Terms of participation for the Unity Awards

1.1 By entering the program, the participant (hereinafter: “the Participant”) will accept these terms and conditions.

1.2. The participation in the program is possible for all Instagram and LinkedIn users.

1.3 The contest begins on Monday, June 2, 2025 at 15:00 hrs CET and ends on June 30, 2025 at 23:59 hrs CET.

1.4 The Participant has to be at least 18 years old to take part in this program.

1.5 The Participant needs to post a comment describing why he/she, his/her/their teammate/s, coach/es, teammate/s, supporter/s or parents is/are enabler to address social or community challenges in a sports club, foster inclusion, and connection across differences, and/or create lasting impact and unity beyond the game. To increase your, his/her/their chances of winning, please upload a maximum 30 second video on your Instagram or LinkedIn account that describes how you, he/she/they or the club supports unity. The video must be publicly visible. When posting the comment or video the Participant needs to tag @Allianz and add the hashtag #allianzunityawards.

1.6 After posting the comment or Video you will be considered to the next steps of the selection process.

1.6 When posting the comment/video, the Participant shall consider his/her responsibility and make sure not to violate any rights of a third party, in particular if additional individuals are shown in the video. If these criteria are not met, Allianz SE is allowed to exclude persons from the raffle.

1.7 The posted video may be shown as part of the winner selection communication on internal and external Allianz communication channels. For any further communication purposes, the individual consent of the Participant will be collected.

1.8 One entry per person will be counted for the content. Allianz SE reserves the right to change, modify, end the competition or to exclude individuals from the competition if it appears someone is attempting to send multiple, automated entries or otherwise interfere with the competition.

2.1 In a first step representatives of Allianz SE will shortlist up to eight (8) participating individuums or teams based on the following criteria:

• a. Through their work in their sports club or association, they are addressing a social or community challenge;
• b. They foster inclusion; and
• c. Their work creates positive impact and unity beyond the game.

 2.2.  Afterwards a cross-functional 'jury' from Allianz SE will select three (3) participating individuals or teams to receive our award.

2.3 The winners will be informed via Direct Mail / a call to capture their reaction, including a proposal for a time slot for a video interview with representatives of Allianz SE.  

2.4 The decision with regard to the submitters is final. Legal remedies are excluded. Should disputes arise in connection with the identity of a participant, a decision is made in favour of the holder of the Instagram account that was used to participate in this program. Should the submitters have transmitted incorrect information which makes further contact to said submitters impossible, the latter forfeits all and any prize won. In such case, a substitute will be selected.

3.1. The three winners/winning teams will win jerseys and a monetary donation that the club can use for further initiatives to address social or community challenges and strengthen inclusion and connections across differences, creating positive impact and unity beyond the game. The winners are encouraged to make suggestions as to how the donation can be used. Possible uses include equipment for athletes, renovations to the clubhouse or joint excursions that strengthen the sense of community.

3.3 The prize cannot be assigned to third parties and cannot be paid out in cash.

3.4. All beneficiary associations or clubs selected will be subject to an integrity check. Should a selected organization fail to meet the necessary standards, we reserve the right to move on to the next eligible winner.

• 4.1 The winning club will get accompanied by a video team of Allianz for one day during the award ceremony.
• 4.3 The produced video and all related cut downs will be published on social and digital channels of Allianz, the IOC and the IPC. This requires that the winner and Allianz SE enter into a separate influencer agreement under which the communication rights of Allianz SE and its affiliates, the IOC and the IPC are set out.
• 4.4 In the event of failing to enter into the agreement as set out under clause 4.3 above within a reasonable period of time, the winner loses his/her claim to the prize and another winner will be chosen by Allianz SE.
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5.1 Participant hereby grants Allianz SE and its affiliated companies the non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid-up right, license and permission to display, post, publish, distribute, exhibit, reproduce, modify and/or otherwise use the picture and the Participant’s name, likeness, handle, and text in connection with such video (collectively, the “Content”) on Allianz SE websites, microsites and social media properties, including but not limited to Allianz’ verified/official pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vimeo, Google+, YouTube and/or Flickr (collectively, the “Websites”), for marketing, trade, advertising, promotional, public relations or any other purposes. The Participant agrees that it shall have no right of approval and no claim to compensation arising out of any use (in accordance with the terms hereof), alteration, editing, distortion, faulty reproduction, or use in any composite form of the Content. The Participant irrevocably and voluntarily waive any and all “moral rights” the Participant may have in the Content.

5.2. By posting the video, the Participant states that:

• (a) she/he is at least 18 Years old;
• (b) she/he is the sole creator of the video and has the right to grant the rights under these terms and conditions,
• (c) the video does not violate any applicable laws or regulations;
• (d) the video does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party;
• (e) the Participant has not granted or transferred any rights in or to the concept to any third party prior to the date of submission; 
• (f)  the Content does not contain any content that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, insulting, bullying, slanderous, or libelous or otherwise depicts inappropriate behavior or physical injury or death to living beings; and
• (g) you have a written privacy release(s) from any and all individuals appearing in the video.

5.3 The Participant agrees to indemnify and hold Allianz SE and its affiliated companies harmless from and against any and all claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and further from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to or arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of my warranties, representations or agreements hereunder.

6.1 Sponsor of the program is Allianz SE, Königinstr. 28, 80802 Munich, Germany. Contact: Telephone + 49 (0) 89 38 00 – 0.

6.2 Participant fully releases, waives and discharges, and covenants not to sue, Allianz SE (including but not limited to members, managers, employees, representatives, or agents) from and for any and all demands, claims, actions, suits, damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to court costs and attorneys’ fees), from any cause whatsoever (including, but not limited to, travel delays, property damage and loss, bodily injuries, sickness, disease and death), directly or indirectly arising in connection with the Participant’s participation in the raffle, whether or not foreseeable or contributed to by the negligent acts or omission of Allianz SE.

Allianz SE and its affiliates will not accept any liability for losses to property or for financial losses which may arise in connection with participation in the raffle.

This does not apply to losses, which Allianz SE or any of its affiliates have caused by intent or gross negligence. The liability exclusion clause does not apply to losses which are attributable to a breach of material contractual duties on the part of Allianz SE or its affiliates – even if this only constitutes slight negligence – but which is indispensable for achieving the purpose of the agreement (so called "cardinal duties") as long as these are losses which are typical of this type of agreement and which are foreseeable.

This shall have no effect on liability under the Product Liability Act or liability for culpable injury to life, the body and health.

The above liability limitations also apply to the benefit of the legal representatives, employees and other vicarious agents of Allianz SE and its affiliates

8.1 Allianz SE collects, processes, uses and stores the competition participants' data provided for the purpose of selecting a winner. Once the winner is selected, personal data and video recordings of the winner will be collected, used and processed for the promotional activities as described in the above sections.  The participants’ data will not be used for other purposes by Allianz SE without the express consent of the Participant.

8.2 All personal data of the Participant will be processed and used by Allianz SE in accordance with applicable law.

8.3 Further information can be viewed here.