For 2026, Allianz is targeting an operating profit of 17.40 billion euros, plus or minus 1 billion euros, compared to 17.37 billion euros in the 2025 financial year.
In addition, the Board of Management has set Dividende per share of 17.10 euros for 2025, which represents an increase of 11.0 percent compared to the Dividende of 15.40 euros in 2024.
Allianz has also announced a new share buyback program of up to 2.5 billion euros.
In the fourth quarter, the company's net profit attributable to shareholders increased by 7.7 percent to 2.66 billion euros compared to 2.47 billion euros in the previous year.
Core earnings attributable to shareholders rose by 12.2% to EUR 2.73 billion compared to EUR 2.43 billion in the previous year, and core earnings per share increased by 13.7% to EUR 7.17 compared to EUR 6.31 in the previous year.
The company's operating profit rose by 3 percent to 4.30 billion euros, mainly due to a strong contribution from the property and casualty insurance segment.
The total business volume increased by 6.51 percent to 45.7 billion euros (previous year: 45.9 billion euros), with all segments contributing. The property and casualty insurance segment recorded an increase in business volume of 1.7% to EUR 19.9 billion, while the life and health insurance segment suffered a decline of 2.6% to EUR 23.6 billion.
Allianz reported strong internal growth of 6.5 percent, to which all segments contributed.
Source: rttnews
