All the headlines from our Allianz Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 30 2017 // An expected bid by Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s biggest retail bank, for the country’s largest insurance company is a bold gamble that has stunned the cozy world of Italian finance and carries risks for both...
Jan 30 2017 // Germany’s Allianz has made an informal takeover approach to QBE Insurance, Australia’s biggest insurer, but has not named a price, sources told Reuters on Monday.Shares in QBE closed flat after rising by up to...
Jan 23 2017 // The last time Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali SpA was rumoured to be in play, the supposed bidder, France’s AXA SA, said such a costly and complex deal would “make no sense at all.”This time, the...
Jan 23 2017 // Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA are interested in Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Italian newspaper La Stampa reported Sunday, without citing anyone.Intesa is studying a “possible...
Jan 23 2017 // Business interruption is a top global corporate risk for the fifth year in a row. But worries about Brexit and the new U.S. President Donald Trump also made the list of companies’ 2017 fears and uncertainties in a...
Jan 19 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has named Henning Haagen northeast zone executive for North America in addition to his current role as global head of...
Jan 19 2017 // Standard Chartered Bank and Allianz have formed a 15-year bancassurance partnership for the distribution of Allianz’s general insurance products, including travel, personal accident, fire and motor insurance...
Jan 17 2017 // Global growth could be better than expected in 2017, though many uncertainties remain that could impact expansion, with the biggest of them being steep gains in the U.S. currency, Allianz’s Mohamed A. El-Erian said...
Jan 12 2017 // Business interruption is a top global corporate risk for the fifth year in a row. But worries about Brexit and incoming U.S. President Donald Trump also made the list of companies’ 2017 fears and uncertainties in a...
Dec 16 2016 // Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, is in discussions with Assicurazioni Generali SpA as it weighs a bid for the company’s French operations, according to people familiar with the matter.Allianz executives...
Dec 6 2016 // Allianz Worldwide Partners* has appointed Matthias Wuensche as director, Global Market Management and Innovation, where he “will play a leading role in developing new product and service offerings and position...
Dec 2 2016 // Company directors and senior managers across the globe are increasingly likely to face costly regulatory investigations, criminal prosecutions or civil litigation, which not only put their company’s assets, and their...
Nov 28 2016 // German insurer Allianz is setting up a wholly-owned unit in Shanghai to launch hedge funds that invest abroad, three sources said, as some foreign managers prepare for China to ease curbs on overseas investments aimed at...
Nov 28 2016 // Listening to Andrew Rear talk about insurers, you wouldn’t think he works for one that’s been around for 136 years.The 46-year-old head of Munich Re’s Digital Partners unit has said the industry is...
Nov 11 2016 // Allianz SE, Europe’s biggest insurer, said third-quarter profit rose 36 percent, helped by higher earnings at the life and health insurance unit. The shares rose.Net income increased to 1.86 billion euros ($2.03...
Nov 8 2016 // The U.S. branch of Generali Global Corporate & Commercial, a provider of multinational property, casualty, and specialty insurance and part of the global Generali Group, has launched a Global Construction Insurance...
Oct 11 2016 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd.* announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Catalina Holdings UK Ltd., has completed its acquisition of AGF Insurance Ltd. from a subsidiary of Allianz SE, following approval from the...
Oct 7 2016 // Global automakers Toyota, BMW and insurer Allianz will license technology from Silicon Valley start-up Nauto, which uses cameras and artificial intelligence systems in cars to understand driver behavior, Nauto said on...
Sep 21 2016 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has named Dennis Mah winery team lead for North America. Mah is based in Sacramento, Calif., and he will report to Karen Walter, West zone farm and ranch lead. Mah will be...
Sep 8 2016 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) is expanding its global Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) team with new senior hires in the North American and Mediterranean regions.“Environmental claims pose...