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Allianz Malaysia Berhad is an investment holding company for both general and life insurance entities in Malaysia namely Allianz General Insurance Company (Malaysia) Berhad ("AGIC") and Bright Mission Berhad (formerly known as Commerce Assurance Berhad)"BMB"
for the general insurance arm and Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad ("ALIM") for life insurance arm.
Why Allianz??
"Allianz (help·info) SE[2] (formerly AG, FWB: ALV, NYSE: AZ) is one of the largest financial services providers in the world, headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Its core business and focus is insurance. With €92.5 billion of revenue during 2008, Allianz is the second largest international insurance and financial services organization in the world.
Allianz has recently (August 2008) announced plans to sell its ownership of Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank, largely for shares. As a result of this proposed merger, Allianz will end up with a 30% controlling stake in the combined Commerzbank/Dresdner.
Allianz Global Investors ranks as a top-five global active investment manager, having €970 billion of assets under management (AuM), of which €725 billion are third-party assets, with specialized asset managers such as PIMCO (Bond fund), RCM(Equity fund), AAAm(Fund of Hedge fund), Degi(Real estate fund), etc."
Allianz extends F1 Sponsorship
Allianz Insurance Management Asia Pacific
Singapore, Mar 24, 2009
Allianz sponsoring approach consists of a contract for trackside branding, an Official Global Partnership with Formula One™ and a team partnership with AT&T Williams.
"Extending our partnership clearly underlines our long-term commitment to Formula One™. It is a perfect platform to reach millions of people worldwide every race weekend," said Steven Althaus, Allianz Senior Vice President Global Market Management. In 2000, Allianz was one of the first financial service providers to sponsor Formula One™.
Steven Althaus, "Our key competence as a leading financial service provider is to help our customers to manage risks and opportunities. Allianz knows the principles of managing risks - in financial services as well as in Formula One™. The safety and risk management standards in Formula One™ provide us with insights that we can use for the benefit of our 50 million motor insurance customers worldwide." Heading into the company's tenth sponsorship year, the affiliation between Allianz and Formula One™ has proven its worth.
Continued Sponsorship in 2009/2010
Over the previous two decades, Allianz went through various acquisitions and rebrandings in different countries. To increase its brand awareness on a global scale the company has chosen to team up with Formula One™. In 2000 Allianz entered the Formula One™ arena through a team partnership with Williams. The company strengthened its engagement in 2002 through on-track advertising and in 2006 through pit lane branding at key races throughout the Grand Prix season. Allianz was the first sponsor to use pit lane branding.
As the Official Global Partner of Formula One™ since 2007, the company demonstrates its core competencies particularly with regards to risk management and road safety - the partnership with Safety Car driver Bernd Mayländer is an excellent example of this. In 2009, Allianz has deepened its AT&T Williams partnership through a road safety campaign with Nico Rosberg, AT&T Williams driver, to highlight the importance of wearing a seatbelt, the impact of speeding and the effects of drinking and driving.