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
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
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 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 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.
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
Allianz has today thanked Mike Crane for his dedicated contribution following his decision to leave his role as Managing Director (MD) of Allianz’s personal lines broker business in the UK, which rebrands next Wednesday from LV= Broker to Allianz. He is replaced by Nicola George, subject to regulatory approval.
Mike joined LV= GI in 2008, initially building its commercial business prior to beco
Allianz is recruiting a number of lift and crane apprentices for the fourth cohort of its Engineer Surveyor Apprenticeship programme starting in October this year.
Allianz Commercial has today announced the appointment of Alex Ktenidis to a senior leadership position as director of digital trading and Allianz Legal Protection (ALP).
Allianz Commercial, Allianz Personal, Allianz Partners and Allianz Trade will come together at BIBA to represent Allianz’s UK presence Commercial managing director, Nadia Côté will discuss ‘What’s next for insurers’ at a BIBA hosted panel event Hosted by broadcaster Steph McGovern, the ‘BIBA Special’ episode of Allianz’s ‘Insurance Tomorrow’ podcast will be released
Employees at Allianz Insurance are celebrating receiving Chartered Insurers Status awarded by Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII) for 2024. This is the 14th year that the Commercial business has achieved Chartered Status.
Dave Carey, managing director, mid market, Allianz Commercial commented: “I’m incredibly proud that we have been awarded Chartered Insurer status again. Retaining our statu
With Easter right round the corner, we’re all undoubtedly tempted by our sweet tooth, however with recent data from Petplan, the UK’s leading pet insurer, showing that emergency trips to the vet for cases of chocolate poisoning are at a record high, dog owners are urged to think twice about where they keep their chocolate eggs.
