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#1 Amundi Interested in Buying Allianz Global Investors

Dec 5 2024 // Amundi SA is interested in acquiring control of Allianz SE’s asset manager Allianz Global Investors as the French company scouts for deals amid industry consolidation, people familiar with the matter...

#2 Ex-Allianz Fund Manager Avoids Jail Over $3 Billion Collapse

Dec 9 2024 // A former Allianz SE hedge-fund manager avoided prison and will instead spend 18 months in home confinement for fraudulently inflating the value of funds that ultimately collapsed, resulting in $3.2 billion in investor...

#3 Former Allianz Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud Over $7-Billion Funds Collapse

Jun 10 2024 // A former Allianz fund manager pleaded guilty on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private investment funds sparked by the pandemic that caused an estimated $7 billion of investor losses.Gregoire Tournant, 57, of...

#4 Allianz Shares Drop on Weak Results in P/C Insurance

Feb 23 2024 // Allianz SE shares fell as the German insurance giant reported earnings in its property-casualty business that missed expectations.Fourth-quarter operating profit in the segment came in at €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion),...

#5 Allianz Offers 5 Loss Trends to Watch on the Liability Front

Nov 21 2024 // As the costs of nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts explode in the U.S., organizations are examining ways to predict, prevent and avoid the liabilities that light the fuse on multi-million-dollar court cases.Areas critical...

#6 Arch Insurance to Buy Allianz’s U.S. MidCorp & Entertainment Insurance Businesses

Apr 5 2024 // Arch Insurance North America, part of Bermuda’s Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s US MidCorp and Entertainment businesses...

#7 Singapore Amends Law to Stop Allianz’s Insurance Deal

Oct 17 2024 // Singapore lawmakers passed an amendment to a bill that will effectively block Allianz SE’s proposed S$2.2 billion ($1.7 billion) acquisition of a majority stake in a local insurance firm.Under the amended Insurance...

#8 Former Allianz Execs Raise Funds for Carbon Credit-Backed Insurance

Jan 29 2024 // An insurance start-up founded by three former Allianz executives that aims to guarantee companies buying carbon credits get the permits they’ve paid for has closed the biggest European climate-focused seed funding...

#9 Singapore Blocks $1.7 Billion Allianz-Income Insurance Deal

Oct 15 2024 // The Singapore government will block a proposed S$2.2 billion ($1.7 billion) deal by Allianz SE to buy a majority stake in a homegrown insurance firm, three months after the transaction sparked a public backlash.The...

#10 Pro-Palestinian Activists Target UK Offices of Germany’s Allianz

Oct 8 2024 // Pro-Palestinian activists targeted the British offices of German financial services firm Allianz on Tuesday, daubing the outside with red paint in protest over the company’s links to Israeli defense firm Elbit...

#11 Cyber Threats Top Global Business Risk Concern for 2024: Allianz

Jan 17 2024 // Cyber-related incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer.Business interruption ranked second, while...

#12 Allianz Weighs Options for AllianzGI Unit: Sources

Oct 25 2024 // Allianz is weighing options for its Allianz Global Investors unit, including a possible merger or partial sale of the division, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a move that would give the business...

#13 Allianz Mulls Ending Decades-Old Bajaj Insurance India JVs

Oct 22 2024 // Allianz SE is in talks to scrap two Indian joint ventures with Bajaj Finserv Ltd., in a dispute over the direction of the partnership, according to people familiar with the matter.Allianz plans to exit Bajaj Allianz Life...

#14 UK Has More ‘Fragile Firms’ Than EU Peers: Allianz Report

Feb 28 2024 // The UK has the highest proportion of “fragile firms” out of all major European economies, another sign of the headwinds facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he attempts to boost growth.About 15% of small and...

#15 Singapore Monetary Authority Defends Allianz’s $1.7B Plan to Buy Income Insurance

Aug 6 2024 // Singapore ministers addressed concerns about Allianz SE’s plan to buy a majority stake in Income Insurance Ltd., saying it would be held to account on its commitments and that the potential deal isn’t expected...

#16 People Moves: Lillelund Named CEO of AGCS; Ardonagh Names Allianz’s Mitchell for Growth in Asia; Carbon Taps Asta’s Gallagher as Head of Syndicate Mgmt.

Sep 16 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), The Ardonagh Group, and Carbon Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. Lillelund Named...

#17 Arch Completes Acquisition of Allianz’s U.S. MidCorp and Entertainment Businesses

Aug 1 2024 // Arch Insurance North America it has closed the acquisition of the U.S. MidCorp and Entertainment insurance businesses from Allianz. Nearly 500 former Allianz MidCorp and Entertainment employees have joined Arch and will...

#18 Howden to Acquire Allianz UK’s Musical Insurance Book

Aug 1 2024 // Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, today announces that it has agreed to acquire the Musical Insurance book from Allianz UK and will incorporate its customer base and marketing and operations teams into...

#19 Aspen and Allianz’s PIMCO Launch Casualty-Focused Reinsurance Vehicle

Apr 17 2024 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. and PIMCO Investment Management Co. announced the formation of Pando Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled collateralized re/insurer focused on casualty business.Under a long-term agreement, Aspen will...

#20 Ambani’s Jio in Talks With Allianz for Insurance JVs in India

Oct 23 2024 // Jio Financial Services Ltd., controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has held talks with Allianz SE to set up an insurance partnership in India as the German firm seeks to scrap two existing joint ventures in the country,...