AGF (company)

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Assurances Générales de France
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Insurance
Founded1818;206 years ago (1818)
Headquarters,
France
Area served
France and 20+ other countries (2007)
Key people
Jacques Richier (CEO)
Products
Revenue 17,300,000,000 (2004)
  • Increase2.svg US$2,000,000,000 (2005)
  • Increase2.svg US$1,500,000,000 (2004)
Number of employees
30,585 (2007)
Parent Allianz
Website www.allianz.fr
Footnotes /references
Net income data [1]

Allianz France is a French insurance company, headquartered in Rue de Richelieu, Paris. [1]

Contents

Assurances Générales de France (the company only refers to itself as AGF) is a majority-owned subsidiary of the German multinational Allianz SE. [1] The company provides insurance and financial services in France and internationally. [1]

History

In 1990, AGF was 72% state owned by the French government. [2] Thus, AGF was among those companies owned in large part by the government in 1993 when passage of a French "denationalization law" took place. [3] AGF was privatized as part of the law's implementation in 1996, [4] :137 though the French government retained a 57% ownership stake. [3] This level of ownership is consistent with the company remaining a part of French economic infrastructure in a crossed share holding set of relationships with Société Générale and Alcatel-Alsthom. [5] A second such "pole" at the time (1996) consisted of Banque Nationale de Paris, Union des Assurances de Paris and Suez. [5]

The year after privatization, in 1997, AGF was purchased by Allianz of Germany, [4] :137 part of a period of acquisitions for Allianz from 1992 to 1999 during which it purchased 11 companies. [4] :115

As of 2007, AGF was traded on the Euronext stock exchange under the symbol "AGF" and represented in the United States under the symbol "ASGFF". [1]

Operations

As of 2007, AGF employed 30,585 personnel. [1] Also as of 2007, the company derived 62% of its revenue from activities in France. [1]

Corporate governance

As of 2007, Jean-Philippe Thierry held the posts of chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Patrick Dixneuf was both chief operating officer and chief financial officer, and Francois Thomazeau was the chief investment officer. [1]

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