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Rogue intelligence officers will use government-owned spy capabilities for their own purposes and will emerge as a separate threat category in 2016, predicts Unisys Corporation, a global information technology company. In a press release on Tuesday, Unisys suggested that rogue intelligence officers, machine-controlled physical attacks and the rise of quantum computing will demand new approaches […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 16, 2015
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Nearly one in four data breach victims surveyed are contemplating legal action while roughly the same percentage think companies take protection of consumer data seriously, Gemalto NV suggested in a recent report. In a study commissioned to Vanson Bourne by Gemalto, 5,750 consumers were interviewed. [click image below to enlarge] Nearly one in three (31%) […]
The National Research Council is looking for input from insurance organizations and other stakeholders on calculating fire flow requirements and pipe sizing for fire mains. The City of Ottawa contracted NRC to examine current practices of sizing water mains for fire flow, an NRC spokesperson recently told Canadian Underwriter. For the first phase of the […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 15, 2015
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HALIFAX – A storm bringing a messy mix of snow, rain and high winds closed schools in parts of the Maritimes and affected marine travel in the region. Environment Canada said up to 25 centimetres of snow was expected Tuesday in Prince Edward Island and northern New Brunswick and freezing rain warnings were in effect […]
By The Canadian Press | December 15, 2015
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Total catastrophe bond issuance was US$21.709 billion as of Sept. 30, and while one issuance in the third quarter provides earthquake coverage in British Columbia, more than 70% of outstanding bonds are exposed to U.S. tropical cyclones and earthquakes, Guy Carpenter & Company LLC suggested in a recent report. During the three months ending Sept. […]
Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, has hailed the Paris Agreement on climate change that was adopted by 195 countries on Saturday at the Conference of Parties (COP21). “Collectively, the countries of the world agreed to strengthen the global response to limit global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius, […]
The government of Alberta said on Friday that it has accepted 15 recommendations and one in principle in relation to an independent review of the province’s response to the 2013 floods, the most widespread and costliest disaster in Alberta’s history. The report, called Review and Analysis of the Government of Alberta’s Response to and Recovery […]
MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of residents evacuated as Typhoon Melor slammed into the eastern Philippines, where flood- and landslide-prone communities are bracing for destructive winds, heavy rains and coastal floods of up to 4 metres, officials said Monday. Classes and flights were suspended. The government’s weather bureau said the typhoon is packing winds of 150 […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 14, 2015
A Nova Scotia “cyberbullying” law that empowers justices of the peace to issue “protection orders” prohibiting people from communicating about others has been struck down on constitutional grounds. The province’s Cyber-safety Act defines cyberbullying as “any electronic communication through the use of technology … that is intended or ought reasonably be expected to cause fear, […]
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RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. – No criminal charges will be laid in the fire that killed 32 people at a seniors’ residence in Quebec nearly two years ago, the Crown announced Monday. The decision came after provincial police submitted a report into the January 2014 tragedy in L’Isle-Verte, in eastern Quebec. “In light of the expert and […]
By The Canadian Press | December 14, 2015
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