A possible breakthrough over Solvency II capital requirements is already under fire as Allianz says it gives ‘no adequate answer’ for some concerns

As go the global bond markets, so may go German insurer Allianz. Or so some investors fear.

By Douglas Albo:A lot of discussion in the financial media and market blogs revolves around the Allianz/PIMCO closed-end funds (CEFs) and for good reason. Not only are their fixed income CEFs some of the most popular funds for income investors, but t

Analysts expect Munich Re to suffer similar losses after parts of Germany and neighbouring countries were inundated with water as rivers overflowed

* Allianz shares up 0.8 pct, European sector index up 0.3 pct (Adds analyst forecast for Munich Re hit, GDV)

* Still no estimate from reinsurers Munich Re, Hannover Re

FRANKFURT, June 14 (Reuters) - Allianz says it expects a net hit of around 350 million euros ($465.5 million) from the flooding in central Europe, it said on Friday, in its first estimate of the losses.

FRANKFURT, June 10 (Reuters) - Allianz faces damage claims of 460 million euros ($608.1 million) from flooding in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, insurance analysts at JP Morgan have estimated.

* 1.6 mln used to pay back Soffin, 750 mln for Allianz (Adds detail on distribution of proceeds)

We recently heard about a woman who’d purchased insurance on her airline ticket, only to have to resort to a public shaming of the company behind it, Allianz, for her $451 refund when she canceled her trip for health reasons. Which begs the que

* Investors stick with big asset managers -Allianz CFO (Adds Vanguard comment)

* Investors stick with big asset managers -Allianz CFO (Adds Vanguard comment)

FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - Commerzbank is offering shares at a deep discount in a 2.5 billion euro ($3.3 billion) capital increase aimed at repaying funds it owes to the German government and insurer Allianz.

WARSAW, May 9 (Reuters) - Belgian banking and insurance group KBC sold its Polish pension asset management business to a unit of German insurer Allianz, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday.

FRANKFURT, May 8 (Reuters) - Allianz SE said on Wednesday it would redeem all of its $2 billion 8.375 percent undated subordinated callable bonds.

Portfolio manager Eric Scholl explains how he unearths high yield, short duration bonds for the AllianzGI Short Duration Fund.

Germany’s two largest insurance groups shrug off problems of record low interest rates and beat expectations by posting strong first-quarter earnings

MUNICH, May 7 (Reuters) - Allianz expects earnings at its property and casualty insurance business to improve slightly this year, while earnings in life and health insurance as well as asset management should decline slightly, the company's chief exe

Germany's Allianz SE (OTC: AZSEY) reported around 24% rise in its net profit for the first quarter.Allianz's quarterly net profit surged to about EUR1.7 billion, versus EUR1.37 billion, in the year-ago quarter. However, analysts were expecting a prof

Germany's Allianz SE (ALV.XE) on Tuesday said net profit rose about 24% in the first quarter, due to a strong contribution from all three business divisions--property and casualty, life and health insurance, and asset management.

Germany's Allianz SE (ALV.XE) on Tuesday said net profit rose about 24% in the first quarter, due to a strong contribution from all three business divisions--property and casualty, life and health insurance, and asset management.

MILAN, May 2 (Reuters) - Italian insurer Unipol has received 10-15 expressions of interest for 1.7 billion euros ($2.24 billion) in assets it must sell as part of a merger with peer Fondiaria-SAI,...

MILAN, May 2 (Reuters) - Italian insurer Unipol has received 10-15 expressions of interest for 1.7 billion euros ($2.24 billion) in assets it must sell as part of a merger with peer Fondiaria-SAI,...

MILAN, May 2 (Reuters) - Italian insurer Unipol has received 10-15 expressions of interest for 1.7 billion euros ($2.24 billion) in assets it must sell as part of a merger with peer Fondiaria-SAI, the company's CEO said on Thursday.

Allianz SE

Allianz SE

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Renewable energy production and infrastructure are gaining investor appeal as they become less dependent on government support in more European markets, the asset management arm of insurer Allianz said on Thursday.

* Sees sector on solid course to freeing itself of support

* Sees sector on solid course to freeing itself of support

* Sees sector on solid course to freeing itself of support

Allianz insurance bends over backward to get the medical answer it wants to deny payment.Barbara Butkus bought an airline ticket in November to fly from Palm Springs to Washington, D.C., a month later for a family reunion.    

(Corrects Rheinmetall item to show KMW is not a unit of Rheinmetall, corrects Reuters stock code in Allianz item)

SAO PAULO, April 17 (Reuters) - Allianz SE, Europe's biggest insurer, is in talks to buy the naming rights to a soccer stadium under construction in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo, in what may become the first major soccer sponsorship deal in the co

SAO PAULO, April 17 (Reuters) - Allianz SE, Europe's biggest insurer, is in talks to buy the naming rights to a soccer stadium under construction in Brazil's largest city Sao Paulo, in what may become the first major soccer sponsorship deal in the co

SAO PAULO, April 17 (Reuters) - Allianz SE,Europe's biggest insurer, is in talks to buy the naming rightsto a soccer stadium under construction in Brazil's largest citySao Paulo, in what may become the first major soccer sponsorshipdeal in the countr

* Fraport, GIP, Brookfield, Allianz put in tentative offers - sources

* Fraport, GIP, Brookfield, Allianz put in tentative offers - sources

If one of your biggest fears is that some day you may become a “bag lady,” know that you’re not alone. In fact, according to a new survey from Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, almost half of American women

Former SAP and Allianz executive named as group CIO of UBS.

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Bankers are preparing debt packages of just under 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for the possible sale of ferry group Scandlines by 3i and Allianz Capital Partners,...

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Bankers are preparing debt packages of just under 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to help smooth the potential sale of ferry group Scandlines by 3i and Allianz Capital Partners, banking sources said.

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Bankers are preparing debt packages of just under 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to help smooth the potential sale of ferry group Scandlines by 3i and Allianz Capital Partners, banking sources said.

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Bankers are preparing debt packages of just under 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to help smooth the potential sale of ferry group Scandlines by 3i and Allianz Capital...

LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Bankers are preparing debt packages of just under 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to help smooth the potential sale of ferry group Scandlines by 3i and Allianz Capital...