ALLIANZ LEGAL PROTECTION BOOSTS FINANCE TEAM

ALLIANZ LEGAL PROTECTION BOOSTS FINANCE TEAM 

Allianz Legal Protection (ALP) has strengthened its finance department to provide additional commercial and financial support to its senior management team. 

A new accounts team has been established which will be headed by Chris Johnson, previously management information (MI) manager for Allianz Retail, who has been promoted to the newly-created role of Legal Protection accountant. 

The team includes two financial analysts, Tracey Parker, who joins from Baker Tilly Chartered Accountants, and Wendy Roberts who makes an internal move. 

Commenting on his new role, Chris Johnson said: “The creation of this new team will ensure that we are well positioned to meet the opportunities and challenges involved with modelling and shaping the legal expenses environment in the post-Jackson world.” 
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Notes to Editors: 

1. Allianz Insurance is one of the largest general insurers in the UK and part of the Allianz SE Group, the largest property and casualty insurer worldwide. Reassuringly in these uncertain financial times, in July 2011 the Standard and Poor's rating for Allianz Insurance was reaffirmed as AA- with a stable outlook. As of December 2011, the rating of Allianz SE was also reaffirmed as is also AA- with a stable outlook. 

2. Allianz Legal Protection (ALP), part of Allianz’s Retail Division, has been a leading specialist legal protection insurer in the UK since its inception in 1986, initially providing a wide range of before the event insurance and then expanding into the after the event market in 2000. Since then ALP has gone on to become a market leader in this area. For more information please visit www.allianzlegalprotection.co.uk