Legislation under consideration by the House of Commons “would increase the flexibility” of federal law to address automated and connected technologies used in vehicles, a member of parliament suggested Wednesday. “Shifts in the global technology landscape are placing a growing…
Replacing legacy information technology can be a daunting and expensive task, often representing a multi-year, multi-million-dollar project for an insurer. Opting to maintain, tweak or overhaul a legacy system all pose challenges, something carriers wanting to satisfy brokers and customers need to know
More than 900 data breaches led to nearly two billion records being compromised worldwide in the first half of 2017, digital security company Gemalto said in a new report. In the first six months of this year, 918 data breaches…
Global law firm Clyde & Co has launched a consultancy to advise insurers and clients in other sectors on all aspects of the new area of smart contracts, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. Clyde Code, as the consultancy will be…
True, it is all about data these days. That said, determining how best to employ the ever-growing store of internal and external data is necessary to gain forward-looking insights. For Canada’s property and casualty insurance market, knowing what to do with data to meet customer needs and demands will likely prove the end-game.
Nearly four in five polled Canadians (78%) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and Alberta said they want to see a technology solution that would stop distracted driving by disabling texting and other functions while the driver is behind the wheel,…
Esurance has announced that it is expanding its online auto and home insurance to Ontario. Esurance – an Allstate company with homeowner and auto insurance available across Alberta, Ontario and the United States – uses “advanced technology to offer an…
The federal government should be moving ahead with action against Volkswagen in the wake of news that Ontario has charged the company and carried out a raid on its headquarters, according to an environmental organization. On Tuesday, provincial authorities executed…
While large financial institutions have made progress applying smart technologies like cloud, biometrics and big data analytics to their risk management functions, two-thirds (66%) of executives say skills deficiencies are impeding the effectiveness of the function as these technologies evolve,…
Deep learning – a variation of machine learning (ML) – will be a “critical driver for best-in-class performance for demand, fraud and failure predictions” by 2019, research and advisory company Gartner, Inc. suggested on Wednesday. Deep learning represents the major…
WASHINGTON – Design limitations of the Tesla Model S’s Autopilot played a major role in the first known fatal crash of a highway vehicle operating under automated control systems, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board said the…
Cyber insurance seems like it is poised to go it alone. Growth of the line — currently in the United States and perhaps in future in Canada — is taking shape as a stand-alone offering. What are the benefits of such a move?