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 ...

Swiss shotgun wedding: what’s next? Last Sunday, UBS agreed to buy domestic competitor Credit Suisse in a government-brokered all-share deal for USD3.25bn – the largest bank merger since the global ...

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 ...

Extreme weather events have almost become the new normal around the world, emphasizing the urgency of the global climate crisis. Yet, climate literacy has declined to an alarmingly low level. 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 ...

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 ...

Between the end of World War II in May 1945 and Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Europe has enjoyed an exceptionally long period of peace on its soil: 77 years. The decolonization wars 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, ...

Allianz launched the second edition of its Global Pension Report, which analyzes 75 pension systems around the globe using its proprietary Allianz Pension Index (API). The index consists of three ...

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, ...