Outperform Transform Rebalance Annual Report 2020
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OUTPERFORM TRANSFORM REBALANCE ANNUAL REPORT 2020 ALLIANZ SE To go directly to any chapter, simply click All references to chapters, notes, internet pages, etc. on the headline or the page number. within this report are also linked. CONTENT A _ To Our Investors Pages 1 – 10 2 Supervisory Board Report 9 Mandates of the Members of the Supervisory Board 10 Mandates of the Members of the Board of Management B _ Management Report of Allianz SE Pages 11 – 64 12 Executive Summary and Outlook 16 Operations by Reinsurance Lines of Business 18 Balance Sheet Review 20 Liquidity and Funding Resources 21 Risk and Opportunity Report 34 Integrated Risk and Control System for Financial Reporting 35 Statement on Corporate Management 42 Remuneration Report 62 Other Information C _ Financial Statements of Allianz SE Pages 65 – 96 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 66 Balance Sheet 68 Income Statement NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 69 Nature of Operations and Basis of Preparation 69 Accounting, Valuation, and Calculation Methods 72 Supplementary Information on Assets 76 Supplementary Information on Equity and Liabilities 83 Supplementary Information on the Income Statement 86 Other Information 89 List of Participations of Allianz SE, Munich as of 31 December 2020 according to § 285 No. 11 and 11b HGB in conjunction with § 286 (3) No. 1 HGB D _ Further Information Pages 97 – 103 98 ResponsibilityStatement 99 Independent Auditor's Report Disclaimer regarding roundings Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add up precisely to the totals provided and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures. TO OUR INVESTORS Annual Report 2020 – Allianz SE 1 A _ To our Investors SUPERVISORY BOARD REPORT Ladies and Gentlemen, During the financial year 2020, the Supervisory Board fulfilled all its duties and obligations as laid out in the company statutes and applicable law. It monitored the activities of the company’s Board of Management, dealt with the succession planning for the Board of Management and advised it on business management issues. The Supervisory Board discussed the status and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at each meeting. OVERVIEW In the financial year 2020, the Supervisory Board held six regular meetings as well as one extraordinary meeting. The regular meetings took place in February, March, May, June, September, and December, and the extraordinary meeting took place in April. In all of the meetings in 2020, the Board of Management reported on Group revenues and results as well as busi- ness developments in the individual business segments. The Board of Management informed the Supervisory Board on the course of business as well as on the development of Allianz SE and the Allianz Group, including deviations in actual business developments from the planning. In this context, the adequacy of capitalization, the solvency ratio, and the respective stress and risk scenarios were discussed. The annual Allianz SE and the Group’s consolidated financial statements including the respective auditor‘s reports, the half-yearly as well as the quarterly reports were reviewed in detail by the Supervisory Board after preparation by the Audit Committee. Other focal points of reporting, in addition to the status and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, were strategic topics such as the implementation of the Allianz strategy “Simplicity Wins” with its three pillars “Outperform”, “Transform” and “Rebalance”, the risk strategy, the Allianz Customer Model (ACM), and the IT strategy. In addition, the Supervisory Board was intensively involved in the Board of Management’s planning for both the fiscal year 2021 and the three-year period from 2021 to 2023. Cyber risk security and developments of the life insurance business in the continuous low-interest environment were also regularly discussed. Implications of Brexit for Allianz and the trade conflict between the United States and China were other ongoing topics. Furthermore, the Supervi- sory Board dealt in depth with personnel matters relating to the Board of Management, the requirements of the new German Corporate Governance Code, which came into effect in 2020, and the Act Implementing the Second Shareholders’ Rights Directive (ARUG II). Further, the Supervisory Board discussed the sustainability concept (ESG concept) of the Allianz Group with the Board of Management and debated its adequate treatment in the context of the work of the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board received regular, timely, and comprehensive reports from the Board of Management. The Board of Management’s verbal reports at the meetings were accompanied by written documents, which were sent to each member of the Supervisory Board in time for the relevant meeting. The Board of Management also informed the Supervisory Board in writing about important events that occurred between meetings. The chairmen of the Supervisory and Management Boards had regular discussions about major developments and decisions. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board also had individual discussions with each member of the Board of Man- agement about their respective half-year as well as full-year performance. Also in the financial year 2020, individual trainings and group sessions were held on the basis of an agreed devel- opment plan for continued training of the members of the Supervisory Board, for example on underwriting topics and the implications of the new IFRS accounting standards IFRS 9 and 17. 2 Annual Report 2020 − Allianz SE A _ To our Investors ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE SUPERVISORY BOARD PLENARY SESSIONS In the meeting of 20 February 2020, the Supervisory Board comprehensively dealt with the preliminary financial figures for the financial year 2019 as well as the Board of Management’s dividend proposal. The appointed audit firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (PwC), Munich, reported in detail on the preliminary results of their audit. In the further course of the meeting, the Supervisory Board also discussed the target achievement of each individual member of the Board of Management and, on this basis, set their variable remuneration for the financial year 2019, subject to the approval of the annual financial statements. As part of this performance assessment, the fitness and propriety of the members of the Board of Management were confirmed. The Supervisory Board also dealt with the remuneration systems for the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board and received reports on the strategy of Allianz Partners and the IT strategy. Finally, the Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Klaus-Peter Röhler to the Board of Management of Allianz SE with effect from 1 April 2020 as successor to Dr. Axel Theis, who had resigned his mandate with effect from 31 March 2020. In the meeting of 5 March 2020, the Supervisory Board discussed and approved the audited annual Allianz SE and consolidated Group financial statements, including market value balance sheets, as well as the Board of Management’s recommendation for the appropriation of earnings for the financial year 2019. The auditors con- firmed that there were no discrepancies compared to their February report and issued an unqualified auditor’s report for the individual and consolidated financial statements. The Supervisory Board also reviewed and approved the separate non-financial report for both Allianz SE and the Group, taking into account the report of the external auditor. Further presentations included the Board of Management’s report on risk development in 2019, the annual compliance report, and the annual report of the Head of Group Audit. Next, the Supervisory Board reviewed the agenda and proposals for resolution for Allianz SE’s 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM). At the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Supervisory Board appointed PwC as auditor for the 2020 indi- vidual and consolidated financial statements, the auditor’s review of the 2020 half-yearly financial report, and the assurance engagement of the combined separate non-financial report. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board dealt with and approved the control and profit transfer agreement with Allianz Africa Holding GmbH. The Supervisory Board further received reports on the strategy in the area of “business customers” as well as the Allianz X invest- ment unit. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board discussed the succession planning for the Board of Management. In an extraordinary conference call meeting on 2 April 2020, the Board of Management first reported on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employees, distributors and customers, the financial situation and the planned dividend payment. The Supervisory Board also approved the cancellation of the already scheduled AGM and the convening of a virtual AGM, which was made possible at short notice by the legislator, with the corresponding stipulations of the Board of Management. The specific succession planning for the Board of Management was also discussed further at this meeting. On 6 May 2020, just before the AGM, the Board of Management briefed the Supervisory Board on business per- formance in the first quarter of 2020 as well as on the current situation of both the Allianz Group and Allianz SE, in particular with regard to share price development, capitalization, and capital as well as liquidity management. In addition to the update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting also dealt with the withdrawal of the profit target for the 2020 financial year, which had been published in an ad hoc announcement. In the meeting of 25 June 2020, the Board of Management first reported in detail on the course of business in fiscal year 2020 to date and provided an outlook on the expected half-year results. In addition, the Board of Management reported on various M&A activities, such as the acquisition of the property insurance business of SulAmérica in Brazil, and the cooperation in the bancassurance channel with BBVA in Spain. Furthermore, the Board of Management reported on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Allianz Group employees and the individual business units, business closure and business interruption insurance and reinsurance.