Africa’s Largest Insurer, Samlam, Partners With Allianz on $2.1 Billion Deal May 4, 2022 By John Bowker Sanlam Ltd., Africa’s largest insurer, agreed to form a joint venture with Germany’s Allianz SE that will combine their assets...
Allianz Plans to Take Harder Line on Insuring Fossil Fuel Industry to Meet Climate Goals May 3, 2022 By Simon Jessop and Carolyn Cohn Europe’s biggest insurer Allianz plans to take a harder line on insuring the oil and gas industry as part of...
Inside Allianz’s $4B Structured Alpha Fund Blowup: Red Flags and Fat Fees March 14, 2022 By Neil Weinberg, Alex Wittenberg and Will Louch It’s every investor’s dream: Make money when markets go up, and when markets go down, and even when markets go...
Swiss Re, Allianz, Other European Financial Services Firms Turn Their Backs on Russia March 14, 2022 By Tom Sims, Simon Jessop and Paul Arnold Allianz and Swiss Re said on Monday they were cutting back on Russian business as European financial institutions turn their...
Major Investors to Settle, End Suits Against Allianz Over Losses in Funds Collapse March 1, 2022 By Tom Sims and Jonathan Stempel A number of big investors on Monday filed to end their lawsuits against Allianz after a settlement was reached over...
Allianz Fires 2 Asset Managers Who Ran Group of Collapsed Investment Funds February 22, 2022 By Tom Sims Allianz ALVG.DE has dismissed two asset managers who oversaw a group of investment funds that collapsed after racking up massive...
Allianz Sets Aside $4.2B to Handle Probes, Lawsuits After Collapse of Investment Funds February 18, 2022 By Tom Sims and Alexander Hübner German insurer and asset manager Allianz ALVG.DE on Thursday said it would set aside 3.7 billion euros ($4.20 billion) to...
Threat of War in Ukraine Biggest Risk for Insurers of Beijing Winter Olympics February 4, 2022 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn The threat of war between Russia and Ukraine is the biggest risk for insurers offering coverage during the Beijing Winter...
First Online M&A Insurance Marketplace Launches in Australia January 31, 2022 io.insure, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for small and medium-sized business (SME) transactions, announced it...
Allianz and UniCredit Expand Longstanding Multi-Country Bancassurance Agreement January 28, 2022 Allianz and UniCredit have signed a multi-country agreement to build on the companies’ longstanding bancassurance partnership which began in 1996....