All articles by Patrick Brusnahan

Patrick Brusnahan

Editor of Private Banker International.

Legal & General completes £34m buy-in with Walkers Shortbread

With Flow, Legal & General provided the trustees with immediately transactable pricing.

Standard Casualty and ZestyAI partner to increase home owners’ protection

Through the partnership, Standard Casualty will utilise ZestyAI’s platform to elevate risk assessment and policyholder collaboration.

Singlife launches flexible lifelong insurance plan

The plan includes a Base Cover to provide lifelong protection and an additional cover.

Protect Group and Blink to enhance travel protection

The work between Protect and Blink will introduce the latter’s real-time parametric protection technology into Protect Marketplace.

Nationwide Mutual to expand LeakBot into 16 states

The service will be available to both existing and new customers as part of Nationwide’s insurance offering.

Aegon intending to release “industry leading” pension dashboard

This move follows the FCA’s recent publication on the regulatory framework for pensions dashboard service firms.

Direct Line to cut 550 jobs to save costs

Adam Winslow, CEO of Direct Line Group, said: “We are making good progress against our gross cost savings target.”

BMS launches wine insurance service Bacchus

BMS Bacchus is a single source solution that empowers wineries to make effective decisions.

Swinton Insurance to automate with Aurum Solutions

The integration of Aurum’s automation will enable Swinton Insurance to guarantee accuracy at speed.

PIC finishes £190m buy-in of Atradius pension scheme

The transaction secures the pensions of both deferred and pensioner members of the scheme, along with benefits accrued to date for current active members.