Tag: Allianz

The Ghana Ministry of Finance, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the German Government, and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), have launched a project to develop flood insurance and financial resilience in Ghana.

Global insurer Allianz has entered a preferred partnership deal which will see it take on the majority of Aetna International’s health insurance portfolio outside the Americas, Thailand, and India.

Homethrive, which describes itself as a “caregiving benefit innovator”, has raised $20m in Series B funding in a round led by Human Capital.

Sanlam, a non-banking financial services company based in Africa, has partnered with insurer Allianz, to create a Pan-African insurance agent.

Allianz X has led a funding round of London-based B2B FinTech OpenGamma with a total of $21m.

International insurer Allianz SE is to acquire 72% of Greek insurer European Reliance General Insurance Company, as it looks to grow its franchise.

Paris-based insurer Seyna has raised €33m in a Series A round led by WhiteStar Capital and Elaia Capital.

Allianz has entered into an agreement with London-based InsurTech Cytora to enhance Allianz’s commercial insurance business with AI-based digital risk processing solutions.

A recent report by Allianz has found that scammers demanded an average payment of $5.3m from hacking victims during the first six months of 2021.

In a recent fireside chat, Quantexa CEO Vishal Marria spoke with Allianz Technology CFO Andrea Pettinelli to discuss where Allianz sees growth opportunities in the insurance space alongside potential disruptions caused by big market players entering the sector.