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As a leading global business insurance company, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty is your partner to manage the fast evolving risks of today and tomorrow. Our teams work with companies worldwide to create insurance solutions designed for specific industries and business challenges. With a worldwide network in more than 200 countries and territories, we exclusively focus on the needs of corporate and specialist clients.

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About Allianz

Allianz Group at a glance

  • With around 150,000 employees worldwide, the Allianz Group serves over 100 mn customers in more than 70 countries.
  • On the insurance side, Allianz is the market leader in the German market and has a strong international presence.
  • In fiscal year 2020 the Allianz Group achieved total revenues of approximately 140 bn euros.
  • Allianz is one of the world‘s largest asset managers, with third-party assets of 1,712 bn euros under management at year end 2019.
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Did you know?

Allianz is the Worldwide Insurance Partner of the Olympic & Paralympic Movements from 2021-2028

Allianz insures major Hollywood and Bollywood movies, including all 24 James Bond productions

Allianz supports sustainable motor sports by being a partner of the fully electric car racing Formula E Championship

Allianz offers financial solutions to more than 49 million emerging consumers in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Allianz is the leading specialist in space insurance and celebrated its 100th birthday as aviation insurer in 2015

Allianz insured the last three buildings to hold the title of “world’s tallest”: Petronas Towers, Taipei 101 & Burj Khalifa

the Allianz Center for Technology has conducted thousands of crash test since 1980 to improve road safety

Allianz was one of the insurers of the Titanic

Allianz Results

Allianz Group 12M 2022

€152.7b
Total revenues increased 2.8% to €152.7 billion (12M 2021: €148.5 billion), largely driven by the Property-Casualty business segment.
€14.2b
Operating profit jumped 5.7% to €14.2 billion (12M 2021: €13.4 billion).
201%
Group Solvency II capitalization ratio was 201% at the end of the fourth quarter 2022, compared with 199% at the end of the third quarter 2022.

AGCS 12M 2022

€11.169b
Gross premium written (GPW) of AGCS grew year-on-year by €1.683 billion (18%) to €11.169 billion (2021: €9.486 billion).
94.9%
The combined ratio for 2022 is 2.5%-p better than prior year and stands at 94.9% (2021: 97.5%).
€655
The operating profit for 2022 of €655 million (2021: €366 million) is €289 million better than prior year.

Allianz Commercial Commentary

  • In 2022, gross premium written (GPW) of AGCS grew year-on-year by €1.683 billion (18%) to €11.169 billion (2021: €9.486 billion), driven by a higher renewals base, higher rates on renewals (11% on average incl. adjustment of terms and conditions), new business as well as favorable foreign exchange effects. Most lines of business achieved business growth, especially Property, Financial Lines, Energy & Construction and MidCorporate.
  • The combined ratio for 2022 is 2.5%-p better than prior year and stands at 94.9% (2021: 97.5%). This improvement is driven by a favorable contribution from both expense ratio and current accident year loss ratio across all loss segments due to portfolio improvements and lower claims activity for natural catastrophes. The excellent underwriting performance allowed for an appropriate build-up of reserves, mainly to address inflationary risks.
  • The operating profit for 2022 of €655 million (2021: €366 million) is €289 million better than prior year due to both better underwriting performance and investment result.

Allianz Ratings

Allianz Commercial company
Standard & Poor's
A. M. Best
Allianz Commercial SE
AA (December 2022)
A+ (June 2022)
Allianz Commercial North America
AA (December 2022)
A+ (June 2022)
Allianz Risk Transfer AG*
AA- (December 2022)
A+ (June 2022)
Allianz Fire & Marine Insurance (Japan) Ltd.
AA (December 2022)
(N/A)
Allianz Commercial Resseguros Brasil S.A. (global)
(N/A)
A+ (June 2022)
Allianz Commercial South Africa
BB+ global;
zaAAA local
(October 2022)
(N/A)
*Rating for ART AG and ART Bermuda

Integrated Commercial

Allianz Commercial in the future: Globally coordinated, locally delivered – key benefits

  • More than 6,000 commercial insurance employees supporting customers in launch markets: Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom
  • Expanded access to our products and solutions – in a seamless approach through an integrated team and one leader in each market
  • Coordinated distribution and client relationship management teams serving brokers and their clients in each market across the Commercial segment
  • A broader and more reliable appetite for risks across the Commercial segment, giving you more options to place cover
  • Market-leading solutions across the full spectrum of Property & Casualty and Specialty lines plus Commercial Fleet
  • A comprehensive product offering for midsized businesses, including Multinational programs, Cyber, and Entertainment
  • Strong local expertise and delivery, backed by a global pool of technical specialists in Underwriting and Allianz Risk Consulting
  • Specialist risk insight for industry segments such as Financial Institutions, Construction, Technology, Media & Communications, and Green Energy
  • Security and stability, backed by Allianz’s exceptional financial strength ratings

Your AGCS team

Nadia CoteManaging Director, Regional Unit London & Nordics
Nadia.cote@allianz.com
Danny TurnerKey Account Manager
danny.turner@allianz.com
John LawrenceProperty Underwriter
john.lawrence@allianz.com
Elizabeth LoweLiability Underwriter
Elizabeth.Lowe@allianz.com
Hannah SpencerMotor UnderwriterHannah.Spencer@allianz.co.uk
Kieran GoodmanLiability ClaimsKeiran.goodman@allianz.com

Our pledge to you

  1. Partnership: A trusted, financially strong, stable partner delivering value and expertise to you and your clients, long term.
  2. Excellence: A commitment to put our clients and brokers first through true customer centricity.
  3. Expertise: Deep expertise and insights to create the best client solutions, globally and locally, with 100% integrity.
  4. Results: Helping clients maximise value by unlocking the best of Allianz, from insurance to asset management.
  5. Industry focus: Global industry solutions with people who understand your business and bring you the best of the Allianz world.
  6. Innovation: Working together towards key, relevant goals, including ESG, Green Solutions and ART.
  7. Data and Analytics: Pinpoint partners, maximising data and relationships for the best possible client solutions.
  8. Quality and Compliance: Contract specialised policies and globally-compliant international insurance solutions.
  9. Level Playing Field: Working with our brokers in equal partnership, prioritising constant communication.
  10. Thought Leadership: Consistently evaluating existing and emerging risks, loss trends and sharing knowledge.

What makes us different?

We reach beyond traditional solutions, to address your unique risks.

We excel in underwriting

Our profound technical insurance expertise and industry knowledge allow us to provide you with solutions tailored to your needs.

In underwriting your risks, we stay true to our principles. It ensures we take those vital core competencies which you rely upon further.

The better we are at truly understanding complex risks, the better we can serve you. From harnessing insights from data, developing new forward-looking pricing tools or creating a harmonised global product framework, to practice groups leveraging shared expertise on specific risks or sectors, the goal is to provide market-leading solutions to you.

You’re ready. We’re ready

At Allianz we recognize and understand the unique challenges you and your business face. And as a leading global corporate insurance carrier, we have the network and expertise to help. Find out why we’re best placed to help with Environmental Liability insurance solutions.

Multinational
Effective management of global risks is our core business: Multinational offers a fully end-to-end customized service for the cross-border exposures of its clients, covering also risk transfer and captive services.
Claims
An insurance claim is the defining moment for our service – the moment when we deliver on our promise. We are committed to deliver superior claims experience to our customers: before, during and after a loss.
Allianz Risk Consulting
Providing a wide range of risk consulting services to help your business manage, prevent, and reduce risks, whatever your industry.
Allianz Risk Transfer
We create innovative tailored insurance, reinsurance and other non-traditional risk management solutions for a wide range of corporate and financial clients globally.
Global Industry Solutions
We support your industry with tailored solutions across all AGCS lines of business as well as other Allianz units. We guarantee globally consistent expertise, service and financial strength.

Allianz Multinational

Wherever you operate globally, Allianz Multinational is there to protect your business and secure your future. We’ve been supporting the business initiatives of our global clients since 1893, and are really proud of partnerships that we’ve built over the last 130 years.

Providing risk solutions, expertise and advice tailored specifically to your needs, we are there to help you and your teams navigate the complex risks that impact your business, wherever you are in the world.

Digital solutions providing transparency to support management of programs globally.

One of the largest networks in the industry, covering 200+ territories and 70+ countries with Allianz-owned offices across the globe.
260+ risk engineers averaging 10+ years of industry experience.
Hundreds of dedicated multinational underwriters and service experts building bespoke global programs.
600+ experienced Claims adjusters handling thousands of multinational Claims every year.
2,800+ Global Programmes
9,500+ Multinational Claims Handled
21,000+ Local Policies
€4bn+ Annual multinational premium

Allianz Multinational: Our digital offering

We have developed AGCSonlinea new Digital Customer Interaction platform.

It aims to ensure an optimal customer experience by offering a new and enhanced self-service platform, which will enable us to interact and communicate faster and more easily with our customers and to be positioned in the future to deliver leading digital solutions to the market.

Current Features

Global program implementation tracking & local policy views
Master vs Local Comparison, Program Contacts
On demand global loss runs and Claims Trend Analysis
Risk Engineering Locations & objects, Surveys & Recommendations
Document hub
Self-serve client access management
Direct broker access capabilities

Benefits

Easy to use, intuitive interface
24/7 accessibility
Increased scope of available documents
Data elements available in Excel formats and bulk document download

Coming Soon

Landing Page enhancements
Claims Monitoring View & Loss Run Reporting customization
Risk Survey Documents, 2 Way Communication enhancement and access to client risk evaluation tool

Why Allianz Risk Consulting?

  • Global Network - We are a global network of over 100 property Engineers with coverage in all territories
  • Flexibility of Approach - We are a truly consultative engineering service, offering innovative solutions to our clients often complex problems
  • Flexibility of Codes - Engineering programmes delivered to NFPA codes, local codes or clients individual – loss prevention standards
  • Sector Expertise - Vast global experience in numerous industries built up over many years
  • Successful Transition - Many examples of successful client transitions to ARC from other insurers and loss control providers
  • Strategic advice & solutions - ARC play a proactive client partnership role in focusing the programme and working with stakeholders to share knowledge and experience to all parties’ mutual benefit
  • Long term relationship - ARC desire a long term relationship built on mutual trust and support. We have many examples of successful partnerships with our clients embedded over many years. References are available where required
  • Risk management services - A variety of risk management services are available to be tailored to suit client requirements
  • Quality and Consistency - Property engineers are Allianz certified and comply with company practices and procedures

Allianz Risk Consulting Property offers our clients comprehensive risk engineering and the key services include:

  • Site surveys for property, business interruption and construction
  • Reviews of loss control management programs
  • Business Interruption analysis
  • Business Continuity Management
  • Technical training and knowledge transfer
  • Plan & project reviews
  • Testing & commissioning of fire protection systems
  • Fire protection impairment management
  • Loss investigation surveys

Specialist Risk Resources and Services

The Account Engineer will explain, guide and advise on which specialist resources will compliment and add value to your existing loss prevention programme. We recognise that one size will not fit all and our goal is to work in partnership with you to maximise the improvement and impact on your risk profile of our tailored risk solutions to support your business objectives.

Examples of risk management tools available include:

  • Using the AGCSonline, our clients can, amongst other things, access information regarding their loss control programmes in real time, download reports, update recommendations & notify us of impairments to fire systems
  • Allianz AlertZ will automatically send out risk information and newsletters featuring risk bulletins, technical documents, lessons learned and other risk advice and publications
  • Cyber risk has proven to be of increasing concern to our client’s and whilst hacking of IT for data and finance grab the headlines, there are exposures to IT systems running production equipment. ARC has employed a Cyber Risk Consultant to assist clients who may have concerns in this area
  • Whilst the Account Engineering function will offer an overview of the business interruption potential at account level, and the effects on any linked locations, a more in depth study can be undertaken looking at the policies and procedures in place for Supply Chain Risk Management applying technics such as the European Foundation for Quality Management
  • ARCFlex a more focussed client centric approach to risk consulting eliminating the need for repeat survey work
  • The Allianz Property Risk Management Charter aids client’s to embed prudent Human Element practices and procedures throughout their organisation

Claims

Understanding Your Needs

At Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), our Claims philosophy is solution-oriented.

We’re committed to finding preferred solutions with big picture thinking in respect of large and complex policies, building trusting relationships with you based on continuity of experience:

  • We value an honest dialogue
  • Transparency of communication
  • Consistency, speed and ease of service delivery

Capabilities

As an international lead insurer, our 600+ Claims handlers and Global Practice Groups offering specific industry & Claims expertise are there to drive preferable outcomes for our customers.

  • 600+ AGCS Claims handlers over 30 countries and network partnerships in other locations allow us to service clients in more than 200 countries and territories
  • 6 regional teams ensure proximity and local expertise
  • 16 Global Practice Groups offering specific industry and Claims knowledge

Settlement Experience

Our Claims settlement process is based on upfront and regular communication.
We explain our Claims process, timelines, and requirements upfront – to give you peace of mind at every stage of your Claims journey.

  • In our annual net promoter score survey, clients and brokers who have had an experience with Claims 3 times more likely to recommend AGCS
  • We offer upfront payments for 1st party Claims

Attitude

Our Claims philosophy is solution-oriented: we value an honest dialogue.

We work tirelessly to provide clarity and eliminate ambiguity, prioritizing a ‘no surprises’ culture.

  • We’re committed to finding preferred solutions with big picture thinking in respect of large and complex policies, building trusting relationships with you based on continuity of experience
  • 0.3% and 1.7%* of cases in litigation 1st vs 3rd party

Value-adding Services for Key Clients

We discuss and implement client-specific Claims Protocols and dedicate experienced Claims experts to ensure we meet your business needs.

In 3rd party Claims we understand your unique requirements and support you over the long term.

  • We offer a digital interaction via our customer portal displaying time-accurate and meaningful Claims information
  • Claims insights and trend updates

Global Industry Solutions

Every business is different. That’s why we have specialist teams across various industry sectors to offer expert support as per your individual requirements.

Through this single point of contact, you will gain access to cutting-edge products, services and advice specifically cultivated with your core line of business in mind.

Global industry solutions bring the best of Allianz to our clients in a holistic way.

Financial Services

Segments: Universal Banks, Insurers, Traditional Asset Managers & Private Equity

Key LoB’s: Liability, Property, Financial Lines, ART

ContactMartin Zschech
Global Industry Solutions Director for FS
+49 89 3800 68703
martin.zschech@allianz.com

Technology, Media
and Telecom

Segments: Semi-conductor, Hi-Tech, Software & IT Services, Telecom network operations, Media (digital media, digital broadcasting)

Key LoB’s: Liability, Property, Financial Lines, Entertainment

Contact
Jody Yee
Global Industry Solutions Director TMT
+44 779 560 5136
jody.yee@allianz.com

Construction

Segments: Contractors (infrastructure, green energy, heavy/ light industries, retail)

Key LoB’s: Energy & Construction, Liability, Marine

Contact
Blanca Berruguete
Global Industry Solutions Director Construction
+ 34 660 999 638
blanca.berruguete@allianz.com

Alternative Risk Transfer

Integrated/Structured Solutions

Customized solutions provided on a multiyear, multi-line basis designed to complement or replace a client’s existing monoline program. Flexible integrated capacity can be utilized at different attachment points depending on client needs and locks in rates over the program term. Can range from being risk transfer to risk financing motivated, or a blend thereof.

We also provide direct Virtual Captive solutions that offer many benefits of a captive for clients that do not have one.

Fronting Solutions

Providing access to Allianz’s vast network of insurance carriers and partners, these solutions involve multi-year commitments and utilize proprietary techniques to minimize collateral requirements and reduce costs to clients.

Structured Captive Reinsurance

Providing flexible, structured reinsurance solutions to captives, again on a multiyear, multi-line basis to provide stability over time, while retaining the flexibility to deal with changing situations. These can be offered together with or independently of captive fronting programs.

Special Risks

Insurance or captive reinsurance for special risk outside of AGCS traditional Property and Casualty (P&C) lines that can be underwritten, or risk financed.

Capabilities

  • Global Fronting capability expands across 200+ countries and on a multi-line and multi-year basis, if needed.
  • Capacity typically €25mn per occurrence or €50mn per annum but can be higher depending on structure.
  • Broad range of P&C lines of business or a combination thereof.
  • Can include traditional and non-traditional elements, including parametric triggers.
  • Transactions up to 5 years tenure, with ability to extend.
  • Typical minimum premium (after profit commission) EUR250,000 p.a.​
  • Risk Financing structures work best where traditional ROL > [10%]​.

Underwriting Philosophy

Our underwriting process is essential to achieving the right balance between traditional risk transfer and coverage not available elsewhere. We ensure the right experts provide the right offering for you through:

  • Innovative solutions and leading-edge structuring and analysis.
  • Standalone underwriting capacity and authority.
  • A one-team approach across global functional teams.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

Background

  • ESG Board composed of Allianz SE Board Members responsible for the Group ESG strategy
  • ESG Center of Competence (CoC) in Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty established in January 2014, responsible for Allianz‘ P/C business globally
  • ESG is embedded in the global governance framework via Standards & Policies and core insurance processes (Underwriting, Risk Management) supported by a dedicated ESG desk (as part of the ESG CoC) and Communication

1.5°C Aligned Investment Portfolio

Proprietary investment portfolio committed to net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with 1.5°C (UN AOA, SBTi)

Coal Exit for Insurance and Investments

Bringing coal exposure of insurance and investment lines of business to 0% by 2040 latest

Renewable Energy in our Operations

Commitment to source 100% renewable electricity by 2023, reduction of operational emissions along 1.5°C pathway.

Net-zero Emissions commitment

  • € 131.5 bn sustainable investments (proprietary investments)
  • € 1,282.9 mn revenues from sustainable solutions for P&C - In 2022, we generated revenues totalling €1,282.9 mn from 103 Sustainable insurance solutions and from Insurance solutions with a sustainability component through our Sustainable Solutions program in P&C. (2021: € 1,215.6 mn from 118 solutions)

Renewable electricity and emissions

  • 89% renewable electricity of own operations
  • 1.0 t CO2e per employee carbon footprint of own operations
  • 16.2 mn t CO2e carbon footprint of proprietary investments (listed equities and corporate bonds)
  • 46.5 mn t CO2e Total GHG emissions (Total Greenhouse Gas include emissions from proprietary investments and own operations) - please state this as a reference if possible

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