucrative engineering drawings in particular presenting vulnerabilities, Northbridge Insurance warns. “Major advancements in digital connectivity have left the construction industry particularly vulnerable to cybercrime,” Northbridge

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NFIP losses from Hurricane Harvey estimated to reach US$7-10 billion: RMS

September 5, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Gross losses accrued in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) from Hurricane Harvey will be between US$7-10 billion, Pete Dailey, vice president of product management with Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS), suggested in a blog posted on Friday. About 40%

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Misconfigured cloud-based file repository exposes personal information of as many as 14 million U.S. Verizon customers

July 14, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

A “misconfigured cloud-based file repository” exposed the names, addresses, account details and account personal identification numbers (PINs) of as many as 14 million U.S. customers of telecommunications carrier Verizon, according to a recent blog from computer security company UpGuard. The