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Allianz strengthens its service in the North and Scotland
Allianz Insurance has revised its operational structure with the objective of strengthening its service to brokers in the North and Scotland.
Combining two regional teams, the new regional team will include 170 commercial market facing employees across the four branch offices Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, covering the North and Scotland.
Chris Everett, Allianz’s current regional manager for the North, will lead the teams. Chris has a wealth of experience in distribution and customer relationship management and knows the regions well.
Allianz’s director of broker markets, Sarah Mallaby said:
“Our regional branch network ensures that our broker partners have access to local decision makers with an in-depth knowledge of the area, who are right by their side. This decision enables us to support our growth ambitions and further strengthen our relationships.”
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The information contained in this press release relates to Allianz Insurance plc. Allianz Insurance plc is one of the largest general insurers in the UK and part of the Allianz Group.
The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 88 million retail and corporate customers. Allianz Group 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 Group is one of the world’s largest investors, managing over 650 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers while our asset managers Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO manage an additional 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we hold the leading position for insurers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2017, over 140,000 employees in more than 70 countries achieved total revenue of 126 billion euros and an operating profit of 11 billion euros for the group.
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