From summit to survival: How Allianz Travel Insurance helped Mark escape a Mount Everest emergency

Mark Drew, a seasoned ultra-marathon athlete and Allianz customer, was on the adventure of a lifetime, a guided trek to Everest Base Camp. However, things took a serious turn when he was struck by severe altitude sickness. With his oxygen saturation level dropping to a dangerously low 70%, Mark suddenly had to be airlifted off the mountain to receive urgent, lifesaving medical care.

Thankfully, he had Allianz travel insurance, making all the difference when it mattered most. Watch his incredible story of endurance, emergency, and recovery below. 

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Mar 12, 2026 | Media release, Corporate Management

Allianz SE announces changes to its Board of Management

The Supervisory Board of Allianz SE today announced new leadership and portfolio changes within the Allianz SE Board of Management, highlighting the company's strategic development and succession planning as well as its deep talent pipeline.

Mar 11, 2026 | Media release, Power of Unity

A fragile recovery: global social resilience increases amid new risks

A worldwide index by Allianz Economic Research shows a slight increase in social resilience in 2025. This increase is driven by reduced inflation, currency stability, and firmer governance. However, some of these gains could be put to the test by a renewed energy shock triggered by the conflict in the Middle East.

Mar 10, 2026 | Article, Strategy & Investments, Artificial Intelligence

The Quiet Transformations: How AI Is Rewriting the Logic of Progress

This article explores how AI is reshaping organizational operations and customer interactions, emphasizing the importance of governance and infrastructure.

Mar 05, 2026 | Brand & Partnerships, Article, Olympics & Paralympics

Twenty years of momentum: Allianz and the Paralympic Movement

As the Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games 2026 approach, Allianz marks two decades alongside the Paralympic Movement. The anniversary matters not just for the milestone, but for what sustained commitment delivers in the years between the spotlight moments.

Mar 05, 2026 | Brand & Partnerships, Article, Olympics & Paralympics

Q&A: 20 years of Allianz and the Paralympic Movement

Explore Allianz's comprehensive Q&A on insuring the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games, highlighting our commitment to athlete safety, innovative insurance solutions, and strategic partnerships.

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The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers, active in almost 70 countries and serving around 97 million private and corporate customers*. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 764 billion euros** on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage about 2.0 trillion euros** of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are among the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2025, over 156,000 employees achieved total business volume of 186.9 billion euros and an operating profit of 17.4 billion euros for the Group.

* Customer count reflects Allianz customers in consolidated entities that are part of the customer reporting scope only.

** As of December 31, 2025.

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