API Gateway Secures Communications with Partners, Governing the Flow of Data

A pioneer in Norway’s pension market
A leading player in the Nordic market for long-term savings and insurance, the Storebrand Group has 1.8 million customers in Norway and Sweden. With a history dating back to 1767, Storebrand has provided pension plans for Norwegian employees since 1917, almost 50 years before the government established its social security program. The company is also active in the fields of life insurance, asset management and health insurance.

Expanding and securing B2B communications
Following the acquisition of a Swedish company in 2008, Storebrand needed a secure way to communicate over the Internet with its partners. “At the time, we had nine business-to-business (B2B) integrations, a new one in the pipeline, and we knew there would be many more in the coming years,” said Terje Borgen, Platform and Integration Department manager at Storebrand Life Insurance. Storebrand’s existing integrations relied on three different platforms, none of which provided the requisite level of security.

“We also needed the integrations to be quick to develop on the new platform,” said Borgen. “On our old systems, it took too many days to develop a new integration.” Moreover, the new solution had to be flexible, enabling a variety of secure Internet communications. “In a word, we needed the solution to be absolutely secure, easy to use, and fast to develop,” said Borgen.