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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

AGCS names leader of downstream energy unit, Regional London Energy team

14th September 2017

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a division of global insurer Allianz, has announced that Anthony Vassallo has been appointed as a Senior Underwriter to lead its downstream energy unit within its Regional London Energy team. Vassallo has been with the firm since 2003, and has worked across numerous specialty lines ... Read the full article

Allianz partners with InsurTech firm on aviation insurance solutions

19th July 2017

Subsidiary of global insurer Allianz Group, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has partnered with InsurTech firm, Visicover, and will now underwrite the company's aircraft insurance solutions and provide the claims management service. Under the new partnership agreement Visicover, an online award-winning InsurTech firm, will offer both its existing and new ... Read the full article

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE opens South Korea branch

29th June 2017

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) SE is opening a Seoul branch targeting "significant growth opportunities" in the South Korean corporate and specialty insurance segment as the country launches a number of large-scale infrastructure projects. Noh Chang Tae, a Korean national with almost 25 years insurance experience, will assume the role ... Read the full article

Allianz warns against complacency despite 50% decline in global shipping losses

15th June 2017

Analysis by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a division of global insurer Allianz, reveals that worldwide shipping losses declined by 50% in 2016 over the last ten years. However, with areas of concern appearing to be on the rise and budgets coming under increasing strain, the insurer warns against ... Read the full article

Allianz AGCS promotes Hansen to lead global aviation

25th May 2017

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), the corporate focused division of insurance and reinsurance giant Allianz, has promoted Mike Hansen to be its new Global Head of Aviation, effective immediately. Hansen will succeed Henning Haagen who has managed AGCS’s aviation business for five years. Haagen was appointed Northeast Zone Executive for ... Read the full article

AGCS & Praedicat combine science with risk management to identify future liability risks

11th May 2017

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has collaborated with InsurTech firm Praedicat to utilise big data, advanced data analytics, and comprehensive predictive modelling techniques to better identify future catastrophe liability exposures. AGCS is the corporate insurance carrier of global insurer and reinsurer Allianz, and together with Los Angeles, U.S., domiciled InsurTech ... Read the full article

AGCS appoints new offshore energy underwriter in London

5th May 2017

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), a division of insurer and reinsurer Allianz, has announced the appointment of Zoe Massie as Offshore Energy Underwriter, based in the firm's London energy team. In her new role Massie will report to Tracey Hunt, AGCS Regional Head of Energy, London. Massie started her insurance ... Read the full article