Allianz Commercial welcomes new head of London region
Allianz Commercial has appointed Rob Carslake as its new head of London region for mid-market.
Regions: England
Half of UK truck drivers switch off safety assistance systems
As part of this year's 12th Allianz Motor Day, road users across five countries were surveyed regarding the safety of vulnerable road users in urban areas. The key finding of the survey showed that 54% percent of UK heavy vehicle drivers, such as trucks and vans, ‘often’ or ‘sometimes’ switch off the driver assistance systems in their vehicles.
Allianz is the world’s #1 insurance brand, ranking among the top 30 global brands for the first time
For the first time, Allianz has been named one of the 30 most valuable brands in the world, moving up two places to the 29th position in this year’s Best Global Brands ranking from Interbrand.
UK pet lovers encouraged to vote for their local animal charity
Entries now open for the 13th Annual Petplan & ADCH Animal Charity Awards
Petplan reveals a dangerous rise in obesity-related conditions in pets
Recent data from Petplan, the UK’s leading pet insurer, has highlighted an alarming trend in obesity-related claims such as arthritis, heart disease and diabetes, paying out over £50 million in claims for cats and dogs with arthritis from 2020 to 2023. These costs underscore the need for proactive measures to ensure our pets lead healthier lives.
Allianz UK reports increase in fraudulent hearing loss claims and cloned businesses
Allianz UK fraud teams are seeing a marked increase in fraudulent noise induced hearing loss and fake or cloned businesses claims coming through in the first half of 2024.
Allianz welcomes Graham Wright to lead home insurance business
Allianz UK has made a senior appointment to its growing personal lines business, hiring Graham Wright as managing director of home insurance.
Revenues increase 6.4% to £3.23bn for Allianz Group in UK
Half year 2024 results released today reveal that Allianz Group’s insurance businesses continued to grow in the UK, with their combined revenue up 6.4% on the previous year to £3.23bn.
Allianz pledges long-term commitment to rugby through a multi-year partnership with the Rugby Football Union
One of the world’s leading insurers, Allianz, and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) today announce the next step in their partnership, as Allianz extends its support for rugby by making a significant, long-term investment in the game.
Allianz refreshes Motor Trade products
With the automotive landscape continuing to develop with new technology in vehicles and a push to utilise greener, environmentally friendly practices, Allianz has refined its Motor Trade products to reflect the evolving needs of its customers and the technological changes that are impacting the motor trade sector.
Allianz UK creates new sustainability leadership role
Allianz has announced Bethany Thomas as the head of sustainability in a newly created role that centralises Allianz UK’s sustainability strategy.
Prison sentence for chicken shop owner convicted of fraud
A policyholder who presented a claim for fire damage to his business has been convicted of fraud after pleading guilty to giving insurers a false statement about his involvement in the fire.
Allianz unveils ambitious growth plans in engineering inspection business
Allianz Engineering Inspection Services (AEIS) has revealed its ambitious growth plans to become the biggest engineer surveyor team in the UK and offer market-leading inspection services aiming to grow their engineering workforce to over 800 in the next four years.
Allianz launches new home insurance product for UK consumers
As part of its UK growth strategy Allianz has launched a brand-new three tier home insurance product to provide more choice for UK homeowners.
Allianz welcomes Hanna Kam as chief risk officer and Jason Howes as chief transformation officer
Allianz UK has today made two key changes to its most senior leadership layer, welcoming Hanna Kam to the company as chief risk officer, and promoting Jason Howes to chief transformation officer.
The senior moves reflect an ongoing strategic drive to grow and strengthen Allianz in the UK and follow recent steps to build wider consumer and market awareness of the Allianz brand.
Hanna joins as
Allianz reveals biggest threats facing SMEs in 2024
New research by Allianz Commercial has found that inflation continues to be the biggest threat facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2024.
The recent survey of 500 SMEs revealed the top three threats to business are:
Inflation and the cost of living (61% said they feel under threat)
State of the UK economy (51% said they feel under threat)
Cash flow (31% said they feel under
Candid camera catches fraudster
A claimant who attempted to bring a claim against Allianz for £200,000, along with legal costs exceeding £80,000, is now facing the prospect of having to repay at least £40,000 in legal fees, having been found to be fundamentally dishonest.
Allianz Commercial appoints head of client relationship management for mid-market
Allianz Commercial has appointed Faith Kitchen to the position of head of client relationship management for mid-market.
Faith has more than 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry. She joins Allianz from Ecclesiastical where she most recently held the position of customer segment director. Prior to this, she spent 16 years at Zurich in a variety of roles across underwriting, product des
Allianz extends market visibility through rebrand of LV= Broker
Allianz has today announced the latest strategic advance for its brand in the UK by rebranding its personal lines broker business from LV= Broker to Allianz.
Allianz UK and Barnardo’s join forces to “change childhoods together”
One of the UK’s leading children’s charities and the world’s #1 insurance brand are joining forces in a bid to change the lives of young people in the UK.
Allianz UK has announced an exciting new three-year partnership with Barnardo’s. The partnership, which will run until the end of 2026, sees the organisations come together with the aim of delivering real and positive change to the lives of c
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