All the headlines from our Allianz Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 17 2020 // Allianz SE Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete warned the coronavirus has upended insurers’ business models and will cause “massive” losses across the industry.The virus has forced closures across the...
Apr 7 2020 // Many companies are having to shutdown their premises temporarily at short notice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the risk consultants of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), improper action or...
Apr 6 2020 // Purchasers of travel insurance are finding their policies all but worthless as the global pandemic forces them to change their plans, or worse, leaves them sick at sea.Most travel insurance companies won’t provide...
Apr 2 2020 // Ali Shahkarami (46) has been appointed as chief data officer for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). In this newly created position, he will be responsible for the development and the delivery of AGCS data...
Mar 30 2020 // Allianz Australia announced the appointment of Tara Laybutt as Allianz Australia’s chief risk officer, effective May 11, 2020.Laybutt has extensive experience in guiding the risk functions of large, financial...
Mar 4 2020 // Don’t look for much relief from insurers to cushion losses from canceled events, travel disruptions and potential medical claims from the deadly Covid-19 virus that’s sweeping across the globe.The world’s...
Feb 26 2020 // Markets are overreacting to the threat of the rapidly spreading coronavirus and the global economy will only see a short-term impact, said the head of Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer.Chief Executive Officer...
Feb 21 2020 // Axel Theis (62), member of the board of Allianz SE responsible for insurance in German-speaking countries and Central and Eastern Europe, is retiring at his own request on March 31, 2020 after more than 33 years at...
Feb 21 2020 // German insurance group Allianz announced a more ambitious profit target for this year after posting a better than expected 9.5% jump in fourth-quarter net profit on Friday.The profit increase was largely driven by an...
Feb 12 2020 // N26 GmbH, the German mobile bank backed by billionaires Peter Thiel and Li Ka-Shing, said it will end UK operations citing the country’s departure from the European Union.The Berlin-based digital bank will close UK...
Jan 28 2020 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Bianca Willauer as head Property & Specialty Lines, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective Feb. 1, 2020.In this role, Willauer will be responsible for the...
Jan 22 2020 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), the corporate insurance carrier of Allianz Group, appointed Henning Haagen as chief underwriting officer specialty and member of the board of management, subject to...
Jan 15 2020 // Cyber incidents rank for the first time as the most important business risk globally, pushing the perennial top peril, business interruption (BI), into second place, according to the ninth Allianz Risk Barometer 2020.Cyber...
Jan 10 2020 // Australia’s bushfire season has months to run and could easily surpass the most costly fire season, 2009’s Black Saturday fires in Victoria, which had a price tag of an estimated A$4.4 billion (US$3 billion),...
Jan 9 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance subsidiary of Willis Towers Watson, announced the appointment of Simon Buxton as managing director of its International Customised Reinsurance practice, which focuses on non-traditional...
Jan 2 2020 // Allianz Holdings plc, the U.K. subsidiary of Allianz SE, has completed its planned acquisition of the remaining 51% of LV General Insurance Group (LV GIG) from Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LVFS).The total...
Dec 23 2019 // Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance broker and subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the appointment of Patrick Schepens as CEO of the Benelux region, effective April 2020.Schepens will be responsible for...
Dec 12 2019 // Allianz UK has launched Cyber Select, a cyber offering designed primarily for mid-corporate businesses.Cyber Select’s cover is designed to deal with the consequences of unauthorized use of IT systems and data...
Dec 4 2019 // The range of risks facing company executives, or directors and officers (D&Os), has increased significantly in recent years along with resulting insurance claims, according to a report published by Allianz Global...
Nov 15 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) and Allianz Deutschland AG announced leadership changes that will take effect from Dec. 1, 2019, subject to regulatory approval.Joachim Müller, currently CEO of Allianz...