Life Lessons from Football
Life Lessons from Football

As legendary soccer star Oliver Kahn caught up with 56 young athletes at the 2018 Allianz Explorer Camp, he revisited five life lessons from football…

Water: Thirst for Life
Thirst for life

This year’s exceptionally hot summer in large parts of the planet has highlighted the precariousness of a finite resource – clean, consumable water – that we too often take for granted…

Allianz names Bart Schlatmann as CEO of its European direct business
Allianz names Bart Schlatmann as CEO of its European direct business

Allianz today announced that it has named Bart Schlatmann as CEO of its European direct business. Bart, who has vast experience in leading large corporate transformation, will assume his responsibilities starting September 1, 2018. Bart Schlatmann joins Allianz from Russia’s Sberbank, where he served as Chief Transformation Officer, responsible for the digital overhaul of client services. Before that, he worked at the ING Group for 22 years, spending his last 10 years there as Chief Operating Officer of ING Netherlands.

Allianz Partners to further boost innovation with four Innovation Centers
Allianz Partners to further boost innovation with four Innovation Centers

Leveraging its knowledge and expertise in assistance, automotive, health and travel protection, Allianz Partners further embraces technological disruption and redefines insurance by establishing three new innovation centers focusing on travel, health and assistance, following the success of its pioneering Automotive Innovation Center, launched in 2014.

California Wildfires 2018: Reign of Fire
Reign of Fire

Wildfires in California have burnt through 820,000 acres so far this year. As the U.S. state battles the blaze, is it time to accept that bigger and more frequent wildfires are the new normal?

Allianz reports strong results for 2Q 2018 and confirms full-year outlook
Allianz reports strong results for 2Q 2018 and confirms full-year outlook

After a successful start into 2018, Allianz Group continued to achieve good performance in the second quarter. Indicators remained close to or exceeded the second-quarter 2017 levels, despite burdens from geopolitical instabilities and currency fluctuations. 

Allianz World Run 2018: Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run

Pull up your socks and dust off those shoes. The Allianz World Run 2018 has begun and you’re invited to be a part of the fun run to good health.Over the past two years of the Allianz World Run, more than 22,000 Allianz employees from 55 countries ran 2.75 million kilometers, each year smashing the record for the “longest cumulative distance run by one team in 90 days”. This time around, the event has been opened to everyone as Allianz aims to inspire more people to get moving. 

Allianz calls on runners globally to join World Run 2018
Allianz calls on runners globally to join World Run 2018

Allianz invites runners worldwide to join one of the largest global running events ever – and be part of smashing yet another world record. Seeking to inspire people to undertake recreational physical activity, Allianz has opened its annual employee event “Allianz World Run” to all walkers and runners outside of the company. It is taking place until October 24.

Allianz HR Fact Book 2017: People of tomorrow
People of Tomorrow

With rapid developments in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive computing and the like, we’re now racing towards the “third digital decade”, which promises to be a lot more frantic, disruptive and unpredictable than those before. Allianz has taken the lead in giving its employees tools to stay ahead of the learning curve...