All the headlines from our Allianz Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2018 // Allianz Malaysia Bhd. and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. have been shortlisted to proceed to the next round of bidding for AmGeneral Insurance Bhd., in a deal that could value Malaysia’s second-biggest car insurer at...
Nov 29 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday revealed he’s had some success with his 2018 Climate Risk Carbon Initiative Coal Divestment Follow-Up Survey.Jones said the results of the survey reflect an...
Nov 29 2018 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has announced that Sinéad Browne will assume the role of AGCS UK CEO in addition to her responsibilities as chief...
Nov 26 2018 // The supervisory board of Allianz SE has decided to extend Oliver Baete’s contract as chairman of the board of management until September 2024. The original contract was to expire end of September 2019.“Under...
Nov 25 2018 // A U.S. judge has dismissed nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims’ families sought to hold the carrier, its insurer Allianz SE and Boeing Co. liable for the...
Nov 9 2018 // Allianz is “highly likely” to reach the upper half of its 2018 profit target range, Chief Financial Officer Giulio Terzariol said as the German insurer cited lower costs and claims in its third quarter results...
Oct 22 2018 // Microsoft Corp. has helped develop a way to protect corporate buyers of clean power from electricity prices that go up and down with the weather.The company is using a risk-management tool called a volume-firming agreement...
Oct 12 2018 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Kevin Leach as the head of its financial institutions portfolio.In this role, Leach is responsible for leading The Hanover’s specialized insurance products and services...
Oct 11 2018 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), Allianz Group’s specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, announced the appointments of Lee Brewer as senior broker relationship manager and Harriet...
Oct 10 2018 // UK insurers and businesses are urging the UK Treasury not to further penalize insurance customers by raising the insurance premium tax (IPT), which currently costs each household an average of £200 ($262) annually.The UK...
Sep 24 2018 // Swiss Re announced that Andreas Berger, currently chief regions & markets officer and member of the board of management of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE, has been appointed CEO Corporate Solutions and...
Sep 20 2018 // The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says insurance company Allianz signed as a worldwide sponsor from 2021 through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.The value of the deal, which includes becoming a partner of the...
Sep 19 2018 // Less than half of Americans (43 percent) are interested in utilizing self-driving cars, down from 53 percent last year.According to an annual sharing economy index by Allianz Global Assistance, the lack of interest is...
Sep 17 2018 // An Australian unit of German insurer Allianz SE sold travel insurance that misleadingly promised unlimited emergency medical cover wherever people were even though the policies had limits on both cost and location, a...
Sep 13 2018 // A handful of consumer and climate groups are calling on the insurance industry to ditch fossil fuels as part of a new campaign called Insure Our Future.The entreaty came on the eve of this week’s Global Climate...
Sep 12 2018 // The trade battles being pursued by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration are likely to lead to fairer but still free global trade, said Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at the Allianz Group,...
Aug 31 2018 // Allianz announced that it has named Bart Schlatmann as CEO of its European direct business, effective Sept. 1.Schlatmann joins Allianz from Russia’s Sberbank, where he served as chief transformation officer,...
Aug 23 2018 // Long gone are the days when employees printed their resumes and cover letters on fancy paper, worried about choosing the proper font, and put both documents in the mail.The idea of employers printing paper job...
Aug 16 2018 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has hired Scott Setzer as an executive underwriter for Aviation, and Adam Johnson as an Aviation underwriter. Setzer will be based in Alpharetta, Georgia and Johnson in...
Aug 3 2018 // Allianz SE said strong growth across its businesses lifted second-quarter profit as Europe’s largest insurer keeps the market waiting on any acquisitions it will undertake.The gains help keep Allianz on track to meet...