Allianz, Munich Re Affirmed

June 12, 2000

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) affirmed its “AAA” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on entities of both the Munich Reinsurance Group and the Allianz Group. The affirmation followed the companies’ announced plan to decrease their mutual cross-shareholdings from 25 percent to 20 percent over the next three years. The outlooks are stable.