Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Africa offers clients significant capacity and underwriting expertise, both for standalone risks or as part of a global program.
Regional unit Mediterranean & Africa
AGCS Africa
Meet the team
Patrick Thiels
Regional Managing Director Mediterranean & Africa, Country Managing Director for Allianz Commercial France
François Périquet
Regional Head of Energy & Construction Mediterranean & Africa
Our office
Johannesburg
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty South Africa Ltd.
The Firs, 2nd Floor, 32A Cradock Avenue,
2196 Rosebank
South Africa
The Firs, 2nd Floor, 32A Cradock Avenue,
2196 Rosebank
South Africa
Insuring complex business risks across
Sub Saharan Africa
Sub Saharan Africa
The AGCS team based in Johannesburg, South Africa offers tailored corporate insurance solutions and services for companies in all industries. Our experts have proven skills in underwriting and managing the most complex risks, based on years of industry-specific experience. Working with our colleagues across the Allianz Group, AGCS Africa is able to offer comprehensive Property insurance, Financial Lines insurance, Liability insurance, Energy & Construction insurance and commercial insurance solutions.
We also offer access to all complementary products and services of the Allianz Group – via our network in more than 200 countries and territories - as well as specialist risk management and consulting support.
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) South Africa Limited is an authorised financial services provider (license number 16722).
AGCS South Africa subscribes to the Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance and is subject to the jurisdiction of the FAIS Ombud. Complaints are an important part of Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) and we have committed to making sure that we have adequate processes in place to ensure fair treatment of our customers even when things go wrong. To that end we created the a detailed Complaints Management Process which is applied across our company in order to ensure consistent processing of complaints, decision making and root cause analysis. In accordance with the General Code of Conduct for Authorised Financial Service Providers, we have adopted a conflict of interest policy which is available for inspection upon request. For any queries, complaints or compliments, please email us on CommunicationsAfrica@allianz.com
We believe.... that a robust, inclusive, innovative economy relies on a thriving, expanding SME sector
Allianz's Enterprise and Supplier Development Programme applies global best-practice principles to scale and sustain the entrepreneurs and small business suppliers with whom we partner in response to global and local calls for greater market inclusion and diversity.
The goal is to increase the number of black-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) within both our own supply chain and the broader economy. Through our innovative Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) program, we are achieving this objective.
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Top 3 business risks in South Africa in 2023
- Critical infrastructure blackouts (36%) - 2022 rank: 3 (35%)
- Cyber incidents (33%) - 2022 rank: 1 (50%)
- Business interruption (32%) - 2022 rank: 2 (44%)
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