All articles by Patrick Brusnahan

Patrick Brusnahan

Editor of Private Banker International.

JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs top M&A charts by value and volume in H1 2023

JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs were the top M&A financial advisers in the financial services sector in H1 2023.

Hub International boosts personal and commercial insurance with Horizon deal

Hub International continues its recent shopping spree with Horizon the next target.

Signal: ESG the main theme in insurance filings over the last year

With regards to filings in insurance, ESG has been the most talked about theme in the last year.

Abacus Life launches its marketplace

Buyer of life insurance policies and alternative asset manager Abacus has launched its marketplace, a policy valuation and management platform.

Signal: State Farm and Ping An dominate insurance patents for the last two months

In July 2023, 79 insurance patents were filed compared to the 388 in June. Also, there has been a massive shift in the firms filing these patents.

Signal: US dominating the insurance jobs market in June 2023

In June 2023, there were 53,320 active job postings in the US for insurance, over five times the next country.

Ascend works with NFP to launch its financial technology platform

Financial operations automation platform Ascend has entered an agreement with property and casualty broker, as well as wealth manager, NFP.

FloodFlash partners with Hiscox

Insurtech FloodFlash has announced a partnership with specialist insurer Hiscox.

FatBrain AI and Appulate team up to aid insurance carriers

Solutions firm Fatbrain AI has announced a new distribution agreement with Appulate for its IntellAgent Advisor AI Sales Enablement service.

Tweets of the week: August sees big insurance talk

Insurance, insurtech, medicare and technology are big topics with regards to the insurance sector this week.