Tech
WASHINGTON – The U.S. announced Thursday the first fatality in a wreck involving a car in self-driving mode, the 40-year-old owner of a technology company who nicknamed his vehicle “Tessy” and had praised its sophisticated “Autopilot” system just one month earlier for preventing a collision on an interstate. The government said it is investigating the […]
By Steve Wilson | July 1, 2016
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HR
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has welcomed the announcement by transportation minister Steven Del Duca that mandatory, entry-level training will be adopted for new tractor-trailer drivers. Del Duca said Wednesday all new commercial Class A truck drivers will need to successfully complete mandatory, entry-level training through an approved training provider before attempting the Class A […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 29, 2016
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Executives want decision-making to be faster, especially in insurance, banking and healthcare, according to a report released earlier this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The 2016 Big Decision Survey, released on Monday, focused on how enterprises around the world, including Canada, are limiting risk and leveraging data to make the decisions that will give them a […]
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Several Canadian brokerages in the Noraxis group are rebranding to Arthur J. Gallagher, the Itasca, Illinois-based commercial brokerage announced Monday. The rebranding from Noraxis “marks another major milestone in Gallagher’s quest to become the leading insurance brokerage in Canada,” Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. stated in a press release. The majority of Noraxis Capital Corp. […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 28, 2016
Ontario’s Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development announced on Friday that the province is kicking off a global search for its first Chief Digital Officer (CDO) to lead Ontario’s “transformation to become the most open, transparent and digitally connected government in Canada.” The CDO – first announced in Ontario’s 2016 Budget – will head […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 24, 2016
Big data is proving to be bad data for some surveyed enterprises, with almost nine in 10 reporting they believe they are flowing bad data into their data stores, note results of a global survey issued Wednesday by StreamSets. The finding – part of a global survey of 314 data management professionals at organizations and […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 23, 2016
By 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-Internet” policy is today, according to a new report from information technology research and advisory company Gartner, Inc. Cloud-first, and even cloud-only, is replacing the defensive no-cloud stance that dominated many large providers in recent years, Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner said in a statement […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 22, 2016
A recently-launched Toronto-based firm, Cytelligence Inc., says it offers to investigate cyber breaches, review clients’ business continuity plans and take into consideration the “pros and cons of cyber insurance” for its clients. Cytelligence announced Wednesday it was launched by Daniel Tobok (pictured below left), former managing director of forensics and security consulting at telecommunications carrier […]
The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) has announced in a press release dated Monday that its CEO, Dan Danyluk, has left the organization, effective immediately. “The board of directors wishes to thank Dan for his dedicated work both for the organization and the insurance sector over the last 13 years,” IBAC said in the […]
Legal / Regulation
Cyber security now ranks among the Top 10 risk factors of manufacturers south of the border, notes a report issued Tuesday by accounting and consulting organization BDO USA, LLP. The lion’s share of manufacturers in the United States analyzed in the study – 92% – cited cyber security concerns in their U.S. Securities and Exchange […]
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