Economic ResearchHow to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions has become one of the most central questions of this century. Tackling this challenge requires timely climate action. We explore ...

In August 2021, Allianz rolled out a set of Global Minimum Standards for its new Ways of Working (WOW) applicable to Allianz companies Group-wide. Flexibility, collaboration, and agility became the ...

Exceptionally strong growth According to the Allianz Global Insurance report, the global insurance industry grew by an estimated 7.5% in 2023, clocking the fastest growth since 2006, the year before ...

According to the Allianz Global Insurance Report 2025, the global insurance industry is estimated to have grown by +8.6% in 2024. This again exceeded the exceptional +8.2% growth recorded in the ...

Strong growth According to the Allianz Global Insurance Report 2023, total global insurance premium income amounted to almost EUR5.6trn in 2022. Life remains the largest segment (EUR2.6trn), ahead of ...

Allianz published the 13 th edition of its “Global Wealth Report”, which puts the asset and debt situation of households in almost 60 countries under the microscope. The last hurrah In retrospective, ...

The world has long passed the point where a gradual and essentially smooth economic transition was possible to achieve the Paris goals and keep the rise in global temperature below 1.5C. Consequently, ...

An initial ‘back of the envelope’ calculation suggests that the recent heatwave across the United States, Southern Europe, and China may have cost 0.6pp of GDP in 2023. The cost ranges from 0.1pp for ...

Allianz has published the twelfth edition of its “Global Wealth Report”, which puts the asset and debt situation of households in almost 60 countries under the microscope. Saved from the crisis 2020 ...

In Focus - Bonjour tristesse: Planned pension reform in France stirring up social tensions The current reform proposal in France has been met with considerable anger, seen as the end of savoir vivre.

The rebound in business insolvencies is picking up speed: Our Global Insolvency Index is set to jump by +21% in 2023 and +4% in 2024. Half of the countries we analyzed are likely to exceed their ...

Eurozone corporate profit margins reached 40.8% of gross value-added at end-2022 (+0.6pp above the long-term average). But the devil is in the details. Italy and Spain seem better positioned compared ...