Internet of Things (IoT) devices can create complications for insurers, potentially including a priority dispute or, worse, an unpaid claim, a specialist carrier told Canadian Underwriter recently. Charlie Murray, international technology team leader with CFC Underwriting, used the example of…
Amid a wave of sump pumps, backwater valves and other methods designed to keep home basements dry comes a new, simple way to mitigate flood risk – an e-sensor. George Tsintzouras, CEO and co-founder of Canadian water tech company Alert…
Insurers may recognize the importance of collecting and mining data, but a recent U.S. study shows few currently have an IoT strategy, are collecting IoT data, or have dedicated resources. LexisNexis Risk Solutions released a white paper Tuesday entitled, Are…
Product liability could look very different in the future once the Internet of Things (IoT) connects a variety of insured household and business products, Clyde and Co. litigator Prachi Shah told Canadian Underwriter Friday. In existing IoT literature, we hear…
Canadian property and casualty insurers must address their IT data collection systems in order to profit from more IT glamorous solutions such as chatbots, blockchain, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT), says Sven Roehl, who facilitates The Cookhouse…
A massive botnet is forming to create a cyber storm that could “take down the Internet,” researchers at cyber protection company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. warned on Thursday. Check Point said in a blog post that they have discovered…
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…
Shipments of connected wearables will reach 262.5 million in 2021, with Bluetooth remaining the primary connectivity option in the coming years, Internet of Things (IoT) analyst firm Berg Insight said in a statement on Thursday. The Gothenburg, Sweden-based machine-to-machine/IoT market…
North America is the world’s most advanced smart home market, with an installed base of 21.8 million smart homes at the end of 2016 – a 47% year-on-year growth, according to machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) analyst firm…
The insurance industry has been very incremental in dealing with disruption and needs a drastic shift from historical analysis to predictive, future risk models, a speaker suggested on Wednesday at the Insurance Analytics Canada Summit. “You cannot disrupt with incrementalism,”…
The global market for the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to grow from US$170.57 billion in 2017 to US$561.04 billion by 2022, according to a new market research report published this week by MarketsandMarkets. The market research firm said…
A gap in understanding how best to mitigate and communicate risks around the Internet of Things (IoT) persists despite organizations reporting high concern about related security, notes a new report from Ponemon Institute and Shared Assessments Program. Released Wednesday, The…