October 28, 2024
Barclays Plc won a bid to cut more than half of the value of a London lawsuit brought by investors over allegations about its dark pool trading system after a judge struck out a series of claims. More than 100 …
August 2, 2024
An analysis of 32,000 aviation industry claims over five years shows crashes and collisions account for well over half the value of all claims. Allianz Commercial’s Aviation Risk, Claims and Insurance Outlook examines an aviation industry beleaguered in recent years …
June 14, 2024
The hurricane season continues to look like it will be a highly active one, as a potent and portentous weather pattern continues to take shape, an AccuWeather meteorologist told Claims Journal on Friday. “It certainly looks like it’s going to …
May 24, 2024
Allianz is the lead insurer for the Singapore Airlines aircraft which left one person dead and scores injured after it hit severe turbulence and had to be diverted to Bangkok this week, two sources said on Thursday. The sources familiar …
September 2, 2022
Fire has always been a peril for shipping, but the advent of lithium-ion batteries has elevated the risk to the point that it now is the most expensive cause of loss for the industry, according to a new bulletin issued …
May 17, 2022
Germany’s Allianz agreed to pay more than $6 billion and its US asset management unit will plead guilty to criminal securities fraud over the collapse of its Structured Alpha funds early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Allianz’s settlements with the U.S. …
March 11, 2022
It’s every investor’s dream: Make money when markets go up, and when markets go down, and even when markets go practically nowhere. But inside Allianz SE, where a handful of hedge fund managers claimed they could do just that, few …
March 1, 2022
FRANKFURT, Germany –– A number of big investors on Monday filed to end their lawsuits against Allianz after a settlement was reached over their losses in a multibillion-dollar trading debacle at the German asset manager’s funds arm. The move marks …
November 19, 2021
FRANKFURT — Allianz Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete said on Thursday that the financial world was getting more dangerous, not safer, setting an ominous tone for investors. Baete, who oversees one of the world’s largest insurers and asset managers, pointed …
June 11, 2021
Allianz Appoints Aviation Claims Head Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality promoted Cristina Schoen as global head of aviation claims in New York. Schoen previously was director of airline claims, a role she retains in her new position. She reports to …