All the headlines from our Allianz Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 11 2006 // The Board of Directors of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has elected Joseph J. Beneducci as CEO of the property and casualty insurance company. His appointment takes effect on Jan. 1, 2007. Beneducci previously served...
Dec 10 2006 // The Board of Directors of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has elected Joseph J. Beneducci as CEO of the property and casualty insurance company. His appointment takes effect on Jan. 1, 2007. Beneducci previously served...
Nov 28 2006 // German insurer Allianz SE said it had reached a new labor deal that avoids any near-term compulsory layoffs but still foresees some 5,700 jobs cut by the end of 2008.Under the agreement with the ver.di union, Allianz...
Nov 16 2006 // The world’s largest insurers continue to bring the threats posed by global warming/climate change home to the rest of the world, and to press for remedial action. A report earlier this week found that much of the...
Nov 1 2006 // Robert W. MacDonald, founder and chief executive of Minneapolis-based LifeUSA and retired chairman and CEO of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, through his consulting firm CTW Consulting, has been hired by...
Oct 30 2006 // Although Germany’s Allianz AG is selling off many of its long-held positions in German companies, it is still interested in making good investments outside the insurance industry. On Friday, Oct. 27 one of the...
Oct 22 2006 // Two insurers that owe more than $800 million in payments to the World Trade Center site developer will slow rebuilding if they don’t settle a lawsuit over how to divide the money, politicians and developers said last...
Sep 29 2006 // Allianz Cornhill, one of the U.K.’s largest general insurers and part of Germany’s Allianz Group since 1986, has announced a number of developments for its business, including a change of its corporate name to...
Sep 21 2006 // Germany’s Allianz announced that it has reached an agreement with employee representatives of its Italian subsidiary RAS Holding S.p.A on “the future structure for the operational and corporate codetermination...
Sep 1 2006 // Allianz Capital Partners GmbH (ACP), an investment unit of German insurer Allianz AG, has agreed to sell Four Seasons Healthcare, a leading U.K. provider of services for older people and specialized care services for...
Aug 4 2006 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that the Company had reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America’s Health Products Division for a cash...
Jul 20 2006 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (excellent) of Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft (ASV) and Allianz Suisse Lebenversicherungs-Gesellschaft (ASL), both based in Switzerland....
Jun 29 2006 // Germany’s Allianz announced that Chris Fischer Hirs will take over as President of Allianz Risk Transfer on July 1, 2006, “assuming the day-to-day operational management responsibility for the company.”...
Jun 23 2006 // Germany’s Allianz AG confirmed growing speculation that it would launch substantial cost cutting measures with the announcement on Thursday, June 22, that it plans to reduce the number of workers at Allianz...
Jun 2 2006 // Global trade credit insurer Euler Hermes is studying the acquisition of Allianz Ireland’s credit insurance activities, which have an annual turnover of around €10 million ($12.2815 million) with a 45 percent share...
May 31 2006 // Allianz Australia Insurance Group has taken an equity position in Global Transport & Automotive Insurance Solutions (GT), formerly Global Motor Underwriting, to “provide a market leading facility to service...
May 19 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd. to “A+” from “A” and it...
May 15 2006 // Germany’s Allianz Group added its numbers to the growing list of companies recording strong first quarter results. The German giant posted €1.779 billion ($2.28 billion) net income for the period, a 34 percent...
May 3 2006 // Germany’s Allianz Group has released some preliminary indications of its first quarter 2006 results, which indicate that overall revenues will grow by 4.9 percent to around €30 billion ($38 billion). Allianz will...
Apr 7 2006 // Allianz Insurance Company of Canada and The Nordic Insurance Company of Canada, both insurance subsidiaries of ING Canada Inc., have announced the completion of their amalgamation under the name of The Nordic Insurance...