Form 6-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rules 13a-16 or 15d-16 under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

for the period ended June 30, 2008

Commission file Number: 1-15154

ALLIANZ SE

Königinstrasse 28

80802 Munich

Germany

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  x            Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes  ¨            No  x

THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K (EXCEPT FOR ANY NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURE AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN REGULATION G UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED) SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-13462 AND NO. 333-139900) AND ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-151308) OF ALLIANZ SE AND TO BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE DISCLOSURE CONTAINING ANY NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURE CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED REPORT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION REFERENCES TO “CONSOLIDATED OPERATING PROFIT” AND OPERATING PROFIT AS IT RELATES TO THE ALLIANZ GROUP, INCLUDING THE TABLES ENTITLED “OPERATING PROFIT” ON PAGE 2 AND PAGE 4 (AS IT RELATES TO THE ALLIANZ GROUP) AND THE SECTION ENTITLED “RECONCILIATION OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATING PROFIT AND INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY INTERESTS IN EARNINGS”, AND TO ANY OTHER NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES, IS NOT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED REGISTRATION STATEMENTS FILED BY ALLIANZ SE.


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Content

 

Group Management Report        
Executive Summary and Outlook   2  
Property-Casualty Insurance Operations   12  
Life/Health Insurance Operations   18  
Banking Operations   24  
Asset Management Operations   28  
Corporate Activities   32  
Balance Sheet Review   34  
Other Information   38  
Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the Second Quarter and the First Half of 2008      
Detailed Index   41    
Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements   42    
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements   47    

 

Allianz Share

 

Development of the Allianz share price since January 1, 2008

indexed on the Allianz share price in

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Source: Thomson Financial Datastream

Current information on the development of the Allianz share price is available on the internet at www.allianz.com/share.

 

Basic Allianz share information

 

         
Share type     Registered share with restricted transfer
Denomination     No-par-value share
Stock exchanges     All German stock exchanges, London,
      Paris, Zurich, Milan, New York
Security Codes     WKN 840 400
        ISIN DE 000 840 400 5
Bloomberg     ALV GY
Reuters       ALVG.DE

Investor Relations

We endeavor to keep our shareholders up-to-date on all company developments. Our Investor Relations Team is pleased to answer any questions you may have.

Allianz SE

Investor Relations

Koeniginstrasse 28

80802 Muenchen

Germany

Fax:     + 49 89 3800 3899

E-Mail: investor.relations@allianz.com

Internet: www.allianz.com/investor-relations

For telephone enquiries, our “Allianz Investor Line” is available:

  + 49 1802 2554269

  + 49 1802 ALLIANZ



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Allianz Group Key Data

 

              Three months ended June 30,        Six months ended June 30,
               2008        2007       

Change
from
previous

year

       2008        2007       

Change

from
previous
year

INCOME STATEMENT                                        
Total revenues 1)    mn     22,037     24,337     (9.5)%     49,690     53,660     (7.4)%
Operating profit 2)    mn     2,104     3,288     (36.0)%     3,960     6,158     (35.7)%
Net income    mn     1,542     2,140     (27.9)%     2,690     5,380     (50.0)%
                                         
SEGMENTS                                        
Property-Casualty                                        
Gross premiums written    mn     9,842     9,982     (1.4)%     23,552     24,093     (2.2)%
Operating profit 2)   mn     1,683     1,894     (11.1)%     3,162     3,161     0.0%
Net income   mn     1,822     1,380     32.0%     2,879     2,560     12.5%
Combined ratio   %     93.5     92.9     0.6 pts     94.1     94.8     (0.7) pts
                                         
Life/Health                                        
Statutory premiums   mn     10,729     11,758     (8.8)%     23,056     24,084     (4.3)%
Operating profit 2)   mn     703     758     (7.3)%     1,292     1,508     (14.3)%
Net income   mn     425     479     (11.3)%     877     1,032     (15.0)%
Statutory expense ratio   %     12.2     9.6     2.6 pts     10.5     8.4     2.1 pts
                                         
Banking                                        
Operating revenues   mn     694     1,850     (62.5)%     1,472     3,951     (62.7)%
Operating profit 2)   mn     (568)     448     n.m.     (1,024)     1,148     n.m.
Net income   mn     (552)     411     n.m.     (1,090)     1,036     n.m.
Cost-income ratio   %     172.0     72.3     99.7 pts     164.1     69.4     94.7 pts
                                         
Asset Management                                        
Operating revenues   mn     738     797     (7.4)%     1,465     1,577     (7.1)%
Operating profit 2)   mn     281     325     (13.5)%     522     637     (18.1)%
Net income   mn     120     134     (10.4)%     198     233     (15.0)%
Cost-income ratio   %     61.9     59.2     2.7 pts     64.4     59.6     4.8 pts
                                         
BALANCE SHEET                                        
Total assets as of June 30, 3)   mn     1,016,396     1,061,149     (4.2)%     1,016,396     1,061,149     (4.2)%
Shareholders’ equity as of June 30, 3)   mn     40,457     47,753     (15.3)%     40,457     47,753     (15.3)%
Minority interests as of June 30, 3)   mn     3,398     3,628     (6.3)%     3,398     3,628     (6.3)%
                                         
SHARE INFORMATION                                        
Basic earnings per share       3.44     4.85     (29.1)%     5.98     12.32     (51.5)%
Diluted earnings per share       3.39     4.75     (28.6)%     5.85     12.08     (51.6)%
Share price as of June 30, 3)       111.90     147.95     (24.4)%     111.90     147.95     (24.4)%
Market capitalization as of June 30, 3)   bn     50.6     66.6     (24.0)%     50.6     66.6     (24.0)%
                                         
OTHER DATA                                        
Third-party assets under management as of June 30, 3)   bn       740       765       (3.3)%       740       765       (3.3)%

 

1) 

Total revenues comprise Property-Casualty segment’s gross premiums written, Life/Health segment’s statutory premiums, Banking segment’s operating revenues and Asset Management segment’s operating revenues.

2) 

The Allianz Group uses operating profit to evaluate the performance of its business segments and the Group as a whole.

3) 

2007 figures as of December 31, 2007.

 

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Executive Summary and Outlook 1)

– Revenues were 7.4 % lower as a tough environment resulted in a slowdown in sales of unit-linked life insurance    products and a net dealing loss in Banking.

– Operating profit decreased by 1.2 billion mainly attributable to Banking. Other segments were resilient.

– Net income was 0.6 billion lower as a result of reduced operating profit.

– Capital position remains strong.

 

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1) 

The Allianz Group operates and manages its activities primarily through four operating segments: Property-Casualty, Life/Health, Banking and Asset Management. Effective January 1, 2006, in addition to our four operating segments and with retrospective application, we introduced a fifth business segment named Corporate.

2) 

Does not include minority interests.

 

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Allianz Group Interim Report Second Quarter and First Half of 2008     Group Management Report

 

Allianz Group’s Consolidated Results of Operations

In the second quarter of 2008 (2Q 2008), we recorded revenues of € 22,037 million, and delivered € 2,104 million of operating profit and € 1,542 million of net income. Compared to the second quarter of 2007 (2Q 2007), results declined significantly.

Operating profit declined by 36.0 % to € 2,104 million. This shortfall is almost entirely due to banking operations. Mark-downs on asset-backed securities (“ABS”), counterparty default adjustments on monoliners and mark-to-market valuations of other trading positions led to a net dealing loss at Dresdner Bank of € 627 million after a net trading income of € 351 million a year ago. In contrast, operating profit from our insurance and Asset Management businesses was resilient despite the credit crisis.

With income from non-operating items relatively flat at € 82 million, net income was almost entirely driven by operating profit.

 

Total revenues 1)

Total revenues – Segments

in mn

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Total revenues decreased by 9.5 % to € 22,037 million. On an internal basis2), growth declined by 7.4 %. This was due to decreased revenues from the sale of unit-linked life insurance products, lower contribution from our bancassurance sales channels and the net dealing loss from our investment bank.

Property-Casualty

At € 10,114 million, gross premiums written were 3.1 % ahead of previous year on an internal basis. On a nominal basis, revenues were down by 1.4 % to € 9,842 million, mainly reflecting the reclassification of AGF’s health business which was transferred to the Life/Health segment. Adjusted for the health business transferred, revenues increased by 1.4 %. With the exception of Italy and Credit Insurance, we saw growth in almost all regions and lines of business, though

 

1) 

Total revenues comprise Property-Casualty segment’s gross premiums written, Life/Health segment’s statutory premiums, Banking segment’s operating revenues and Asset Management segment’s operating revenues.

2

Internal total revenue growth excludes the effects of foreign currency translation as well as acquisitions and disposals. Please refer to page 39 for a reconciliation of nominal total revenue growth to internal total revenue growth for each of our segments and the Allianz Group as a whole. Starting in 2Q 2008 we will focus our comments on internal growth, in order to provide more comparable information.


 

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premium growth at Allianz Sach in Germany was flat. A key growth driver was our activities in the emerging markets 1), where our expansion strategy continued to pay off.

For the first half year, gross premiums written increased by 1.1 % on an internal basis to € 23,827 million. Nominal growth amounted to (2.2) %, with premiums of € 23,552 million. Adjusted for the health business transferred, the premium growth rate was flat at 0.1 %.

Life/Health

Statutory premiums from our life/health business decreased by 8.0 % on an internal basis to € 11,070 million in the second quarter 2008. On a nominal basis revenues dropped by 8.8 % to € 10,729 million. Adjusted for the health business transferred, premiums declined by 10.9 %. Premiums from unit-linked products and revenues from our bancassurance sales channels declined whereas traditional life insurance products recorded strong growth in Germany, Switzerland and Belgium.

On a year-to-date basis the reduction of statutory premiums was lower – down 3.8 % to € 23,727 million on an internal basis, and down 4.3 % to € 23,056 on a nominal basis. Adjusted for the transfer of AGF’s health business, premiums declined by 6.5 %.

Banking

In the second quarter, revenues in our banking segment decreased to a nominal € 694 million. This development was mainly driven by the financial markets turbulence which led to significant shortfalls, resulting in a net dealing loss of € (630) million coming from a gain of € 354 million. Net fee and commission income showed weak development for the same reason, whereas net interest income was stable.

In the first six months revenues were down 62.7 % to a nominal € 1,472 million, mostly driven by a net dealing loss of € 1,192 million, after a gain of € 695 million a year earlier.

 

1) 

New Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Mexico, Middle East, Northern Africa and Africa/Near East.

 

Asset Management

Net inflows of € 33 billion exceeded the prior year performance by far, however negative foreign currency effects alone more than outweighed the high net inflows. With € 740 billion as of June 30, 2008 third party assets under management were € 25 billion below the year end 2007 level.

Operating revenues dropped by a nominal 7.4 % and 7.1 % on a quarter-over-quarter and year-to-date basis to € 738 million and € 1,465 million, respectively. A shortfall in net fee and commission income, unfavorable currency effects as well as lower mark-to-market valuation of seed money investments in the United States were the main reasons for this development.

Operating profit

Operating profit – Segments

in mn

 

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Operating profit amounted to € 2,104 million, a decline of €1,184 million compared to the record quarter of 2Q 2007.

Property-Casualty

Operating profit decreased by 11.1 % to € 1,683 million, mainly due to reduced investment income and a high impact from smaller natural catastrophes. Our combined ratio increased to 93.5 %.


 

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On a six months basis, operating profit was stable at € 3,162 million.

Life/Health

Despite the tough economic environment, we generated an operating profit of € 703 million. Maintaining operating profit on such levels attests to the underlying strength of our business. Nevertheless, turbulence in the financial markets affected our operating profit through higher impairments and lower realized gains.

On a six months basis, operating profit was down by 14.3 % to € 1,292 million. In the prior year, we recorded large realized gains in the first quarter due to the favorable market conditions existing at the time.

Banking

As a result of the weak revenue situation operating profit declined by € 1,016 million (1H 2008: € (2,172) million) leading to an operating loss of € 568 million (1H 2008: € (1,024) million). We achieved significant cost savings in almost every expense category. Administrative expenses were down 12.7 % to € 1,165 million in 2Q 2008 and down 13.2 % to € 2,383 million in the first half.

Asset Management

At € 281 million, operating profit decreased by € 44 million from a year ago in the quarter-over-quarter comparison, with foreign exchange having a significant impact. Operating revenues increased by 4.3% on an internal basis. Underlying operating expenses reflect our continuous investment in business expansion and future growth. The cost-income ratio increased by 2.7 percentage points to 61.9 %. On a year-to-date basis, it amounted to 64.4 %, up 4.8 percentage points.

 

Corporate Segment

Operating profit amounted to € 5 million coming from a loss of € 10 million and the operating loss for the first half stood at € 71 million, 36.0 % lower than in the respective period in 2007.

Non-operating result

Non-operating items showed a gain of € 82 million after a non-operating loss of € 90 million a year ago.

Impairments on investments were € 498 million higher than in 2Q 2007, however the increase was outweighed by the higher level of realized gains of € 604 million. A large portion of these gains resulted from large scale transactions at profits already locked-in in prior years, plus smaller, planned divestment activities. Lower interest expense from external debt and decreased acquisition expenses contributed to the improvement in non-operating items.

We recorded a non-operating gain of € 128 million for the first half of 2008, representing a decline of € 1,468 million as impairments on investments increased significantly by € 894 million and realized gains declined by € 791 million. In the prior year, we recorded realized gains net of impairments of € 2,446 million stemming primarily from the sales of equity investments in a very favorable market environment.

Net income

Net income of € 1,542 million was almost entirely derived from operating profit. Lower income tax expenses mainly resulting from lower income tax rates applied on lower taxable income in 2Q 2008, and lower minorities in earnings due to the minority buy-out at AGF in France completed last year positively contributed to net income development. The effective tax rate was down by 1.5 percentage points to 25.3 %.

On a six months basis, net income of € 2,690 million was also derived mainly from operating profit. Lower income tax expenses and reduced minority interests in earnings contributed positively to net income.


 

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Earnings per share 1)

in

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1) 

See note 35 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements for further details.


 

Segment Information – Total Revenues and Operating Profit

 

        Property-
Casualty
       Life/Health        Banking        Asset
Management
       Corporate       

Consolidation

      

Group

         

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

 mn

      

2008

 mn

      

2007

 mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

Three months ended June 30,                                                                                    
Total revenues 1)     9,842     9,982     10,729     11,758     694     1,850     738     797             34     (50)     22,037     24,337
Operating profit (loss)     1,683     1,894     703     758     (568)     448     281     325     5     (10)         (127)     2,104     3,288
Non-operating items     626     180     (58)     15     68     39     (89)     (82)     (244)     (74)     (221)     (168)     82     (90)
Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     2,309     2,074     645     773     (500)     487     192     243     (239)     (84)     (221)     (295)     2,186     3,198
Income taxes     (432)     (578)     (200)     (234)     (37)     (56)     (71)     (101)     184     80     4     31     (552)     (858)
Minority interests in earnings     (55)     (116)     (20)     (60)     (15)     (20)     (1)     (8)     (3)     (4)     2     8     (92)     (200)
Net income (loss)       1,822       1,380       425       479       (552)       411       120       134       (58)       (8)       (215)       (256)       1,542       2,140
Six months ended June 30,                                                                                    
Total revenues 1)     23,552     24,093     23,056     24,084     1,472     3,951     1,465     1,577             145     (45)     49,690     53,660
Operating profit (loss)     3,162     3,161     1,292     1,508     (1,024)     1,148     522     637     (71)     (111)     79     (185)     3,960     6,158
Non-operating items     721     844     (40)     118     116     156     (204)     (204)     (346)     437     (119)     245     128     1,596
Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     3,883     4,005     1,252     1,626     (908)     1,304     318     433     (417)     326     (40)     60     4,088     7,754
Income taxes     (910)     (1,115)     (336)     (435)     (153)     (224)     (117)     (181)     270     55     20     75     (1,226)     (1,825)
Minority interests in earnings     (94)     (330)     (39)     (159)     (29)     (44)     (3)     (19)     (10)     (8)     3     11     (172)     (549)
Net income (loss)       2,879       2,560       877       1,032       (1,090)       1,036       198       233       (157)       373       (17)       146       2,690       5,380

 

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Total revenues comprise Property-Casualty segment’s gross premiums written, Life/Health segment’s statutory premiums, Banking segment’s operating revenues and Asset Management segment’s operating revenues.

 

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Impact of the financial markets turbulence

The crisis in the mortgage market in the United States led to a devaluation of prices for various asset-backed securities (“ABS”), even for those with a high rating. Primarily, this affected collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”), and residential mortgage-backed securities especially those originating in the United States (“U.S. RMBS”).

The turbulence in the financial markets also impacted our business development, however the impact varied in each business segment.

The major impact of this crisis occurs in the Banking segment, with the substantial portion being attributable to some business units of Dresdner Bank’s investment banking activities. In contrast, impacts on our insurance operations have been far less severe although sales of our unit-linked life insurance products were depressed by the current market conditions. The investment activities of the insurance segments were only impacted to a very limited extent, reflecting the high quality of the asset bases with no material CDO and subprime exposure. Similarly, the direct impact on our Asset Management segment was of minor importance.

Impact on insurance assets

Of our Property-Casualty asset base, ABS made up € 4.7 billion, as of June 30, 2008, which is around 5 %. CDOs accounted for € 0.1 billion of this amount. Unrealized losses on CDOs of € 3 million were recorded in our equity.

Within our Life/Health asset base, ABS amounted to € 13.6 billion, as of June 30, 2008, which is 4 % of total Life/Health assets. Of these, € 0.2 billion are CDOs. Unrealized losses on CDOs of € 12 million were recorded in our equity.

Subprime expenses within CDOs were negligible.

Impact on investment banking activities of Dresdner Bank

Dresdner Bank is engaged in various business activities involving structured products. These comprise ABS of the trading book, credit enhancements, conduits, leveraged buy-out commitments and structured investment vehicles.

Furthermore, Dresdner Bank has sold credit protection for third party ABS and has re-insured these positions with monoline insurers (“monoliners”).

Net asset-backed securities of the trading book1)

As of June 30, 2008, Dresdner Bank carried ABS trading assets of a net notional € 6.9 billion. The majority of these ABS are of a high quality, with 68 % of them rated A or better.

Breakdown of exposure by rating class

in %

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After write-downs, the net exposure after monoliner protection amounts to € 4.6 billion as of June 30, 2008. It contains € 0.9 billion CDOs, € 0.7 billion U.S. RMBS and € 3.0 billion other ABS. Because the financial markets turbulence mainly affected CDOs and U.S. RMBS, these net exposures are classified as “critical ABS”. We took substantial write-downs on CDOs and U.S. RMBS, recognizing the different quality and characteristics of the assets.

 

Exposure type       Exposure 1)
as of
31/12/2007
      

Exposure 1)

as of
30/06/2008

       Markdowns
2Q 2008
      

Remaining

book value

as of
30/06/2008

          mn        mn                  mn
U.S. RMBS                        
Prime     713     664     34     446
Midprime     336     316     62     84
Subprime     617     554     81     149
Total U.S. RMBS     1,666     1,534     177     679
CDO                        
High grade     1,615     1,508     97     864
Mezzanine     667     622        
Total CDO       2,282       2,130       97       864

 

1) 

Before markdowns

 

 

1) 

Net of monoline exposures. In respect of the monoliner protection and our indirect ABS exposure please refer to page 8 of this report.


 

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Credit enhancements

Credit enhancements are one or more initiatives taken by the originator in a securitization structure to enhance the security, credit or the rating of the securitized instrument. In this context, Dresdner Bank offered second loss protection for credit investment related conduits (“CIRC”). This structure primarily contains ABS.

Under the CIRC structures, Dresdner Bank provides second loss protection, whereas the first loss stays with the client. Additionally, the Bank is entitled to sell the portfolio to the market, if the value of this portfolio falls below a pre-defined threshold. Here as well, the exposure was reduced and as of June 30, 2008, was a notional amount of € 2.1 billion.

Conduits

A conduit is a special purpose entity that securitizes its financial assets, e.g. receivables, by means of commercial papers.

Since the late nineties, Dresdner Bank has arranged the securitization of third party and own asset portfolios through asset-backed commercial paper programmes (“ABCP”) via several conduits. The underlying pool of assets exhibits a good quality, with 79 % having at least an A rating. Dresdner Bank has provided liquidity back-up lines of € 10.6 billion of which € 6.5 billion were undrawn, as of June 30, 2008.

Leveraged buy-out

A leveraged buy-out is a financing transaction involving a significant amount of debt.

Dresdner Bank provides credit lines for these transactions, the bulk of which are typically syndicated. As of June 30, 2008, Dresdner Bank’s LBO exposure amounted to € 4.2 billion containing drawn and undrawn amounts.

Monoliner

Dresdner Bank has entered into business relations with monoliners – companies that guarantee the repayment of a security and the corresponding interest in the event that the issuer defaults – in order to hedge the exposure from ABS.

 

In addition, Dresdner Bank has provided credit protection via Credit Default Swaps (“CDS”) for ABS exposures. According to our risk policies, most of these CDS positions are re-insured with monoliners.

Only in the case of a default of payment from the underlying assets and a breach of contractual duties of the monoliners, will an ultimate loss occur. This loss amounts to the difference between the guaranteed amount from the monoliner and the value of the underlying assets.

We bought net protection for ABS with a net notional of € 13.0 billion, of which € 8.9 billion have no primary reference to the US mortgage market. In addition, the secured ABS portfolio contains € 4.1 billion of exposures to the US mortgage market, of which we consider € 3.3 billion to be critical and expect – based on today’s knowledge – that we have to rely here partially on the monoliner protection. The remaining € 0.8 billion are U.S. RMBS.

Dresdner Bank’s gross counterparty risk amounted to € 2.4 billion. In order to hedge the monoliner default risk, the bank bought Credit Default Swaps from third parties on the various monoliners in a total amount of € 0.4 billion, leaving us with net a counterparty exposure of € 2.0 billion.

The positive market value of the protection bought from monoliners amounted to € 1.1 billion. In addition to that, we built up Counterparty Default Adjustments (CDAs) against the positive market value of € 0.4 billion, leaving us with a net book value of € 0.7 billion.

Breakdown of net book value

 

          Mark-to-
market
       CDA        Net book
value as of
30/06/2008
Monoliner 1     490     249     241
Monoliner 2     306     125     181
Monoliner 3     101     2     99
Monoliner 4     68     15     53
Monoliner 5     62     10     52
Monoliner 6     36     15     21
Monoliner 7     17     7     10
Monoliner 8     4     1     3
Monoliner 9            
Total       1,084       424       660

 

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The underlyings show a good quality, with 88 % of them being investment grade (having at least an A rating):

Breakdown of exposure by rating class

in %

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As disclosed in our subsequent event section on page 88 we have entered into restructuring discussions with one mono-liner.

Structured Investment Vehicles (“SIV”)

A structured investment vehicle is an entity that primarily invests in long-term, high quality securities. The investments are refinanced by medium term notes (“MTN”) or commercial papers (“CP”).

On March 18, 2008, Dresdner Bank and K2 Corporation entered into an agreement through which Dresdner Bank will provide a support facility to the Structured Investment Vehicle K2 for the benefit of the senior note holders. The agreement consists of a U.S.$ 1.5 billion committed revolving mezzanine credit facility and a ‘backstop’ facility.

We have fully consolidated K2 since the end of 1Q 2008.

K2 has a well diversified portfolio that is predominantly composed of MBS, CLO and ABS and holds no direct exposure to subprime assets or CDOs on ABS/MBS. In the second quarter, the volume of K2 has been further reduced by 34.8 % to € 8.8 billion. The remaining assets are of a high quality with 91 % having at least an AA rating.

 

Risk Management

Risk management is an integral part of our business processes and supports our value-based management. As our internal risk capital model provides management with information which allows for active asset-liability management and monitoring, risk is well controlled and there are no identified risks which could in the future pose a threat to the existence of the Allianz Group.

The impacts from the subprime-crisis are described in the paragraph “Impacts from the financial markets turbulence”.

The information contained in the risk report in our 2007 Annual Report is still valid.

Events After the Balance Sheet Date

See “Outlook” below and Note 39 to the consolidated financial statements.

Opportunities

As presented in our 2007 Annual Report, we remain confident that the business prospects for financial service providers remain positive.


 

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Outlook

In macro-economic terms, conditions are challenging for business and consumers. Both are confronted with weak and volatile capital markets, increasing inflation, high oil prices, the risk of recession or even stagflation, a weak U.S. dollar, illiquid credit markets, falling property prices and increasing interest rates. This has created a sentiment of risk-aversion in the minds of consumers and tough trading conditions for businesses.

As discussed in our first quarter 2008 results, the further achievement of our targets was subject to a positive swing in financial markets. This has not materialized up to now. Although our underlying fundamentals remain healthy, these further deteriorating markets also affect Allianz.

We expect this difficult market environment to continue to 2009, therefore our 2006 long-term operating profit growth target of 10 % CAGR1) through 2009 cannot be maintained.

Due to expected market conditions accurate earnings predictions, especially for Banking, are not feasible. However our underlying operating profitability in Insurance and Asset Management is stable enough to generate a run rate before Banking of € 9 billion plus in 2008 and 2009.

As always, natural catastrophes and adverse developments in the capital markets, as well as the factors stated in our cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements, may severely impact our results of operations.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained herein may include statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management’s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. In addition to statements which are forward-looking by reason of context, the words “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential”, or “continue” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements due to, without limitation, (i) general economic conditions, including in particular economic conditions in the Allianz Group’s core business and core markets, (ii) performance of financial markets, including emerging markets, (iii) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, (iv) mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (v) persistency levels, (vi) the extent of credit defaults, (vii) interest rate levels, (viii) currency exchange rates including the Euro/U.S. Dollar exchange rate, (ix) changing levels of competition, (x) changes in laws and regulations, including monetary convergence and the European Monetary Union, (xi) changes in the policies of central banks and/or foreign governments, (xii) the impact of acquisitions, including related integration issues, (xiii) reorganization measures, and (xiv) general competitive factors, in each case on a local, regional, national and/or global basis. Many of these factors may be more likely to occur, or more pronounced, as a result of terrorist activities and their consequences. The matters discussed herein may also be affected by risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Allianz SE’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

 

1) 

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Property-Casualty Insurance Operations

– 3.1% internal revenue growth.

– Segment’s performance is at target level, with strong operating profit of  1.7 billion despite high level of weather-

   related claims in the second quarter.

– Combined ratio of 93.5% achieved.

 

Earnings Summary

Gross premiums written1)

2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

Gross premiums written on an internal basis were 3.1% ahead of previous year at € 10,114 million. We maintained our focus on profitability and selectively wrote only those risks which we believe will generate adequate returns. This disciplined underwriting approach limited the negative pricing impacts stemming from still softening markets, while at the same time achieving organic growth.

On a nominal basis, gross premiums written were down by 1.4% to € 9,842 million with the decline mainly caused by the reclassification of € 284 million of AGF’s health business to the Life/Health segment, and negative currency translation effects of € 307 million. Positive impacts resulting from last year’s acquisitions in Russia and Kazakhstan could not compensate for these effects. Adjusted for the health business transferred, revenues were up by 1.4%.

Gross premiums written by region 1)

in %

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1) 

After elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments. Gross premiums written from our specialty lines have been allocated to the respective geographic regions.

 

 

1)   In order to provide more comparable information, starting in 2Q 2008 we will comment the development of our gross premiums written on an internal basis, meaning adjusted for foreign currency translation and (de-) consolidation effects.

 

We grew in most of our markets, with the exception of Italy and global credit insurance. Revenue development at Allianz Sach in Germany was flat.

In Italy, our operations showed a decline in gross premiums written of € 108 million or 8.1%. Here, a new regulation led to significantly decreased sales volumes from the agents network. Furthermore, prices in Italy were impacted by the Bersani-law, which resulted in a market-wide price reduction.

Our strategy of expansion into emerging markets 2) continued to pay off as premiums grew strongly by € 173 million on a like-for-like basis. Together, these markets contributed € 1,221 million (2Q 2007: € 1,048 million) or 12.1% (2Q 2007: 10.7%) to total gross premiums written.

New Europe contributed € 81 million to revenue growth, adjusted for the full consolidation of Progress Garant in Russia and ATF-Polis in Kazakhstan. The main driver for the growth was motor insurance business in Poland.

At Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (“AGCS”) internal revenues were up by 10.7% or € 75 million, driven by new business. This growth was to some extent offset by the currency depreciation of the U.S. Dollar and the GBP compared to the Euro.

 

2)

 New Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Mexico, Middle East, Northern Africa and Africa/Near East.


 

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Gross premiums written – Internal growth rates 1)

in %

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1) 

Before elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

2) 

Together with our property-casualty reinsurance business assumed, primarily attributable to Allianz SE, within Germany there was an increase of 3.1 % for 2Q 2008 over 2Q 2007 and a decrease of 0.9 % for 1H 2008 over 1H 2007.

2008 to 2007 first half comparison

For the first six months our gross premiums written on an internal basis increased by 1.1% to € 23,827 million. On a nominal basis, revenues were down by 2.2%. Adjusted for the reclassification of € 573 million of AGF’s health business, revenue growth was flat at 0.1%. The developments in most of our markets were largely consistent with the 2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison, while our operations in Germany and at AGCS showed declining revenues.

 

Operating profit

Operating profit

in mn

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2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

Operating profit remained strong at € 1,683 million, 11.1% below previous year’s quarter. The main reason behind this decline is lower investment income, stemming from the upstreaming of excess capital to the parent company Allianz SE, resulting in a lower asset base. In addition, we recorded higher losses from weather-related claims than in 2Q 2007. Administrative expenses were € 204 million lower compared to last year’s quarter.

We achieved a combined ratio of 93.5%, well inside our target range.

Our accident year loss ratio increased by 1.5 percentage points to 70.9% mostly driven by losses from hailstorms in Germany and the earthquake in China, amounting to € 222 million combined, as well as increasing claims inflation. At 4.8% the positive net development in prior years’ loss reserves was almost unchanged. Overall, the calendar year loss ratio increased by 1.2 percentage points to 66.1%.

Acquisition and administrative expenses decreased by 4.3% to € 2,589 million. Further efficiency improvements contributed € 43 million to the reduction of administrative expenses. Due to this positive development, our expense ratio improved by 0.6 percentage points to 27.4%.

Interest and similar income was down by 3.6% to € 1,331 million. The reason for this was mainly the 2007 equity investments reduction program resulting in an outflow of € 5.6 billion. € 2.8 billion of these proceeds were used for capital upstreaming to the holding and thereby reduced the segment’s asset base and the current dividend income by about € 80 million. In addition, we recorded € 59 million higher losses from our assets designated at fair value as a result of weak market conditions.


 

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2008 to 2007 first half comparison

On a six months basis, operating profit proved to be stable at € 3,162 million. Our expense ratio improved by 1.6 percentage points to 26.7% and our combined ratio was down by 0.7 percentage points to 94.1%.

Non-operating result

2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

The non-operating result increased to a gain of € 626 million. This development was mainly due to much higher net realized gains which were only partly offset by increased impairments of investments.

Net realized gains from investments increased significantly to € 961 million compared to the previous year when no major single sales transaction was recorded. In the second quarter 2008 we recorded gains mainly from large scale transactions which were already locked-in in prior years as well as a number of smaller planned divestment activities.

Non-operating net impairments of investments increased to € 341 million, reflecting the overall weakness in financial markets.

2008 to 2007 first half comparison

In contrast to the second quarter comparison, the non-operating result decreased by 14.6% to a gain of € 721 million for the first six months of 2008. The combined result of significantly lower net realized gains and higher impairments of investments recorded in the first quarter was not outweighed by the positive movements in the second quarter.

Net income

2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

Net income increased by 32.0% to € 1,822 million. Higher non-operating items as well as lower income tax expenses and minority interests in earnings contributed to this improvement.

 

Income tax expenses were down to € 432 million, leading to a reduction of the effective tax rate from 27.9% to 18.7%. This resulted mainly from a higher tax-exempt income than in the second quarter 2007.

Lower minority interests in earnings amounted to € 55 million, mainly reflecting the minority buy-out at AGF.

2008 to 2007 first half comparison

For the first six months, net income increased by 12.5% to € 2,879 million.

Income taxes were down to € 910 million, and the effective tax rate fell from 27.8% to 23.4% for the reason mentioned above.

Minority interests in earnings were also lower on a six months basis, amounting to € 94 million.


 

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Property-Casualty segment’s income statement and ratios 1)

 

        Three months ended June 30,        Six months ended June 30,
         

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

Gross premiums written 2)     9,842     9,982     23,552     24,093
Ceded premiums written     (1,115)     (1,245)     (2,400)     (2,831)
Change in unearned premiums     721     919     (2,531)     (2,248)
Premiums earned (net)     9,448     9,656     18,621     19,014
Interest and similar income     1,331     1,380     2,382     2,386
Operating income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) 3)     (60)     (1)     (46)     16
Operating realized gains/losses (net) 4)     61     1     58     35
Fee and commission income     293     280     560     552
Other income     7     11     257     95
Operating revenues     11,080     11,327     21,832     22,098
                         
Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)     (6,247)     (6,266)     (12,548)     (12,649)
Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)     (70)     (97)     (99)     (178)
Interest expenses     (91)     (92)     (179)     (184)
Loan loss provisions     (1)     (9)     (1)     (9)
Operating impairments of investments (net) 5)     (72)     (5)     (165)     (7)
Investment expenses     (79)     (69)     (202)     (143)
Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)     (2,589)     (2,705)     (4,980)     (5,380)
Fee and commission expenses     (248)     (190)     (496)     (387)
Operating expenses     (9,397)     (9,433)     (18,670)     (18,937)
                         
Operating profit     1,683     1,894     3,162     3,161
                         
Non-operating income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) 3)     14     (1)     77     (30)
Non-operating realized gains/losses (net) 4)     961     216     1,333     949
Non-operating impairments of investments (net) 5)     (341)     (23)     (683)     (47)
Amortization of intangible assets     (3)     (4)     (7)     (6)
Restructuring charges     (5)     (8)     1     (22)
Non-operating items     626     180     721     844
                         
Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     2,309     2,074     3,883     4,005
                         
Income taxes     (432)     (578)     (910)     (1,115)
Minority interests in earnings     (55)     (116)     (94)     (330)
Net income     1,822     1,380     2,879     2,560
                         
Loss ratio 6) in %     66.1     64.9     67.4     66.5
Expense ratio 7) in %     27.4     28.0     26.7     28.3
Combined ratio 8) in %       93.5       92.9       94.1       94.8

 

1) 

Since 2008, health business in Belgium and France is shown within Life/Health segment. Prior year balances have not been adjusted.

2) 

For the Property-Casualty segment, total revenues are measured based upon gross premiums written.

3) 

The total of these items equals income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

4) 

The total of these items equals realized gains/losses (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

5) 

The total of these items equals impairments of investments (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

6) 

Represents claims and insurance benefits incurred (net) divided by premiums earned (net).

7) 

Represents acquisition and administrative expenses (net) divided by premiums earned (net).

8) 

Represents the total of acquisition and administrative expenses (net) and claims and insurance benefits incurred (net) divided by premiums earned (net).

 

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Property-Casualty Operations by Geographic Region

The following table sets forth our Property-Casualty gross premiums written, premiums earned (net), operating profit, combined ratio, loss ratio and expense ratio by geographic region for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007. Consistent with our general practice, these figures are presented before consolidation adjustments, representing the elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

 

        Gross premiums written       

Premiums earned

(net)

      

Operating

profit

      

Combined

ratio

        Loss ratio         Expense ratio
Three months ended
June 30,
      

2008

as

stated

 mn

      

2007

as

stated

 mn

      

2008

internal

1)

 mn

      

2007

internal

1)

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

%

      

2007

%

        2008
%
        2007
%
        2008
%
        2007
%
Germany 2)3)     2,136     1,959     2,136     2,072     2,603     2,325     357     467     96.8     92.6      69.1      64.9      27.7      27.7
Italy     1,232     1,340     1,232     1,340     1,171     1,234     301     264     93.2     93.8      69.2      69.8      24.0      24.0
France 4)     842     1,143     842     836     808     1,103     114     163     96.1     96.8      69.1      69.3      27.0      27.5
United Kingdom     528     613     617     613     443     498     66     64     94.6     98.5      61.5      65.3      33.1      33.2
Spain     522     502     522     502     469     452     67     65     91.6     90.9      70.4      71.3      21.2      19.6
Switzerland 2)3)     124     305     121     115     289     402     26     71     94.1     92.3      71.5      66.3      22.6      26.0
                                                                                         
Netherlands     222     228     222     228     203     204     24     32     94.1     89.6      63.6      59.0      30.5      30.6
Austria     197     201     197     201     177     183     28     31     92.2     92.9      68.7      69.6      23.5      23.3
Ireland     163     165     163     165     146     154     29     29     93.0     94.7      65.8      70.0      27.2      24.7
Belgium 5)     73     83     73     73     65     75     13     15     97.3     97.9      59.9      63.1      37.4      34.8
Portugal     71     67     71     67     62     62     10     11     91.6     89.9      64.4      62.7      27.2      27.2
Greece     20     19     20     19     14     12     2     1     93.3     97.1      61.4      65.4      31.9      31.7

Western and Southern

Europe

    746     763     746     753     667     690     111 6)     124 6)     93.5     92.7      65.2      65.2      28.3      27.5
                                                                                         
Russia 7)     261     200     252     200     171     155     4     3     107.6     103.6      64.7      65.0      42.9      38.6
Hungary     118     127     118     127     118     125     11     17     100.2     95.8      70.1      68.2      30.1      27.6
Poland     122     95     109     95     83     61     17     7     82.8     93.0      55.4      57.6      27.4      35.4
Romania     83     83     92     83     33     39     1     5     106.8     86.5      83.7      72.1      23.1      14.4
Slovakia     78     70     73     70     76     68     28     32     71.1     61.6      42.3      35.2      28.8      26.4
Czech Republic     66     54     58     54     52     46     7     13     89.8     75.5      67.8      52.4      22.0      23.1
Bulgaria     28     24     28     24     16     15     1     2     100.1     93.1      57.8      47.1      42.3      46.0
Croatia     25     21     25     21     19     14     1         99.3     105.9      62.2      69.9      37.1      36.0
New Europe 8)     781     674     755     674     568     523     62     74     96.2     92.0      62.6      60.1      33.6      31.9
Other Europe     1,527     1,437     1,501     1,427     1,235     1,213     173     198     94.7     91.4      64.0      62.6      30.7      28.8
                                                                                         
United States     1,061     1,030     1,230     1,195     743     804     141     189     90.9     87.8      63.4      56.0      27.5      31.8
Mexico 9)     74     53     82     53     21     22     1     2     94.7     94.0      68.7      69.1      26.0      24.9
NAFTA     1,135     1,083     1,312     1,248     764     826     142     191     91.0     88.0      63.6      56.4      27.4      31.6
                                                                                         
Australia     391     390     399     390     303     311     95     84     89.2     90.8      64.5      65.0      24.7      25.8
Other     109     80     110     80     53     39     5     8     97.7     86.0      60.9      51.0      36.8      35.0
Asia-Pacific     500     470     509     470     356     350     100     92     90.5     90.2      64.0      63.4      26.5      26.8
South America     244     242     242     219     187     180     22     14     96.9     98.7      64.6      63.6      32.3      35.1
Other     30     22     32     22     16     15     4     1     10)     10)      — 10)      — 10)      — 10)      — 10)
Specialty lines                                                                                        
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty 2)     778     623     775     700     466     462     166     116     81.8     94.4      57.9      74.3      23.9      20.1
Credit Insurance     437     446     437     446     333     330     112     161     87.3     73.1      60.2      43.4      27.1      29.7
Travel Insurance and Assistance Services     306     270     306     270     308     266     33     24     89.1     107.7      53.6      58.8      35.5      48.9
Subtotal     10,341     10,455     10,584     10,280     9,448     9,656     1,683     1,891                            
Consolidation 11)     (499)     (473)     (470)     (473)                 3                            
Total       9,842       9,982       10,114       9,807       9,448       9,656       1,683       1,894       93.5       92.9        66.1        64.9        27.4        28.0

 

1) 

Reflect gross premiums written on an internal basis (adjusted for foreign currency translation and (de-)consolidation effects).

2) 

Effective 1Q 2008, Allianz Risk Transfer AG is shown within Germany and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. Prior year balances have not been adjusted.

3) 

Reinsurance business of Allianz Suisse was transferred to Allianz SE. Effective 1Q 2008, renewal business is shown in Germany, run-off business is shown in Switzerland.

4) 

Effective 1Q 2008, health business in France is shown within Life/ Health segment. Prior year balances have not been adjusted.

5

Effective 1Q 2008, health business in Belgium is shown within Life/ Health segment. Prior year balances have not been adjusted.

6) 

Contains 5 mn and 5 mn for 2Q 2008 and 2Q 2007 respectively and 11 mn and 10 mn for 1H 2008 and 1H 2007 respectively from a former operating entity located in Luxembourg. To be continued on page 17.

 

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        Gross premiums written        Premiums earned (net)        Operating profit        Combined ratio        Loss ratio        Expense ratio
Six months ended
June 30,
      

2008

as

stated

mn

      

2007

as

stated

mn

      

2008

internal

1)

mn

      

2007

internal

1)

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

%

      

2007

%

      

2008

%

      

2007

%

      

2008

%

      

2007

%

Germany 2)3)     6,774     6,575     6,774     6,833     5,035     4,592     952     582     95.6     97.8     70.4     69.2     25.2     28.6
Italy     2,406     2,586     2,406     2,586     2,328     2,431     467     439     93.2     93.6     69.5     69.9     23.7     23.7
France 4)     2,236     2,838     2,236     2,215     1,639     2,217     173     237     97.7     99.0     70.7     71.5     27.0     27.5
United Kingdom     1,034     1,152     1,188     1,152     903     989     124     127     95.9     97.4     62.3     64.1     33.6     33.3
Spain     1,217     1,193     1,217     1,193     931     885     143     135     90.3     90.5     70.2     71.3     20.1     19.2
Switzerland 2)3)     898     1,272     886     867     598     806     76     122     92.4     94.9     69.7     68.3     22.7     26.6
                                                                                     
Netherlands     520     534     520     534     396     401     43     57     95.7     91.6     65.0     60.6     30.7     31.0
Austria     539     551     539     551     359     366     46     52     94.7     95.1     71.5     73.1     23.2     22.0
Ireland     363     369     363     369     296     305     59     128     91.6     93.9     65.6     69.3     26.0     24.6
Belgium 5)     184     207     184     181     130     150     23     21     96.7     103.5     58.6     69.2     38.1     34.3
Portugal     158     147     158     147     123     124     20     20     90.7     89.7     64.1     61.8     26.6     27.9
Greece     41     40     41     40     27     24     5     4     89.5     91.6     58.8     61.1     30.7     30.5
Western and Southern Europe     1,805     1,848     1,805     1,822     1,331     1,370     207 6)     292 6)     94.0     94.3     66.0     67.0     28.0     27.3
                                                                                     
Russia 7)     486     268     310     268     344     199     2     4     104.2     103.8     63.0     65.3     41.2     38.5
Hungary     301     321     306     321     231     251     29     41     97.3     93.9     66.7     66.5     30.6     27.4
Poland     227     181     206     181     159     117     24     12     88.6     94.6     59.3     60.5     29.3     34.1
Romania     175     173     194     173     70     75     4     4     104.8     94.8     79.8     76.3     25.0     18.5
Slovakia     188     175     179     175     143     135     57     60     67.9     64.0     41.4     37.8     26.5     26.2
Czech Republic     149     132     134     132     107     91     19     25     86.0     77.6     63.9     54.9     22.1     22.7
Bulgaria     54     47     54     47     36     31     5     7     89.9     84.9     55.1     42.8     34.8     42.1
Croatia     51     44     51     44     37     29     3     1     96.5     101.7     63.5     69.2     33.0     32.5
New Europe 8)     1,631     1,341     1,434     1,341     1,127     928     129     143     94.0     91.2     61.4     60.3     32.6     30.9
Other Europe     3,436     3,189     3,239     3,163     2,458     2,298     336     435     94.0     92.3     63.9     64.1     30.1     28.2
                                                                                     
United States     1,833     1,912     2,110     2,077     1,428     1,605     230     355     94.0     89.3     65.0     56.5     29.0     32.8
Mexico 9)     112     91     125     92     40     42     5     7     90.9     89.6     66.1     64.0     24.8     25.6
NAFTA     1,945     2,003     2,235     2,169     1,468     1,647     235     362     93.9     89.3     65.0     56.7     28.9     32.6
                                                                                     
Australia     742     741     747     741     610     615     136     134     96.6     96.5     72.7     71.3     23.9     25.2
Other     211     162     206     162     106     75     8     11     99.2     93.1     60.9     55.6     38.3     37.5
Asia-Pacific     953     903     953     903     716     690     144     145     97.0     96.1     70.9     69.6     26.1     26.5
South America     481     479     473     432     368     347     38     28     97.6     99.4     64.0     64.4     33.6     35.0
Other     69     57     72     57     28     26     6     4     10)     10)     — 10)     — 10)     — 10)     — 10)
Specialty lines                                                                                    
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty 2)     1,641     1,556     1,639     1,703     891     929     220     211     88.9     94.2     64.0     70.3     24.9     23.9
Credit Insurance     969     934     969     934     675     631     189     278     88.2     74.6     61.7     45.8     26.5     28.8
Travel Insurance and Assistance Services     633     566     633     566     583     526     59     55     91.2     104.2     55.7     56.9     35.5     47.3
Subtotal     24,692     25,303     24,920     24,773     18,621     19,014     3,162     3,160                        
Consolidation 11)     (1,140)     (1,210)     (1,093)     (1,210)                 1                        
Total       23,552       24,093       23,827       23,563       18,621       19,014       3,162       3,161       94.1       94.8       67.4       66.5       26.7       28.3

 

  7) 

Effective February 21, 2007, Russian People’s Insurance Society “Rosno” was consolidated following the acquisition of approximately 49.2 % of the shares in ROSNO by the Allianz Group, increasing our holding to approximately 97 %. Effective May 21, 2007, we consolidated Progress Garant for the first time.

 8) 

Contains income and expense items from a management holding in both 2008 and 2007.

 9) 

Effective Q1 2007, life business in Mexico is shown within the Life/Health segment.

10) 

Presentation not meaningful.

11) 

Represents elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions.

 

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Life/Health Insurance Operations

– Strength of our underlying business reflected in resilient operating profit of 703 million.

– Challenging financial markets negatively impacted sales of unit-linked products.

 

Earnings Summary

Statutory premiums1)

2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

At € 11,070 million statutory premiums were down 8.0 % on an internal basis compared to the prior year period. The current capital market situation resulted in a significant slow-down in our unit-linked business, that could not be outweighed by positive revenue developments from our traditional life insurance products.

On a nominal basis statutory premiums dropped 8.8 % to € 10,729 million. Adjusted for the reclassification of AGF’s health business of € 284 million from the property-casualty segment revenues were down by 10.9 %.

Statutory premiums by region 1)

in %

LOGO

 

1)

After elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

 

1)

In order to provide more comparable information we will comment the development of our gross premiums written on an internal basis; meaning adjusted for foreign currency translation and (de-)consolidation effects starting in 2Q 2008.

 

Our traditional life insurance business continued to produce dynamic sales with single premium products being the main growth driver. Mostly these benefited from acquisitions of large group insurance contracts e.g. in Germany. Thereby, we achieved premium growth in the German life business (+ € 302 million), in Spain (+ € 65 million), Austria (+ € 44 million) and Switzerland (+ € 34 million).

This favorable development partly compensated the downturn in sales of unit-linked products. These were heavily depressed as customers were cautious about these products due to the weak situation in the equity markets.

In Italy, statutory premiums deteriorated by 36.8 % as a result of a shortfall in distribution capacity and the overall weakness of the Italian unit-linked market.

The 10.0 % decline in statutory premiums in the United States was primarily attributable to less business with fixed index annuity products. A year ago we ran a sales promotion which was not repeated this year. In addition, revenues from variable annuity products suffered from weak equity markets.

Revenues in Asia-Pacific were down 11.7 % compared to the prior year period, mainly caused by developments in Taiwan and Korea. In Taiwan new regulations with regards to unitlinked products slowed revenue growth. In addition we lost one of our major local bancassurance partners. In Korea we started seeing the effects of a strike that has lasted over six months, impacting sales growth and retention.


 

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Statutory premiums – Internal growth rates 1)

in %

LOGO

 

1)

 Before elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

2008 to 2007 first half comparison

On a year-to-date comparison, statutory premiums were down 3.8 % to € 23,727 million . Adjusted for the reclassification of AGF’s health business of € 573 million, premiums declined by 6.5 %. On a nominal basis revenues decreased by 4.3 %.

 

Operating profit

Operating profit

in mn

LOGO

2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

Operating profit amounted to € 703 million proving the strength of our underlying business and its resilience to the tough market environment.

The challenging financial market conditions negatively affected investment income. Net impairments on investments increased by € 842 million and realized gains decreased by € 373 million.

Operating income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income showed an expense of € 352 million mainly as a result of positive effects from hedge accounting treatment for certain derivative instruments that was not available a year ago.

Due to the reclassification of AGF’s health business in France from the Property-Casualty to the Life/Health segment, net claims and insurance benefits incurred increased by 9.2% to € 4,540 million.

In aggregate, acquisition and administrative expenses increased by 15.2% to € 1,285 million mainly due to higher acquisition expenses resulting from the transfer of the health business. The statutory expense ratio was up by 2.6 percentage points to 12.2%.


 

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2008 to 2007 first half comparison

Operating profit for the first half year of 2008 decreased by 14.3% to € 1,292 million. The various line item developments were largely consistent with those described for the second quarter.

Non-operating result

2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

The non-operating result was a loss of € 58 million. This was almost entirely made up of realized losses of € 47 million arising in Italy and Korea, not shared with policyholders,

2008 to 2007 first half comparison

We recorded a non-operating loss of € 40 million compared to a non-operating gain of € 118 million a year earlier.

Net income

2008 to 2007 second quarter comparison

Net income amounted to € 425 million. Both lower operating profit and the non-operating loss contributed to the 11.3% decline.

The effective tax rate rose by 0.7 percentage points to 31.0% mainly due to lower tax exempted income in 2Q 2008.

Minority interests in earnings were down by € 40 million mainly reflecting the minority buy-out at AGF in France.

2008 to 2007 first half comparison

Net income for the first six months of 2008 came to € 877 million, 15.0% lower than in the comparison period. Consistent with the development in the second quarter, the decrease stemmed from lower operating profit and the swing in non-operating items.

Income tax expenses were down by € 99 million, driven by the lower pre-tax profits. Our effective tax rate remained stable at 26.8%.

 

As in the second quarter, minority interests in earnings reflected the minority buy-out in France and were € 120 million lower than a year earlier.


 

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Life/Health segment’s income statement and ratios 1)

 

        Three months ended June 30,        Six months ended June 30,
         

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2008

mn

      

2007

mn

Statutory premiums2)     10,729     11,758     23,056     24,084
Ceded premiums written     (124)     (186)     (267)     (379)
Change in unearned premiums     (29)     3     (66)     (24)
Statutory premiums (net)     10,576     11,575     22,723     23,681
Deposits from SFAS 97 insurance and investment contracts     (5,465)     (6,892)     (12,023)     (13,813)
Premiums earned (net)     5,111     4,683     10,700     9,868
Interest and similar income     3,814     3,783     7,014     6,938
Operating income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net)3)     (352)     (668)     (121)     (979)
Operating realized gains/losses (net)4)     273     646     922     1,734
Fee and commission income     168     164     339     335
Other income     5     9     115     63
Income from fully consolidated private equity investments     3         3    
Operating revenues     9,022     8,617     18,972     17,959
                         
Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)     (4,540)     (4,158)     (9,553)     (8,860)
Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)     (1,389)     (2,211)     (3,192)     (4,835)
Interest expenses     (55)     (111)     (125)     (202)
Loan loss provisions     4         6     (3)
Operating impairments of investments (net)5)     (898)     (56)     (1,878)     (93)
Investment expenses     (82)     (163)     (410)     (359)
Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)     (1,285)     (1,115)     (2,393)     (1,989)
Fee and commission expenses     (70)     (43)     (130)     (105)
Operating restructuring charges6)         (2)     (1)     (5)
Other expenses     (1)         (1)    
Expenses from fully consolidated private equity investments     (3)         (3)    
Operating expenses     (8,319)     (7,859)     (17,680)     (16,451)
                         
Operating profit     703     758     1,292     1,508
                         
Non-operating income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net)3)     (3)     (1)     8    
Non-operating realized gains/losses (net)4)     (47)     17     (35)     122
Non-operating impairments of investments (net)5)     (6)         (10)    
Amortization of intangible assets             (1)     (1)
Non-operating restructuring charges6)     (2)     (1)     (2)     (3)
Non-operating items     (58)     15     (40)     118
                         
Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     645     773     1,252     1,626
                         
Income taxes     (200)     (234)     (336)     (435)
Minority interests in earnings     (20)     (60)     (39)     (159)
Net income     425     479     877     1,032
Statutory expense ratio7) in %       12.2       9.6       10.5       8.4

 

1) 

Since 2008, health business in Belgium and France is shown within Life/Health segment. Prior year balances have not been adjusted.

2) 

For the Life/Health segment, total revenues are measured based upon statutory premiums. Statutory premiums are gross premiums written from sales of life insurance policies, as well as gross receipts from sales of unit linked and other investment-oriented products, in accordance with the statutory accounting practices applicable in the insurer’s home jurisdiction.

3) 

The total of these items equals income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

4) 

The total of these items equals realized gains/losses (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

5) 

The total of these items equals impairments of investments (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

6) 

The total of these items equals restructuring charges in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

7) 

Represents acquisition and administrative expenses (net) divided by statutory premiums (net).

 

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Life/Health Operations by Geographic Region

The following table sets forth our Life/Health statutory premiums, premiums earned (net), operating profit and statutory expense ratio by geographic region for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007. Consistent with our general practice, these figures are presented before consolidation adjustments, representing the elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

 

        Statutory premiums 1)        Premiums earned (net)        Operating profit        Statutory expense ratio
Three months ended June 30,       

2008 as
stated

mn

      

2007 as
stated

mn

      

2008
internal 2)

mn

      

2007
internal 2)

mn

       2008
mn
       2007
mn
      

2008

 mn

       2007
 mn
      

2008

%

      

2007

%

Germany Life     3,078     2,776     3,078     2,776     2,259     2,222     175     141     7.3     8.1
Germany Health 3)     779     783     779     783     778     783     23     41     7.7     9.4
Italy     1,625     2,572     1,625     2,572     232     255     96     102     7.7     5.7
France 4)     1,690     1,575     1,690     1,847     637     390     140     227     19.3     15.1
Switzerland     206     167     201     167     85     83     17     19     13.2     13.9
Spain     233     168     233     168     118     119     31     26     7.1     8.3
                                                             
Belgium 5)     185     155     185     166     76     71     22     28     9.3     10.4
Netherlands     98     101     98     101     33     34     12     12     20.1     13.4
Austria     139     95     139     95     68     71     6     6     8.1     8.8
Portugal     31     28     31     28     19     17     3     7     20.7     26.1
Greece     27     25     27     25     17     16     2     1     27.3     23.6
Luxembourg     12     37     12     37     7     7     1     2     16.9     7.6
Western and Southern Europe     492     441     492     452     220     216     46     55 6)     12.9     12.2
                                                             
Poland     58     66     52     66     44     16     (1)     3     52.0     19.1
Slovakia     65     64     61     64     43     40     8     9     16.8     12.3
Hungary     51     26     51     26     19     20     3     4     14.0     27.6
Czech Republic     22     24     20     24     15     13         3     22.2     15.5
Croatia     17     17     17     17     10     10             21.9     6.1
Bulgaria     8     7     8     7     7     6     1     1     16.7     16.4
Romania     9     7     9     7     3     4             24.6     41.6
Russia     4     3     4     3     4     3     (4)     (3)     135.4     126.1
New Europe     234     214     222     214     145     112     7     17     27.9     18.9
Other Europe     726     655     714     666     365     328     53     72     17.8     14.4
                                                             
Mexico 7)     13     9     15     9     8     8     1     1     13.5     14.0
United States     1,396     1,796     1,617     1,796     254     105     150     88     19.3     9.5
NAFTA     1,409     1,805     1,632     1,805     262     113     151     89     19.2     9.6
                                                             
South Korea     380     466     483     466     186     238     26     24     16.0     17.6
Taiwan     227     544     242     544     22     16     (1)     5     9.4     3.1
Indonesia     48     76     58     76     12     11     2     2     14.7     7.4
Malaysia     32     30     34     29     28     26     1     3     22.7     21.2
Other     237     82     240     82     25     4     (18)     (2)     30.3     10.1
Asia-Pacific     924     1,198     1,057     1,197     273     295     10     32     11.4     10.0
South America     9     14     9     10     6     8     1         66.3     47.3
Other     105     98     149     98     95     87     6     18     8)     8)
Subtotal     10,784     11,811     11,167     12,089     5,110     4,683     703     767        
Consolidation 9)     (55)     (53)     (97)     (53)                 (9)        
Total       10,729       11,758       11,070       12,036       5,110       4,683       703       758       12.2       9.6

 

1) 

Statutory premiums are gross premiums written from sales of life insurance policies as well as gross receipts from sales of unit-linked and other investment-oriented products, in accordance with the statutory accounting practices applicable in the insurer’s home jurisdiction.

2) 

Reflect statutory premiums on an internal basis (adjusted for foreign currency translation and (de-)consolidation effects).

3) 

Loss ratios were 72.1 % and 68.1 % for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 respectively and 75.7 % and 72.9 % for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 respectively.

4) 

Effective 1Q 2008, health business in France is shown within Life/ Health segment. Prior year balances have not been adjusted.

5) 

Effective 1Q 2008, health business in Belgium is shown within Life/ Health segment. Prior year balances have not been adjusted. To be continued on page 23.

 

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Allianz Group Interim Report Second Quarter and First Half of 2008     Group Management Report

 

        Statutory premiums 1)        Premiums earned (net)        Operating profit        Statutory expense ratio
Six months ended June 30,       

2008 as
stated

mn

      

2007 as
stated

mn

      

2008
internal 2)

mn

      

2007
internal 2)

mn

       2008
mn
       2007
mn
      

2008

 mn

       2007
 mn
      

2008

%

      

2007

%

Germany Life     6,656     5,815     6,656     5,815     4,884     4,788     363     332     7.3     4.6
Germany Health 3)     1,553     1,563     1,553     1,563     1,554     1,563     60     82     8.6     9.8
Italy     3,254     5,402     3,254     5,402     446     498     127     196     7.9     5.5
France 4)     3,902     3,065     3,902     3,618     1,334     825     300     362     15.9     14.4
Switzerland     869     665