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Cyber threat landscape growing, potential for emergence of destruction of service attacks: Cisco

July 20, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The potential for “destruction of service” (DeOS) attacks is greatly concerning and organizations would be well-advised to adopt a proactive cyber stance in their protection efforts to combat increasingly sophisticated attackers, warns a new report from Cisco. “Cyber incidents such

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Gains, losses in efforts to combat cyber crime in 2016: Trustwave

June 20, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The fight against cyber crime showed both advances and retreats in 2016, with improvements on the intrusion detection and breach containment fronts matched by cyber crime increasingly being treated as a business, suggests a Trustwave report released Tuesday. Findings in

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Global organizations will spend US$1.2 trillion on “digital transformation technologies” in 2017: International Data Corporation

February 24, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Global organizations will spend US$1.2 trillion on digital transformation this year, with the fastest growth coming from insurance, banking, retail and healthcare providers, International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Thursday. A new update to IDC’s Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide

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Applications for Toronto Insurance Conference scholarships program due soon

August 9, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Toronto Insurance Conference (TIC) is reminding broker members, partners and staff that the deadline to submit applications for the annual TIC Scholarships Program is just around the corner. Up to $15,000 in scholarships will be available as part of

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Insurance industry needs to catch up, huge advantage for first-movers in sharing economy: Nelis

June 6, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich

The sharing economy is not a new concept, but because it moves so quickly today, the insurance industry must innovate to catch up and reap the benefits, David Nelis, national CoE leader – casualty for Aon Risk Services, suggested last