Overview Canopius is a global specialty (re)insurer. One of the top 10 insurers in the Lloyd’s insurance market, Canopius wrote over US$1.2 billion premium across the group in 2017. Challenge When insurance legislation came into force that required Canopius to examine its struc- tured data storage processes, they realized that there was also a parallel challenge around un- structured data, i.e. not captured in databases or financial systems. For Canopius, unstructured data meant anything from PDFs, documents, and spreadsheets, to photos, videos, and cus- tom files. David Francis, Group Data Protection Officer and Head of Information Governance for Canopius, explains further: “In our industry, it’s easy for organizations to adopt a ‘hoarding mentality’ when it comes to data. Co

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