Latest Allianz Headlines
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China Allows Allianz to Launch Onshore Fund Management Company
Aug 24 2023 // China’s securities regulator on Thursday granted approval to Allianz Global Investors (Allianz GI) to set up an onshore fund management company as Beijing vowed to step up efforts to attract foreign companies amid...
People Moves: Dyer Appointed Chief Risk Officer for Aspen UK; Sompo Int’l Taps Walker From Allianz for Distribution Insurance, APAC; BMS Names Hewitt as Head of Japan
Aug 24 2023 // This edition of International People Moves detail appointments at Aspen Insurance Holdings, Sompo International, and BMS Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Dyer Appointed Chief Risk Officer for Aspen...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Promotes Warren-Upham to Lead London Mkt Distribution; Chubb Appoints Kopp to Lead Far East Region, Mo for Korea
Aug 21 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Commercial and Chubb. A summary of the new hires follows here. Allianz Commercial Promotes Warren-Upham to Lead London Mkt Distribution Alastair...
Allianz Aims to Raise $1.6 Billion for Global Private Credit Fund
Aug 18 2023 // Allianz Global Investors, the insurance company’s money management division, is pushing ahead with plans to raise at least 1.5 billion euros ($1.63 billion) for a new global private credit fund, a spokesperson said,...
Allianz Q2 Profit Jumps 7.1% on Higher Results from US Life & Health Insurance
Aug 10 2023 // Allianz SE, the German owner of bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co., said its second-quarter profit jumped from a year earlier as stronger earnings from its insurance business offset weaknesses in its asset...
Allianz Ex-Manager Must Face US Fraud Charges On $7B Investor Loss
Aug 7 2023 // A U.S. judge has rejected former Allianz fund manager Gregoire Tournant’s bid to dismiss a criminal fraud case over his role in causing more than $7 billion of investor losses. In an order made public on Friday, U.S....
AGCS and Local Allianz P/C Entities Now Trading as ‘Allianz Commercial’
Jul 24 2023 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) together with the commercial insurance businesses of local Allianz Property & Casualty (P&C) entities have begun to trade as “Allianz Commercial” in one...
Allianz US Unit Ordered to Pay $6 Billion in Securities Fraud Case
Jul 13 2023 // A New York judge ordered a unit of Allianz SE to pay about $6 billion as punishment for misrepresenting the investment risk posed by a group of hedge funds that collapsed amid market fluctuations caused by the Covid-19...
People Moves: Allianz Commercial Taps AIG’s Sandric as Leader Asia Region; Banyan Risk Appoints Munro as CUO; Miller Strengthens Entertainment Team With Senior Hire
Jul 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Commercial, Banyan Risk and Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. Allianz Commercial Taps AIG’s Sandric as Leader Asia...
Allianz Replaces UnipolSAI in UniCredit’s Insurance Venture Incontra
Jul 10 2023 // UniCredit said on Friday it was ending a non-life insurance venture with UnipolSAI as it strengthened its relationship with Germany’s Allianz, a top shareholder and insurance partner. UniCredit said it would buy the...
Rise in Fires, Ukraine-Russia Fallout Top Concerns for Shipping Industry: Allianz Report
Jun 2 2023 // The maritime sector experienced fewer total losses of vessels in 2022 while the number of shipping incidents remained relatively consistent, according to a recent report. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS)...
Allianz’ PIMCO Weighs Joining Investors Suing Over Credit Suisse AT1 Bonds
May 26 2023 // Pacific Investment Management Co. is considering joining hundreds of investors in challenging the Swiss regulator’s decision to wipe out about $17 billion of Credit Suisse Group AG bonds following the bank’s...
People Moves: Cowbell Names CNA’s Bilbao as UK Director of Underwriting; Allianz Commercial Promotes Execs in Iberia, Latin America
May 25 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Cowbell Cyber and Allianz Commercial. A summary of these new hires follows here. Cowbell Names CNA’s Bilbao as UK Director of Underwriting Cowbell,...
People Moves: Lockton Adds Allianz’s Caruso; Verdi Joins Alliant From Gallagher; Marsh McLennan Agency Names Moher; Bischoff Joins Harford’s IT
May 23 2023 // Lockton Appoints Caruso Financial Institutions Practice Leader in the Northeast Lockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed Joe Caruso as its financial institutions practice leader in the Northeast. Caruso is...
Germany’s Allianz Does Not Plan to Renew Policy for Nord Stream 1 Project
Apr 6 2023 // German insurance company Allianz said on Wednesday it does not intend to renew a policy for the Nord Stream 1 project when it expires in late 2023. Allianz said it was part of an insurance consortium that provided coverage...
UK MGA Aqueous Secures Capacity From Allianz, Setting Sights on Commercial SMEs
Mar 28 2023 // Aqueous Underwriting has secured major new capacity following the signing of an initial three-year deal with insurer Allianz Insurance. The move is part of the MGA’s plans to significantly grow its presence in the...
Allianz Restructures Global Commercial Insurance Unit as One Go-to-Market Business
Mar 10 2023 // Allianz Group announced it is restructuring its global commercial insurance segment as one go-to-market business under the trading name Allianz Commercial, which will encompass its Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty...
Allianz Returns to Q4 Net Profit After U.S. Funds Debacle
Feb 17 2023 // Germany’s Allianz on Friday swung to a fourth-quarter net profit, rebounding after taking big charges a year earlier for a U.S. funds scandal and as a higher investment margin boosted its life and health insurance...
Reuters: After Multi-Billion U.S. Fund Collapse, Allianz Shifts Investment Strategy
Feb 14 2023 // For years, Allianz, one of the world’s biggest investors, piled billions into property, wind farms and even London’s sewage system, but now it is moving to shun such “alternative” investments for...
Cyber and Business Interruption Top 2023 Threats: Allianz Risk Barometer
Feb 6 2023 // Cyber incidents and business interruption rank as the biggest company concerns for the second year in a row. That’s according to Allianz’s Risk Barometer 2023, which found that at the same time macroeconomic...