BBVA Allianz Seguros begins operations in Spain

BBVA Allianz Seguros, the bancassurance joint venture between Allianz Seguros and BBVA announced in April of this year, begins its operations in Spain. The new venture combines BBVA's banking expertise and distribution capacity in physical and digital channels with Allianz’s innovative, simple and digital non-life insurance solutions.

Allianz agrees to purchase Westpac’s General Insurance business

Allianz today announced it has agreed to purchase the general insurance business of Westpac, and enter into a new 20-year exclusive agreement for the distribution of general insurance products to Westpac customers.

Allianz achieves 2.9 billion euros operating profit in 3Q 2020

After a short period of economic recovery, the recent increase in infection rates has led many governments to intensify containment measures again to limit the spread of COVID-19. As the challenging socio-economic conditions persist, Allianz Group demonstrated its resilience again in the third quarter of 2020 and recorded a solid performance in all business segments nine months into the year.

Allianz and Telefónica create a partnership to deploy fiber in Germany through an open wholesale company

Allianz and Telefónica have reached an agreement for the creation of a joint venture to deploy Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) in Germany. Following closing, Allianz Group and Telefónica Group will each hold 50 percent in the joint venture company under a co-control governance model.

Allianz to invest in Portuguese gas distributor Galp Gás Natural Distribuição

Allianz Capital Partners on behalf of Allianz insurance companies and the Allianz European Infrastructure Fund has signed an agreement to purchase from Galp Energía S.A. a 75 percent stake in Galp Gás Natural Distribuição.

Allianz has more than 100 wind and solar parks with its first investments in Poland

Allianz Capital Partners on behalf of Allianz insurance companies (“Allianz”) has closed the acquisition of its first renewable energy installations in Poland from ENERTRAG, consisting of nine sites split into two projects, Dargikowo and Karlino. With these additions, Allianz now owns more than 100 wind and solar parks.

East Africa's Jubilee Insurance and Allianz forge strategic partnership

Jubilee Holdings Limited, East Africa’s largest insurance group, and Allianz, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers, have signed an agreement to establish a strategic partnership in the five African countries where Jubilee Insurance currently operates.

Allianz Benelux and Monument Re announce closed book portfolio transaction

Allianz Benelux (Belgium) and Monument Re have agreed today to transfer a closed book of classical life retail insurances together with 4,500 mortgage loans to Monument Assurance Belgium (MAB) and to transfer the related operations within 18 months after regulatory approvals. The transaction includes a portfolio of 95,000 policies with technical provisions of 1.4 billion euros under Solvency II.

Allianz achieves 2.6 billion euros operating profit in 2Q 2020

Internal revenue growth, which adjusts for currency and consolidation effects, amounted to -7.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020, mostly driven by the Life/Health business segment. Total revenues decreased 6.8 percent to 30.9 billion euros in the second quarter of 2020.