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Canadian executives investing in tech skills training, but still struggle to keep up with technology change: PwC Canada
March 29, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterPolled Canadian organizations are struggling to keep up with constant technology change despite executives viewing digital strategy, cyber security and data analytics as quite or highly important skills to their businesses, notes a new report issued Wednesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)…
Internal audit departments starting to embrace data analytics, but full potential unrealized: Protiviti survey
March 22, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterInternal audit departments are starting to embrace data analytics, but many have far to go to achieve their full potential, according to a survey from global consulting firm Protiviti. The Embracing Analytics in Auditing report, released on Monday, involved the…
Use of technology could help to enhance compliance efforts: KPMG LLP report
March 14, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe majority of chief compliance officers (CCO) in the United States taking part in a KPMG LLP survey are struggling to integrate and automate compliance activities across their organizations. Six in 10 polled CCOs report “their company’s technology infrastructure has…
Global insurance CEOs concerned about skills shortages and related pace of technological change: PwC survey
February 22, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterInsurance CEOs have the biggest concerns in the financial services industry over skills shortages and the related pace of technological change, according to a new survey from PwC. The survey, titled Ahead of the curve: Confronting the big talent challenges…
Global IoT insurance market to reach nearly US$43 billion by 2022: study
February 6, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe global Internet of Things (IoT) insurance market is estimated to grow dramatically at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 65.89% to reach US$42.76 billion by 2022 from 2016, according to a new report from Research and Markets. The…
AIG quadruples global property terrorism insurance limits to $1 billion
October 26, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAmerican International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced on Wednesday that it has raised its property terrorism insurance limits globally to $1 billion. The larger capacity is available to clients on a standalone basis or as expanded limits within AIG’s Large Limits…
Business intelligence data analytics users in U.S. say structured data tops unstructured data: Clutch
August 16, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe 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%…
Employing Location Intelligence to Deliver on the Promise of P&C Coverage
August 5, 2016 Rob Daleman, VP, Corporate Marketing, DMTI SpatialLocation intelligence is an important tool for property insurance claims managers. In a major catastrophe, insurers can plot the area of impact and get a total of aggregate risk in the area.
Insurers who look at the future of data analytics most likely to succeed: speaker at Insurance Analytics Canada
May 15, 2016 Jason Contant, Online EditorData analytics needs to be seen as a continuous journey, not just a destination, and those insurers that look forward to analytics in 10 years’ time will be the most likely to succeed, a speaker suggested on Friday at the…