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Aviva plc reports combined ratio of 98.9% for Canada in H1 2017, up three points from H1 2016

August 3, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Aviva plc has reported a general insurance combined operating ratio (COR) of 98.9% for Canada for the first six months of the year ending June 30, up three points from 95.9% in the first six months of last year. For

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Canada’s fintech adoption rate doubles in last 18 months: EY report

July 25, 2017 by Angela Stelmakowich

Customer wants, needs and demands are guiding players in Canada’s fintech space toward developing simpler, more transparent and customer-centric financial services products, with insurance expected to see a big increase in uptake in future, suggests new research released Tuesday by

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GC Securities completes “first ever indemnity triggered multi-Europe peril only” cat bond

July 10, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

GC Securities – a division of U.S. registered broker-dealer MMC Securities LLC, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) – has announced the “first ever indemnity triggered multi-Europe peril only 144A catastrophe bond.” The placement of Principal At-Risk

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Majority of global financial institutions to ramp up transformation initiatives over next year, Accenture survey finds

June 26, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

An Accenture survey of nearly 800 financial services executives across Europe, Asia and North America found that more than half of financial institutions plan to increase their investments in major corporate transformation initiatives, or “change programs,” over the next 12

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Artificial intelligence and Internet of Things accounted for nearly half of insurtech funding globally in 2016: Accenture

March 31, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) now account for almost half of total investment in insurance technology (insurtech) startups globally, according to new research from global professional services company Accenture. The research, which includes new analysis of

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Losses from Desmond floods in U.K. estimated at £604 million: PERILS

December 5, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The fourth and final insured property market loss estimate flowing from U.K. flooding in the wake of storm Desmond in late 2015 is £604 million, reports PERILS AG. Desmond and other low-pressure systems caused effects over a three-week period from