Change at the top of Allianz Suisse

Ruedi Kubat (55), currently Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Suisse, will become Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG in Germany on January 1, 2025. Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG is Germany's largest life insurer and the undisputed market leader. Ruedi Kubat succeeds Katja de la Viña, currently Chairwoman of the Board of Management of Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG. Katja de la Viña is moving within Allianz at her own request. She is stepping down from her current role for personal reasons on December 31, 2024 to spend more time with her children. She is moving to Group Strategy, Marketing and Distribution in a new management function and on a part-time basis.

Expertise in insurance and finance

Laura Gersch (41) is to become the new CEO of Allianz Suisse. For her new role as CEO of Allianz Suisse, she brings in-depth expertise in property and life insurance as well as in the finance, product, sales, IT and HR functions. She has been responsible for finance on the Board of Management of Allianz Versicherungs-AG since January 1, 2022, where she was responsible for the introduction of IFRS9/17 and played a key role in driving forward the agile transformation. Prior to this, she had been on the Board of Management for Corporate Clients and Human Resources at Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG since January 2020.

In this role, she further developed the company pension products for the changed interest rate environment in a future-proof manner and launched the #equalpension initiative. From 2017 to 2019, she headed the office of the Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE, Oliver Bäte. The mother of two joined Allianz in 2014 and held various management positions at Allianz Global Automotive, including as a member of the Executive Board. Prior to that, she worked as a consultant in the European banking and insurance industry.

"With Ruedi Kubat, Allianz Life is gaining a CEO with many years of international experience in the life insurance business who, together with a strong Board of Management team, will seamlessly build on Katja de la Viña's successes in this dynamic market with foresight. With his strategic vision and prudent decisions, Ruedi Kubat has played a key role in shaping Allianz Suisse. Profitability and growth were sustainably strengthened under his leadership. He has made the sales organization fit for the future and taken innovative approaches to capital management. Under his leadership, employee satisfaction has increased significantly. Laura Gersch is characterized in particular by her professional depth both in the life insurance business and in non-life insurance. Allianz Suisse is gaining a CEO with a strong leadership personality and outstanding team play," says Klaus-Peter Röhler, member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE.

Source: www.allianz.ch