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Dresdner Suddenly Calls Off Planned Bank Merger

Apr 5 2000 // A month ago Dresdner Bank and Deutsche Bank (DB) announced plans to merge. With considerable help from their mutual shareholder, insurer Allianz AG, the two German banks seemed set to become the world’s largest bank,...

Allianz Comes Out the ‘Big Winner’ In German Bank Merger

Apr 3 2000 // On March 9, the German financial world quaked with the announcement that Deutsche Bank (DB), Germany’s largest bank, planned to merge with cross-town rival Dresdner Bank. Insurance giant Allianz AG was a driving...

Allianz Acquires Egyptian Insurer

Feb 21 2000 // Germany’s Allianz AG acquired a controlling 80 percent interest in Cairo-based Arab International Insurance Company (AIIC) by purchasing the 40 percent share held by France’s AXA. In 1998, AIIC reported gross...

Allianz Estimates Europe Storm Losses at Over $600 Million

Feb 3 2000 // Germany’s Allianz reported that the storms which swept Europe at the end of December had resulted in claims estimated at 625 million Euros ( $612 million). $107 million in claims for property and automobile damages...