Allied World Assurance
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, GmbH
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legal form | GmbH |
founding | 2001 |
Seat | Zug , Switzerland |
management | Ronald Schokking (Chairman of the Management Board) |
Number of employees | 1,040 (December 31, 2014) |
sales | 2,450,000,000 US dollars (2014) |
Branch | Insurance |
Website | www.awac.com |
Allied World Assurance is a Swiss insurance broker based in the Park Tower in Zug . The company operates in both the direct and reinsurance industries.
history
The company was founded in November 2001 with four employees by a consortium of several investors, including the American International Group , Chubb Corporation , Goldman Sachs and Swiss Re , and today employs over 1,000 people. In October 2002, the European branch was founded in Ireland. A branch in London followed in May 2003 and in Zug in October 2008. The company also has ten offices in the United States , Bermuda , Hong Kong and Singapore .
On November 30, 2010, the group moved its headquarters from the Bermuda Islands to Zug in Switzerland . Linked to this was the transformation of the group into a stock corporation under Swiss law .
In July 2017, Allied World Assurance was acquired by Canadian competitor Fairfax Financial for $ 4.9 billion and converted into a GmbH .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG in the commercial register of the canton of Zug ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b http://www.snl.com/Cache/1001195784.PDF?Y=&O=PDF&D=&fid=1001195784&T=&iid=4078260
- ↑ http://thomson.mobular.net/thomson/7/3051/4150/document_0/AWH_AR09.pdf
- ↑ http://216.139.227.101/interactive/awh2010/template/download.php?fn=awh2010ar.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.fairfax.ca/news/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Fairfax-Financial-Successfully-Completes-Acquisition-of-Allied-World-and-Closes-Exchange-Offer/default .aspx