Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America provides fixed and variable annuities, life insurance policies, and long term care insurance products in the United States.
Allianz SE is a German multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core business and focus is insurance. As of 2010, it was the world's 12th-largest financial services group and 23rd-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine. Its Allianz Global Investors division ranks as a top-five global active investment manager, having €1,443 billion of assets under management , of which... €1,131 billion are third-party assets , with specialized asset managers such as PIMCO , RCM , Degi , etc. Allianz sold Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank in November 2008. As a result of this merger, Allianz gained a 14% controlling stake in the new Commerzbank Group. Allianz AG was founded in Berlin on 5 February 1890 by Carl von Thieme and Wilhelm von Finck . Allianz shifted its headquarters to Munich in 1949. The first step to become an international company started with the opening of a branch office in London in the late 19th century.more