Interim Report Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2006
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


Form 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rules 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


for the period ended September 30, 2006

Commission file Number: 1-15154

 


ALLIANZ SE

Königinstrasse 28

80802 Munich

Germany

(Address of principal executive offices)

 


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  x                 Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes  ¨                 No  x

THIS REPORT ON FORM 6-K (EXCEPT FOR ANY NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURE AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN REGULATION G UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED) SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-13462) OF ALLIANZ SE AND TO BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE DISCLOSURE CONTAINING ANY NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURE CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED REPORT IS NOT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED BY ALLIANZ SE.

 



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Interim Report Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2006

Allianz Group

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Contents

 

2    Group Management Report
4    Executive Summary
10    Property-Casualty Insurance Operations
16    Life/Health Insurance Operations
22    Banking Operations
26    Asset Management Operations
31    Outlook
33    Consolidated Financial Statements for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2006
38    Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Investor Relations

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Allianz SE1)   
Investor Relations   
Koeniginstrasse 28   
80802 Munich   
Germany   
Investor Line:    +49 1802 2554269
   +49 1802 ALLIANZ
Fax:    +49 89 3800 3899
E-Mail:    investor.relations@allianz.com
Internet:    www.allianz.com/investor-relations

1) Effective October 13, 2006, our German holding company Allianz AG converted into Allianz SE. Following this conversion, we only use the new company name Allianz SE in this interim report.

Other Reports

All Allianz Group published quarterly and annual financial reports are available for download at www.allianz.com/investor-relations. Alternatively, you can order printed copies of our reports.

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Moderate share price development despite strong business performance.

Allianz share price vs. DJ EURO STOXX 50 and DJ EURO STOXX Insurance

January 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006

in €

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Source: Thomson Financial Datastream

Current information on the development of the Allianz share price is available at www.allianz.com/stock.

Allianz Share Information

 

Share type:    Registered share with restricted transfer
Denomination:    No-par-value share
Stock exchanges:    All German stock exchanges, London, New York, Paris, Zurich
Security codes:    WKN 840 400
   ISIN DE 000 840 400 5
Bloomberg:    ALV GY
Reuters:    ALVG.DE

 

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Allianz Group Selected Consolidated Financial Data

 

         September 30,
2006
   December 31,
2005
   Change
%
 

Balance Sheet

          

Investments

    mn   293,676    285,015    3.0  

Loans and advances to banks and customers

   mn   415,055    336,808    23.2  

Total assets

   mn   1,058,948    988,584    7.1  

Liabilities to banks and customers

   mn   372,134    310,316    19.9  

Reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses

   mn   66,278    67,005    (1.1 )

Reserves for insurance and investment contracts

   mn   286,184    278,829    2.6  

Shareholders’ equity

   mn   44,934    39,487    13.8  

Minority interests

   mn   7,614    7,615    —    
                  

 

          Three months ended
September 30,
 

Change

%

   Nine months ended
September 30,
 

Change

%

          2006    2005      2006    2005  

Income Statement

                  

Total revenues1)

    mn    22,599    23,823   (5.1)    76,308    75,779   0.7

Operating profit

   mn    2,660    1,864   42.7    8,131    6,097   33.4

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

   mn    2,673    1,646   62.4    8,696    6,035   44.1

Net income

   mn    1,591    794   100.4    5,649    3,508   61.0
                                  

Segments

                  

Property-Casualty

                  

Operating profit

   mn    1,727    992   74.1    4,958    3,856   28.6

Loss ratio

     %    64.2    73.0   (8.8)pts    65.1    68.2   (3.1)pts

Expense ratio

     %    26.0    25.6   0.4pt    27.1    26.7   0.4pt

Combined ratio

     %    90.2    98.6   (8.4)pts    92.2    94.9   (2.7)pts

Life/Health

                  

Operating profit

   mn    617    556   11.0    1,867    1,545   20.8

Statutory expense ratio

     %    11.7    8.8   2.9pts    9.8    8.2   1.6pts

Banking

                  

Operating profit

   mn    406    252   61.1    1,219    696   75.1

Cost-income ratio

     %    78.8    92.3   (13.5)pts    78.6    87.0   (8.4)pts

Loan loss provisions

   mn    52    130   (60.0)    78    89   (12.4)

Coverage ratio at September 302)

     %    61.8    60.1   1.7pts    61.8    60.1   1.7pts

Asset Management

                  

Operating profit

   mn    294    300   (2.0)    895    783   14.3

Cost-income ratio

     %    59.5    57.7   1.8pts    59.4    59.2   0.2pts

Third-party assets under management at September 30

   bn    755    7433)   1.6    755    7433)   1.6
                                  

Share Information

                  

Basic earnings per share

        3.93    2.03   93.6    13.94    9.11   53.0

Diluted earnings per share

        3.88    2.02   92.1    13.69    9.06   51.1

Share price at September 30

        136.48    127.943)   6.7    136.48    127.943)   6.7

Market capitalization at September 30

   bn    55.4    51.93)   6.7    55.4    51.93)   6.7
                                  

1) Total revenues comprise Property-Casualty segment’s gross premiums written, Life/Health segment’s statutory premiums, Banking segment’s operating revenues and Asset Management segment’s operating revenues.
2) Represents total loan loss allowances as a percentage of total non-performing loans and potential problem loans.
3) At December 31, 2005.

Allianz SE Ratings at September 30, 20061)

 

     Standard
& Poor’s
    Moody’s    A.M.
Best
 

Insurer financial strength

   AA-     Aa3    A+  

Outlook

   Positive     Stable    Stable  

Counterparty credit

   AA-     Not    aa-2 )

Outlook

   Positive     rated    Stable  

Senior unsecured debt

   AA-     Aa3    aa-  

Outlook

     Stable    Stable  

Subordinated debt

   A/A-3 )   A2    a+/a3 )

Outlook

     Stable    Stable  
Commercial paper
(short term)
   A-1+     P-1    Not  

Outlook

     Stable    rated  

1) Includes ratings for securities issued by Allianz Finance B.V., Allianz Finance II B.V. and Allianz Finance Corporation.
2) Issuer credit rating.
3) Ratings vary on the basis of maturity period and terms.

 

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Executive Summary

Strong earnings momentum.

 

    Strong operating profit of €2.7 billion in 3Q 2006, up 43% from a year ago.

 

    Combined ratio of 90.2% in Property-Casualty.

 

    Double-digit growth in Life/Health operating profit, despite lower revenues in Italy and the United States.

 

    Dresdner Bank operating profit grew by 38%.

 

    Asset Management maintained strong operating profitability.

 

    Net income doubled to €1.6 billion, driven by operating profit improvements.

 

    Full year outlook: We expect operating profit to exceed €9.5 billion and net income to surpass €6 billion.1)

 

Total Revenues2)    Net Income

in € bn

   in € mn
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Operating Profit    Shareholders’ Equity3)

in € mn

   in € mn
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1) However, as always, natural catastrophes and adverse developments in the capital markets, as well as the factors stated in our Outlook in the cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements, may severely impact our profitability.
2) Total revenues comprise Property-Casualty segment’s gross premiums written, Life/Health segment’s statutory premiums, Banking segment’s operating revenues and Asset Management segment’s operating revenues.
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Allianz Group’s Consolidated Results of Operations

Total Revenues

Our total revenues remained at a strong level of €22.6 billion and €76.3 billion in 3Q and 9M 2006, respectively. This was the net effect of growth in our Property-Casualty, Banking and Asset Management segments and a decline in our Life/Health segment. Total internal revenue growth year-on-year amounted to (4.0)% in 3Q 2006 (9M 2006: year-on-year increase of 0.3%).

Total Revenues – Segments

in € mn

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Property-Casualty Gross premiums written, at €10.4 billion in 3Q 2006, were 0.4% higher than a year ago, as we continued to exhibit diligent risk selection and focus on profitability. This successful policy translated into marked growth in selected rewarding markets around the world, offset by decreases of, in aggregate, a similar magnitude in markets where maintaining profitability required concessions to volume. Internal growth of gross premiums written year-on-year was 1.8% (9M 2006: 0.5%).

Life/Health Statutory premiums remained sound at €9.8 billion in 3Q 2006, albeit down 11.8% from a year ago. We continued to experience solid growth both in emerging markets and in some of our more mature markets. However, this was more than offset by marked shortfalls in the United States and Italy. In the United States, our distribution was faced with regulatory impediments. Similarly, in Italy, the difficult market environment and adverse developments within our bancassurance distribution channel caused revenues to drop. On an internal growth basis, statutory premiums were down 10.9% (9M 2006: year-on-year decrease of 2.3%).

Banking In 3Q 2006, operating revenues from our Banking segment increased 5.7% from a year ago to €1.7 billion. Strong growth of net interest income was offset by a decline in trading income (net), following the uncertain and challenging market environment in 3Q 2006. On a nine months comparison, our banking segment’s operating revenues experienced dynamic growth to €5.3 billion, up 14.2%, with all revenue categories and operating divisions at Dresdner Bank contributing to this strong development. Internal growth of our Banking segment’s operating revenues was 5.9% and 14.1% in 3Q and 9M 2006, respectively.

Asset Management During the first nine months of 2006, net inflows to third-party assets and market effects amounted to €25 billion each. Partially offsetting this were negative foreign currency effects, resulting in third-party assets of €755 billion at September 30, 2006. Mainly attributable to our strong and continuously growing third-party asset base, we experienced increases in operating revenues year-on-year of 2.3% in 3Q 2006 and 14.9% in 9M 2006. Internal growth was 6.3% and 14.3%, respectively.

Operating Profit

At €2.7 billion, operating profit in 3Q 2006 was 42.7% higher than a year ago. For the first nine months of 2006, we experienced a 33.4% year-on-year increase to €8.1 billion, with all segments exhibiting strong double-digit increases.

Operating Profit – Segments

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Property-Casualty Operating profit grew markedly by 74.1 % year-on-year to €1.7 billion in 3Q 2006 (9M 2006: growth of 28.6% from a year ago to €5.0 billion). Similarly, our combined ratio improved significantly and remained at a very competitive level of 90.2% and 92.2% in 3Q and 9M 2006, respectively, compared to 98.6% and 94.9% in the same periods last year. The exceptionally heavy damages from major natural catastrophes in the United States, Central Europe and Asia in the prior year period were not repeated in 3Q 2006. However, our loss ratio continued to develop strongly, irrespective of the impact from natural catastrophes.

Life/Health In 3Q 2006, we continued to substantially increase our operating profit by 11.0% to €617 million compared to the prior year period. Our strong asset base after the segment’s growth in recent years and improved equity markets, as well as our high margins on both our in-force and new business contributed to this development.

Banking We experienced double-digit operating profit growth year-on-year for the third consecutive quarter, almost achieving our full year 2006 operating profit target after only nine months. Our cost-income ratio improved significantly to 78.6% for the first nine months of 2006 compared to 87.0% a year earlier.

Asset Management Strong operating profitability continued. Our Asset Management’s cost-income ratio remained at very competitive levels of 59.5% in 3Q 2006 and 59.4% in 9M 2006 compared to 57.7% and 59.2% in the same periods last year.

Non-Operating Items

Overall, non-operating items created an income of €13 million in 3Q 2006, compared to a charge of €218 million a year ago (9M comparison: income of €565 million in 2006 versus a charge of €62 million in 2005).

In 3Q 2006, significant capital gains of €0.3 billion stemmed from the sale of Four Seasons Healthcare Ltd. Similarly, in the first half of 2006, we realized significant gains from the sale of our participations in Schering AG and Eurohypo AG. In aggregate, non-operating income from realized gains/losses (net) and impairments of investments (net) was €465 million in 3Q 2006 and €2.5 billion in 9M 2006, up 60.3% and 72.7%, respectively, from a year ago.

The impact from restructuring charges on non-operating items rose to €50 million in 3Q 2006 from €2 million a year ago, reflecting the first impacts of our ongoing “Neue Dresdner Plus program”. For the first nine months of 2006, non-operating restructuring charges amounted to €458 million (9M 2005: €85 million). This was primarily a result of charges at Allianz Deutschland AG in 2Q 2006 in connection with the reorganization of our German insurance operations. This reorganization is intended to help us to improve our competitiveness and offer our customers better service, while operating more efficiently.

Interest expense from external debt, acquisition-related expenses from our Asset Management segment, and other non-operating items, in aggregate, were down to €402 million in 3Q 2006 from €506 million a year earlier (9M 2006 versus 9M 2005: up from €1.4 billion to €1.5 billion).

Net Income

Net income in 3Q 2006 doubled compared to a year ago and reached €1.6 billion. For the first nine months of 2006, net income was €5.6 billion, a 61.0% increase over the prior year period. These strong improvements were primarily driven by our operating profit, reflecting the high quality of our earnings.

Accordingly, income tax expenses in 3Q 2006 were up €280 million from last year to €797 million, representing an effective income tax rate of 29.8% (3Q 2005: 31.4%). Our effective income tax rate benefited from the tax-exemption of the capital gain in connection with the sale of Four Seasons Healthcare Ltd., previously mentioned. Similarly, with income tax expenses up €546 million to €2.1 billion in 9M 2006, our effective income tax rate in 9M 2006 declined to 23.6% compared to 25.0% a year ago mainly due to higher tax-exempted income, such as the realized capital gain from the Schering transaction in June 2006.

Minority interests in earnings, at €285 million in 3Q 2006, were down €50 million, primarily due to the buyout of minorities and decreased earnings after income taxes at RAS in Italy, as well as lower earnings after income taxes at AGF in France. For the first nine months of 2006, minority interests in earnings were flat at €1.0 billion.

The following graph sets forth the development of our basic and diluted earnings per share.

Earnings per Share

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The following tables summarize the total revenues and operating profit for each of our segments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, as well as IFRS consolidated net income of the Allianz Group.

 

     Property-
Casualty
    Life/Health     Banking     Asset
Management
    Corporate     Consolidation
adjustments
    Allianz Group  

Three months ended
September 30,

   2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  
     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn  

Total revenues1)

   10,412     10,368     9,847     11,164     1,668     1,578     726     710     —       —       (54 )   3     22,599     23,823  
                                                                                    

Operating profit

   1,727     992     617     556     406     252     294     300     (331 )   (223 )   (53 )   (13 )   2,660     1,864  

Non-operating items

   139     188     (8 )   28     (8 )   (31 )   (133 )   (212 )   27     (230 )   (4 )   39     13     (218 )
                                                                                    

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

   1,866     1,180     609     584     398     221     161     88     (304 )   (453 )   (57 )   26     2,673     1,646  
                                                                                    

Income taxes

   (600 )   (513 )   (240 )   (124 )   (96 )   (72 )   (67 )   (33 )   180     224     26     1     (797 )   (517 )

Minority interests in earnings

   (177 )   (161 )   (81 )   (130 )   (19 )   (26 )   (10 )   (13 )   —       (2 )   2     (3 )   (285 )   (335 )
                                                                                    

Net income

   1,089     506     288     330     283     123     84     42     (124 )   (231 )   (29 )   24     1,591     794  
                                                                                    
     Property-
Casualty
    Life/Health     Banking     Asset
Management
    Corporate     Consolidation
adjustments
    Allianz Group  

Nine months ended
September 30,

   2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  
     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn  

Total revenues1)

   34,243     34,108     34,600     35,116     5,322     4,661     2,203     1,918     —       —       (60 )   (24 )   76,308     75,779  
                                                                                    

Operating profit

   4,958     3,856     1,867     1,545     1,219     696     895     783     (585 )   (680 )   (223 )   (103 )   8,131     6,097  

Non-operating items

   1,007     804     133     153     396     636     (403 )   (549 )   —       (734 )   (568 )   (372 )   565     (62 )
                                                                                    

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

   5,965     4,660     2,000     1,698     1,615     1,332     492     234     (585 )   (1,414 )   (791 )   (475 )   8,696     6,035  
                                                                                    

Income taxes

   (1,590 )   (1,498 )   (549 )   (274 )   (430 )   (301 )   (194 )   (49 )   414     608     296     7     (2,053 )   (1,507 )

Minority interests in earnings

   (604 )   (557 )   (301 )   (358 )   (74 )   (77 )   (34 )   (36 )   (9 )   (9 )   28     17     (994 )   (1,020 )
                                                                                    

Net income

   3,771     2,605     1,150     1,066     1,111     954     264     149     (180 )   (815 )   (467 )   (451 )   5,649     3,508  
                                                                                    

1) Total revenues comprise Property-Casualty segment’s gross premiums written, Life/Health segment’s statutory premiums, Banking segment’s operating revenues and Asset Management segment’s operating revenues.

 

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Allianz Group’s Shareholders’ Equity and Invested Assets

Shareholders’ Equity

Since December 31, 2005, our shareholders’ equity has increased 13.8% to €44.9 billion at September 30, 2006. Our strong net income more than compensated for a rise in negative foreign currency translation adjustments primarily due to a weaker U.S. Dollar compared to the Euro, and dividends paid of €811 million.

The following graph sets forth the development of our shareholders’ equity in the first nine months of 2006.

Shareholders’ Equity1)

in € mn

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1) Does not include minority interests.
2) Consists of the following developments (in € mn): foreign currency translation adjustments (797); changes in the consolidated subsidiaries of the Allianz Group 45; treasury shares 1,266; net income 5,649; dividends paid (811); miscellaneous 21.

Invested Assets

In the following, we present the breakdown of invested assets owned and managed by our Property-Casualty Life/Health and Banking segments by category and instruments.

Invested Assets – Property-Casualty: Allocation by Category and Instruments at September 30, 2006

Fair Values1) in € bn (Total: €99.9 bn)

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1) Held-to-maturity investments and real estate held for investment are stated at amortized cost. Investments in associates and joint ventures are stated at either amortized cost or equity, depending upon, among other factors, our ownership percentage.
2) Includes debt securities at €3.6 bn and equity securities at €0.3 bn.
3) Includes associates and joint ventures at €0.8 bn, but does not include affiliates at €9.3 bn.
4) Includes held-to-maturity investments at €0.7 bn.

Invested Assets – Life/Health: Allocation by Category and Instruments at September 30, 2006

Fair Values1) in € bn (Total: €278.8 bn)

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1) Held-to-maturity investments and real estate held for investment are stated at amortized cost. Investments in associates and joint ventures are stated at either amortized cost or equity, depending upon, among other factors, our ownership percentage.
2) Includes debt securities at €7.4 bn, equity securities at €2.8 bn and derivative financial instruments at €(3.6) bn.
3) Includes associates and joint ventures at €2.1 bn, but does not include affiliates at €2.7 bn.
4) Includes held-to-maturity investments at €4.0 bn.

Invested Assets – Banking: Trading Portfolio Allocation at September 30, 2006

Fair Values in € bn

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Corporate Segment

In July 2006, a subsidiary of Allianz SE (formerly Allianz AG), which is managed by Allianz Capital Partners and in which Allianz Capital Partners holds an interest of 65%, acquired all shares of MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG. This acquisition had an impact of a similar magnitude both on our Corporate segment’s operating revenues and operating expenses. The increases in realized gains/losses (net) stemmed primarily from the sale of our shareholdings in Schering AG in June 2006 and the disposal of Four Seasons Healthcare Ltd. in August 2006.

 

    

Three months ended

September 30,

   

Nine months ended

September 30,

 
         2006             2005             2006             2005      
     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn  

Operating revenues

   529     273     1,254     862  
                        

Interest expense, excluding interest expense from external debt1)

   (109 )   (54 )   (374 )   (414 )

Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)

   (215 )   (141 )   (496 )   (358 )

Other operating expenses

   (536 )   (301 )   (969 )   (770 )
                        

Operating expenses

   (860 )   (496 )   (1,839 )   (1,542 )
                        

Operating profit

   (331 )   (223 )   (585 )   (680 )
                        

Income from financial assets and liabilities held for trading (net)

   (62 )   (123 )   (214 )   (276 )

Realized gains/losses (net)

   287     41     784     149  

Impairments of investments (net)

   (7 )   24     15     (12 )

Interest expense from external debt1)

   (191 )   (172 )   (585 )   (595 )
                        

Non-operating items

   27     (230 )   —       (734 )
                        

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

   (304 )   (453 )   (585 )   (1,414 )
                        

1) The total of these items equals interest expense in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

Events After the Balance Sheet Date

See Note 41 to our consolidated financial statements.

 

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Property-Casualty Insurance Operations

Continued underwriting excellence.

 

    Effective cycle management.

 

    Excellent combined ratio across all regions.

 

    Combined ratio of 90.2% in 3Q 2006, down 8.4 percentage points from a year ago.

Earnings Summary

Gross Premiums Written by Region1)

in € bn

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1) After elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments. Gross premiums written from our speciality lines have been allocated to the respective geographic regions.

Gross Premiums Written – Growth Rates1)

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Gross Premiums Written

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

We continued to forego premium growth in softening markets with increasing pricing pressures. As a result of our successful cycle management efforts, the modest rise of gross premiums written from €10,368 million to €10,412 million in 3Q 2006 was accompanied by further improved underwriting profitability. Based on internal growth, gross premiums written increased 1.8%.

Positive developments were primarily experienced by our entities in the United States, Spain and the United Kingdom, with additional gross premiums written of €50 million (+ 3.2%), €43 million (+ 10.7%) and €24 million (+ 4.3%) respectively. We furthermore successfully achieved strong increases within New Europe, our growth markets in Central and Eastern Europe, and South America. In these regions, gross premiums written grew by €43 million (+10.3%) and €26 million (+ 14.4%), respectively. In 3Q 2006, our growth markets in Asia-Pacific and New Europe, together with the markets in South America, accounted for approximately 10% of our Property-Casualty segment’s gross premiums written.

 

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In the United States, our operations benefited primarily from growth in our crop insurance line due to higher prices on major crops and higher rates on nursery coverage. The positive development in Spain was mainly attributable to our motor and industrial lines of business. At Cornhill in the United Kingdom, our commercial lines performed favorably.

Similarly, in Brazil, continued good development of our motor business was a key growth factor. In addition, foreign currency effects, in particular the appreciation of the Brazilian Real compared to the Euro, added to the rise in South America.

Within New Europe, in Romania, the increase in gross premiums written was driven by a new large insurance contract in our aviation business and strong sales performance in our retail business. Our Polish motor business benefited from expanded sales capacity.

These increases were offset by decreased gross premiums written in other countries.

At Allianz Sach within PC Germany, our primary market, gross premiums written were impacted by lower volume within our motor business, partially compensated by sound development in our casualty line. At Allianz Re assumed gross premium volume declined, mainly impacted by the change of an intra-Allianz Group reinsurance contract, resulting in increased aggregate loss retention levels of participating entities. This effect, however, is consolidated out at the segment level.

In Australia, gross premiums written were impacted by softening market conditions in our commercial business. Additionally, the depreciation of the Australian Dollar against the Euro contributed to the decline.

The decrease in Switzerland was the net effect of an increase in gross premiums written at Allianz Suisse, whereas at Allianz Risk Transfer (or “ART”) premium volume was down. Allianz Suisse continued to benefit from our favorably developing motor business. At ART, the shortfall occurred as premiums in connection with a long-term contract with a major client were recognized in 4Q 2005.

In specialty lines the decline by €113 million, or 8.0%, was due to lower gross premiums written at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. Gross premiums written at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty were down €106 million to €649 million, primarily due to foregone business volume as a result of declining rates.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

For the first nine months of 2006, our gross premiums written increased marginally by 0.4% to €34,243 million. We were able to achieve growth particularly in the United States, South America, Spain and New Europe. However, while maintaining our strategy of selective and profitable growth, we recorded slight decreases in some of our other markets. Based on internal growth, our gross premiums written were up slightly by 0.5%.

Operating Profit

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2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Our operating profit increased markedly to €1,727 million, a rise of 74.1% from a year earlier. The main driver behind this strong development was our significantly enhanced underwriting profitability. The exceptionally high losses from major natural catastrophes in the prior year period were not repeated. Further, our underwriting discipline and the improvements in connection with our Sustainability program are paying off. Top contributing markets to our operating profit included PC Germany at €454 million, Italy at €209 million, the United States at €201 million, as well as our credit insurance activities combined within our Euler Hermes brand at €111 million. The strongest improvements occurred at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (€281 million), as well as in our operations within the United States (€209 million), Switzerland (€53 million) and Italy (€45 million).

Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net) decreased considerably by 12.2% to €6,208 million. In the prior year period, major natural catastrophes in the United States, Central Europe and Asia inflicted huge damages, heavily impacting the insurance and reinsurance markets as a whole. These damages were not repeated in 3Q 2006. Our calendar year loss ratio declined to 64.2% (3Q 2005: 73.0%). On an accident year basis, claims also markedly decreased 13.0% to €6,320 million, producing an accident year loss ratio of 65.3% (3Q 2005: 74.9%), mainly driven by the developments described above. However, even after excluding the impacts from natural catastrophes, we continued to improve our already excellent underwriting profitability.

 

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Acquisition and administrative expenses (net) remained relatively stable at €2,512 million (3Q 2005: €2,481 million), largely in line with our premium development. Together with a marginal decline in our premiums earned (net), our expense ratio rose slightly by 0.4 percentage points to 26.0% from 25.6% a year earlier.

Driven by the development of our loss ratio, our combined ratio improved significantly by 8.4 percentage points to 90.2%, further solidifying our competitive position within the property-casualty market.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

We succeeded in increasing operating profit for the first nine months of 2006 by 28.6% compared to the prior year period to €4,958 million. At 92.2%, our combined ratio was 2.7 percentage points lower than a year ago. Similar to the developments in 3Q 2006 previously described, these improvements were mainly attributable to significantly lower claims from natural catastrophes, together with our focus on continuous underwriting excellence.

Non-Operating Items

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Income from our non-operating items decreased €49 million to €139 million. In 3Q 2006, a significant realized gain resulted from the disposal of our wholly-owned subsidiary Four Seasons Healthcare Ltd. However, higher net realized gains from investments, not shared with policyholders, were more than offset by increased net impairments of investments, stemming in large part from our available-for-sale debt securities.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Income from our non-operating items for the first nine months of 2006 amounted to €1,007 million, up 25.2% from a year ago. This increase was particularly driven by increased realized gains/losses (net) from investments, not shared with policyholders, especially through the sale of our participation in Schering AG in 2Q 2006. Net realizations on investments proved a compensating balance for restructuring charges of €366 million, primarily in connection with the reorganization of our German insurance operations.

Net Income

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Net income more than doubled from a year ago to €1,089 million, driven by the significant growth in our operating profit.

Income tax expenses amounted to €600 million, rising by 17.0%. This increase resulted mainly from our higher income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings. Our effective tax rate declined to 32.2% (3Q 2005: 43.5%) due to the absence of one-off tax charges experienced in the prior year period.

Minority interests in earnings rose slightly to €177 million primarily as a result of higher earnings at AGF in France, which more than compensated for lower minority interests at RAS in Italy following the partial buy-out of minorities in 2005.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Driven both by our significantly improved operating profitability and increased non-operating income, our net income for the first nine months of 2006 was up markedly by 44.8% to €3,771 million. Due to the effects of a relatively higher share of tax-exempt income, primarily from the Schering transaction, our effective tax rate decreased to 26.7% (9M 2005: 32.1%).

 

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The following table sets forth our Property-Casualty insurance segment’s income statement, loss ratio, expense ratio and combined ratio for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

     Three months ended
September 30,
    Nine months ended
September 30,
 
       2006           2005             2006             2005      
     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn  

Gross premiums written1)

   10,412     10,368     34,243     34,108  

Ceded premiums written

   (1,486 )   (1,488 )   (4,428 )   (4,347 )

Change in unearned premiums

   750     812     (1,440 )   (1,543 )
                        

Premiums earned (net)

   9,676     9,692     28,375     28,218  

Interest and similar income

   928     929     3,107     2,916  

Income from financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through income (net)2)

   39     42     81     98  

Realized gains/losses (net) from investments, shared with policyholders3)

   8     14     44     100  

Fee and commission income

   253     259     770     745  

Other income

   13     24     51     45  
                        

Operating revenues

   10,917     10,960     32,428     32,122  
                        

Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)

   (6,208 )   (7,074 )   (18,480 )   (19,258 )

Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)

   (151 )   (113 )   (344 )   (447 )

Interest expense

   (67 )   (62 )   (196 )   (257 )

Loan loss provisions

   —       (3 )   (3 )   (3 )

Impairments of investments (net), shared with policyholders4)

   (5 )   —       (22 )   (4 )

Investment expenses

   (63 )   (49 )   (178 )   (244 )

Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)

   (2,512 )   (2,481 )   (7,686 )   (7,529 )

Fee and commission expenses

   (184 )   (186 )   (559 )   (518 )

Other expenses

   —       —       (2 )   (6 )
                        

Operating expenses

   (9,190 )   (9,968 )   (27,470 )   (28,266 )
                        

Operating profit

   1,727     992     4,958     3,856  
                        

Income from financial assets and liabilities held for trading (net)2)

   (7 )   5     (4 )   4  

Realized gains/losses (net) from investments, not shared with policyholders3)

   223     193     1,540     911  

Impairments of investments (net), not shared with policyholders4)

   (64 )   (12 )   (153 )   (42 )

Amortization of intangible assets

   (3 )   (3 )   (10 )   (12 )

Restructuring charges

   (10 )   5     (366 )   (57 )
                        

Non-operating items

   139     188     1,007     804  
                        

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

   1,866     1,180     5,965     4,660  
                        

Income taxes

   (600 )   (513 )   (1,590 )   (1,498 )

Minority interests in earnings

   (177 )   (161 )   (604 )   (557 )
                        

Net income

   1,089     506     3,771     2,605  
                        

Loss ratio5) in%

   64.2     73.0     65.1     68.2  

Expense ratio6) in %

   26.0     25.6     27.1     26.7  
                        

Combined ratio7) in %

   90.2     98.6     92.2     94.9  
                        

1) For the Property-Casualty segment, total revenues are measured based upon gross premiums written.
2) The total of these items equals income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.
3) The total of these items equals realized gains/losses (net) in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.
4) The total of these items equals impairments of investments (net) in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.
5) Represents claims and insurance benefits incurred (net) divided by premiums earned (net).
6) Represents acquisition and administrative expenses (net) divided by premiums earned (net).
7) Represents the total of acquisition and administrative expenses (net) and claims and insurance benefits incurred (net) divided by premiums earned (net).

 

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Property-Casualty Operations by Geographic Region

The following tables set forth our property-casualty gross premiums written, premiums earned (net), combined ratio, loss ratio, expense ratio and operating profit by geographic region for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Consistent with our general practice, gross premiums written, premiums earned (net), combined ratio, loss ratio, expense ratio and operating profit by geographic region are presented before consolidation adjustments, representing the elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

 

    

Gross premiums

written

   

Premiums

earned (net)

    Combined ratio     Loss ratio     Expense ratio     Operating profit  
     € mn     € mn     %     %     %     € mn  

Three months ended September 30,

   2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  

PC Germany1)

   2,439     2,502     2,475     2,546     87.0     93.9     62.2     70.0     24.8     23.9     454     436  

France

   1,208     1,196     1,121     1,099     99.6     100.2     72.2     73.5     27.4     26.7     99     78  

Italy

   1,078     1,083     1,214     1,231     89.9     95.0     68.0     71.4     21.9     23.6     209     164  

United Kingdom

   585     561     473     477     90.7     93.9     60.7     64.3     30.0     29.6     98     75  

Switzerland

   369     393     401     434     90.7     114.6     67.5     91.9     23.2     22.7     52     (1 )

Spain

   446     403     428     398     91.1     89.6     71.1     70.2     20.0     19.4     62     66  
                                                                        

Netherlands

   207     196     206     206     87.3     90.3     53.1     61.0     34.2     29.3     43     30  

Austria

   195     200     198     202     91.1     99.4     65.2     74.5     25.9     24.9     35     19  

Ireland

   182     182     157     161     56.8     77.9     34.9     56.8     21.9     21.1     85     47  

Belgium

   80     79     74     76     100.5     93.9     61.5     62.2     39.0     31.7     10     12  

Portugal

   68     71     64     69     88.1     85.7     63.3     61.0     24.8     24.7     10     13  

Greece

   17     16     11     11     82.1     83.7     51.2     52.0     30.9     31.7     3     2  
                                                                        

Western and Southern Europe

   749     744     710     725     83.0     89.8     54.2     63.7     28.8     26.1     1913 )   1223 )
                                                                        

Hungary

   135     145     123     138     89.8     92.1     65.4     62.4     24.4     29.7     22     28  

Slovakia

   72     67     65     65     65.2     82.5     35.7     51.3     29.5     31.2     27     16  

Czech Republic

   56     56     45     41     76.5     72.4     60.1     55.9     16.4     16.5     12     12  

Poland

   71     58     50     42     88.6     86.7     54.7     55.6     33.9     31.1     7     4  

Romania

   79     52     37     27     85.9     106.9     68.1     93.2     17.8     13.7     6     (1 )

Bulgaria

   24     21     15     9     88.7     92.3     56.0     51.6     32.7     40.7     2     1  

Croatia

   15     12     12     12     101.8     99.1     66.1     65.4     35.7     33.7     —       1  

Russia

   8     6     1     2     127.0     46.5     68.8     8.6     58.2     37.9     —       —    
                                                                        

New Europe

   460     417     348     336     83.6     87.9     57.7     60.3     25.9     27.6     76     61  
                                                                        

Other Europe

   1,209     1,161     1,058     1,061     83.2     89.3     55.4     62.7     27.8     26.6     267     183  
                                                                        

NAFTA, thereof:

   1,641     1,587     1,073     1,059     90.0     107.8     65.4     82.9     24.6     24.9     202     (5 )

United States

   1,601     1,551     1,049     1,032     89.4     109.4     64.8     84.3     24.6     25.1     201     (8 )

Mexico

   40     36     24     27     114.2     54.0     89.3     33.1     24.9     20.9     1     3  
                                                                        

Asia-Pacific, thereof:

   488     510     324     320     93.9     97.3     67.6     69.7     26.3     27.6     65     57  

Australia

   413     445     289     290     93.7     97.1     68.6     70.6     25.1     26.5     60     53  

Other

   75     65     35     30     94.7     97.3     58.8     59.8     35.9     37.5     5     4  
                                                                        

South America

   207     181     157     137     99.9     99.6     66.4     64.1     33.5     35.5     12     21  
                                                                        

Other

   22     21     14     12     —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   1     1  
                                                                        

Specialty Lines

                        

Credit Insurance

   404     404     285     238     74.9     62.0     48.8     36.3     26.1     25.7     111     100  

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty1)

   649     755     390     427     95.3     153.1     64.4     120.5     30.9     32.6     75     (206 )

Travel Insurance and Assistance Services

   252     259     267     259     102.3     96.0     62.3     62.0     40.0     34.0     26     20  
                                                                        

Subtotal

   10,997     11,016     9,680     9,698     —       —       —       —       —       —       1,733     989  
                                                                        

Consolidation adjustments2)

   (585 )   (648 )   (4 )   (6 )   —       —       —       —       —       —       (6 )   3  
                                                                        

Total

   10,412     10,368     9,676     9,692     90.2     98.6     64.2     73.0     26.0     25.6     1,727     992  
                                                                        

1) With effect from 1Q 2006, we have combined the activities of the former Allianz Global Risk Re and Allianz Marine & Aviation, as well as the corporate customer business of Allianz Sach, which was formerly included within PC Germany. Additionally, with effect from 2Q 2006, we have included Allianz Global Risks US, which was formerly presented within NAFTA, within the newly combined entity Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. Prior year balances have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification and allow for comparability across periods.
2) Represents elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions.
3) Contains run-off of a former operating entity located in Luxembourg of €5 mn in 2006 and €(1) mn in 2005.
4) Presentation not meaningful.

 

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Gross premiums

written

   

Premiums

earned (net)

    Combined Ratio     Loss ratio     Expense ratio     Operating profit  
     € mn     € mn     %     %     %     € mn  

Nine months ended September 30,

   2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  

PC Germany1)

   9,390     9,620     7,328     7,508     90.8     91.0     63.3     65.1     27.5     25.9     1,272     1,310  

France

   4,053     4,063     3,327     3,294     99.7     102.3     72.5     74.7     27.2     27.6     315     165  

Italy

   3,698     3,679     3,661     3,649     93.4     96.5     70.4     71.3     23.0     25.2     567     510  

United Kingdom

   1,812     1,851     1,392     1,435     94.7     94.8     64.7     64.2     30.0     30.6     225     223  

Switzerland

   1,610     1,646     1,269     1,288     94.0     99.4     70.2     76.6     23.8     22.8     170     99  

Spain

   1,567     1,460     1,240     1,146     90.9     91.2     71.5     71.7     19.4     19.5     185     168  
                                                                        

Netherlands

   752     754     609     616     89.3     92.0     55.9     61.1     33.4     30.9     117     100  

Austria

   752     763     578     585     99.1     99.3     73.8     74.5     25.3     24.8     64     64  

Ireland

   556     581     463     487     71.4     83.0     48.3     60.9     23.1     22.1     180     120  

Belgium

   286     281     223     220     100.3     100.0     63.4     63.8     36.9     36.2     33     28  

Portugal

   220     233     194     208     87.2     89.4     63.2     64.7     24.0     24.7     34     30  

Greece

   55     53     34     33     84.9     85.3     55.2     53.1     29.7     32.2     7     6  
                                                                        

Western and Southern Europe

   2,621     2,665     2,101     2,149     89.0     92.4     60.6     65.2     28.4     27.2     4503 )   3453 )
                                                                        

Hungary

   451     464     373     394     88.3     94.4     62.0     64.8     26.3     29.6     85     77  

Slovakia

   224     242     187     187     69.9     73.3     39.8     42.9     30.1     30.4     71     64  

Czech Republic

   195     186     132     119     82.8     85.1     63.4     65.4     19.4     19.7     26     23  

Poland

   214     178     147     115     89.5     87.6     56.5     55.5     33.0     32.1     19     15  

Romania

   217     155     97     84     91.7     93.0     76.7     74.4     15.0     18.6     10     7  

Bulgaria

   67     64     46     25     83.6     74.3     50.2     34.9     33.4     39.4     9     9  

Croatia

   55     46     39     34     97.7     97.6     64.7     63.0     33.0     34.6     2     2  

Russia

   19     16     3     5     91.1     53.1     45.4     10.7     45.7     42.4     1     —    
                                                                        

New Europe

   1,442     1,351     1,024     963     84.8     87.4     58.2     59.1     26.6     28.3     223     197  
                                                                        

Other Europe

   4,063     4,016     3,125     3,112     87.6     90.9     59.8     63.3     27.8     27.6     673     542  
                                                                        

NAFTA, thereof:

   3,787     3,598     2,845     2,743     88.5     97.1     59.3     69.0     29.2     28.1     636     313  

United States

   3,655     3,483     2,772     2,675     88.0     98.0     58.7     69.8     29.3     28.2     627     305  

Mexico

   132     115     73     68     105.5     59.8     81.0     36.2     24.5     23.6     9     8  
                                                                        

Asia-Pacific, thereof:

   1,348     1,317     994     946     94.0     92.8     67.5     66.3     26.5     26.5     195     208  

Australia

   1,116     1,114     890     858     94.0     92.6     68.8     67.3     25.2     25.3     181     196  

Other

   232     203     104     88     94.5     95.0     56.9     56.9     37.6     38.1     14     12  
                                                                        

South America

   630     493     457     362     101.6     98.2     65.9     63.0     35.7     35.2     39     52  
                                                                        

Other

   94     84     40     35     —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   —  4 )   5     4  
                                                                        

Specialty Lines

                        

Credit Insurance

   1,270     1,302     828     730     77.6     71.6     51.1     44.4     26.5     27.2     328     286  

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty1)

   2,206     2,349     1,147     1,270     93.6     113.6     66.2     86.5     27.4     27.1     286     (94 )

Travel Insurance and Assistance Services

   767     764     737     712     100.9     94.9     60.9     60.4     40.0     34.5     73     66  
                                                                        

Subtotal

   36,295     36,242     28,390     28,230     —       —       —       —       —       —       4,969     3,852  
                                                                        

Consolidation adjustments2)

   (2,052 )   (2,134 )   (15 )   (12 )   —       —       —       —       —       —       (11 )   4  
                                                                        

Total

   34,243     34,108     28,375     28,218     92.2     94.9     65.1     68.2     27.1     26.7     4,958     3,856  
                                                                        

1) With effect from 1Q 2006, we have combined the activities of the former Allianz Global Risk Re and Allianz Marine & Aviation, as well as the corporate customer business of Allianz Sach, which was formerly included within PC Germany. Additionally, with effect from 2Q 2006, we have included Allianz Global Risk US, which was formerly presented within NAFTA, within the newly combined entity Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. Prior year balances have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification and allow for comparability across periods.
2) Represents elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions.
3) Contains run-off of a former operating entity located in Luxembourg of €15 mn in 2006 and €(3) mn in 2005.
4) Presentation not meaningful.

 

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Life/Health Insurance Operations

Operating profitability further improved.

 

    Revenue shortfall in Italy and the United States.

 

    Operating profit improvement driven by growth in our asset base.

 

    High margins on both our in-force and new business.

Earnings Summary

Statutory Premiums by Regions1)

in € bn

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1) After elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

Statutory Premiums – Growth Rates1)

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1) Before elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

Statutory Premiums

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Our statutory premiums at €9,847 million in 3Q 2006 remained sound and we continued to experience solid increases both in some of our more mature and emerging markets. In the context of our Sustainability program the leveraging of our worldwide life insurance product expertise, has begun to contribute to our revenues. However, in aggregate, statutory premiums were down 11.8% from a year earlier. This development was mainly attributable to declines in the United States and Italy. Based on internal growth, our statutory premiums decreased 10.9%.

In France, our entities continued to enjoy strong sales momentum with unit-linked contracts, achieved through our proprietary financial advisors network and through partnerships with independent advisors. This drove a 6.4% rise, with statutory premiums reaching €1,313 million.

Germany Life again experienced strong production of new single premium business leading to total statutory premiums in 3Q 2006 of €2,640 million, an increase of €45 million from 3Q 2005.

Within New Europe, our growth markets in Central and Eastern Europe, our Polish operations continued to benefit from a successful sales campaign with a bank partner in 1Q 2006, evidenced by statutory premiums which more than doubled to €76 million in 3Q 2006.

Conversely, at Allianz Life in the United States, statutory premiums decreased 24.9% to €2,144 million, as the sale of equity-indexed annuity products fell short of their prior year level. We attribute this

 

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decrease primarily to the impact of the NASD’s1) notice in late 2005 to members regarding the sale of index annuities which has created impediments to sales of equity index annuities. Allianz Life is taking action to regain growth momentum by expanding distribution with the broker-dealers, banks and wire-houses, designing channel-specific products, and at the same time reinforcing core strengths in product development of variable products and fixed indexed products.

As expected, statutory premiums were down in Italy. In aggregate, RAS and Lloyd Adriatico experienced a decline of 36.0% to €1,267 million in 3Q 2006, negatively influenced by the difficult market environment. In addition, adverse developments within our bancassurance distribution channel continued to make an impact. At RAS, our share in the total life production of our joint venture partner reduced as expected, while at Lloyd Adriatico, we remained confronted with challenges due to organizational changes at our joint venture partner.

The decrease in statutory premiums by 7.6% to €835 million from our operations in Asia-Pacific, was the net effect of strong increases in South Korea and China, overcompensated by lower premium volume in Taiwan. At Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. in South Korea, we were able to maintain statutory premium momentum from our continued strong sales performance with equity-indexed and variable annuity products. This led to a significant increase in statutory premiums of 30.1% to €467 million. In China, we started to benefit from our cooperation with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. In contrast, in Taiwan, statutory premiums decreased 40.8% to €296 million.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Our statutory premiums decreased 1.5% to €34,600 million. Whereas we experienced strong growth in most of our life insurance markets, such as Germany, France, Asia-Pacific and New Europe, the developments in the United States and Italy did not vary from those in 3Q. Based on internal growth, our statutory premiums were down 2.3%.

Operating Profit

Operating Profit

in € mn

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1) The National Association of Securities Dealers (or “NASD”) is a private-sector provider of financial regulatory services in the United States.

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Operating profit was €617 million in 3Q 2006, up 11.0% from a year earlier. The most important factors driving this increase were our strong asset base after the segment’s growth in recent years and higher trending equity markets, as well as our improved new business margin.

The markets which contributed strongest to operating profit were Germany Life at €208 million, France at €95 million, the United States at €91 million and Italy at €66 million.

Interest and similar income rose by 9.2% to €3,093 million. This development was in large part due to higher interest income from bonds in the United States through increased yields and growth in our asset base, as well as higher dividend distributions from equity investments at Germany Life.

Realized gains/losses (net) from investments, shared with policyholders, were up 3.5% to €537 million predominantly from the sale of Four Seasons Healthcare Ltd.

Acquisition and administrative expenses (net) rose by 17.4% to €1,132 million, reflecting in particular increased acquisition expenses due to higher amortization of deferred acquisition costs. Factors important for this development were increased lapses in Italy, whereas the corresponding surrender gains are not shown in the expense line item, and the change of an intra-Allianz Group reinsurance contract. Consequently, together with the shortfall in statutory premiums (net), our statutory expense ratio increased to 11.7% from 8.8% a year ago.

Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) resulted in an overall expense of €20 million, after an income of €290 million last year. Germany Life exhibited expenses due to the retrospective release of hedging connections. In addition, in the United States, we experienced lower income due to, among other factors, an increase in market interest rates.

While claims and insurance benefits incurred (net) increased, changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net) were down by a similar magnitude, resulting in aggregate, in charges of €6,204 million, consistent with a year ago. The increase of claims and insurance benefits incurred (net) from €3,836 million to €3,942 million stemmed in large part from higher lapses and surrender rates in our operations within Italy, as well as the maturity of savings products at Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. in South Korea. Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net) were down €117 million to €2,262 million in particular due to decreased statutory premium volume in Italy and the United States. Additionally, a change in product mix in South Korea, reflected by higher sales of separate account variable annuity contracts, contributed to decreased net expenses from changes in reserves.

 

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2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Operating profit was up 20.8% to €1,867 million. One of the key drivers of this development was interest and similar income, which showed a significant increase, primarily through higher dividend payments from equity investments. To a lesser degree, operating profit benefited from higher realized gains/losses (net) from investments, shared with policyholders, especially from the Schering transaction in 2Q 2006.

Non-Operating Items

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Non-operating items were down €36 million to a charge of €8 million. This development resulted from lower realized gains/losses (net) from investments, not shared with policyholders, which fell €33 million in large part due to realized gains at RAS from the sale of its remaining interest in Mediobanca in 3Q 2005.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Similar to the development in 3Q, during the first nine months of 2006 we recorded €20 million decline in non-operating income to €133 million, primarily from non-operating restructuring charges in 2Q 2006 within our German life and health businesses.

Net Income

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Despite an increased income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings, our net income was down 12.7% to €288 million, impacted by income tax expenses which almost doubled from last year. This drove our effective tax rate to 39.4% from 21.3%.

Minority interests in earnings were down 37.7% to €81 million, mainly through lower income after taxes and before minority interests at AGF and RAS. An additional factor in this development was the buy-out of minority shares at our Italian subsidiary RAS.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Net income for the first nine months of 2006 rose by 7.9% to €1,150 million, driven by our strong operating profit development.

Income tax expenses doubled to €549 million, with an effective tax rate of 27.4% (9M 2005: 16.2%). At a relatively constant income after taxes and before minority interests, minority interests in earnings were down €57 million from a year earlier to €301 million primarily as a result of the buy-out at RAS previously mentioned.

 

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The following table sets forth our Life/Health insurance segment’s income statement and statutory expense ratio for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

     Three months ended
September 30,
   

Nine months ended

September 30,

 
         2006             2005             2006             2005      
     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn  

Statutory premiums1)

   9,847     11,164     34,600     35,116  

Ceded premiums written

   (163 )   (211 )   (572 )   (653 )

Change in unearned premiums

   (4 )   (46 )   (90 )   (100 )
                        

Statutory premiums (net)

   9,680     10,907     33,938     34,363  

Deposits from SFAS 97 insurance and investment contracts

   (5,169 )   (6,605 )   (19,515 )   (20,289 )
                        

Premiums earned (net)

   4,511     4,302     14,423     14,074  

Interest and similar income

   3,093     2,832     9,838     8,953  

Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net)

   (20 )   290     (205 )   286  

Realized gains/losses (net) from investments, shared with policyholders2)

   537     519     2,587     2,163  

Fee and commission income

   144     152     435     358  

Other income

   7     —       20     29  
                        

Operating revenues

   8,272     8,095     27,098     25,863  
                        

Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)

   (3,942 )   (3,836 )   (12,738 )   (12,690 )

Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)

   (2,262 )   (2,379 )   (7,860 )   (7,859 )

Interest expense

   (70 )   (98 )   (207 )   (321 )

Loan loss provisions

   —       5     1     2  

Impairments of investments (net), shared with policyholders

   (63 )   (45 )   (308 )   (98 )

Investment expenses

   (129 )   (135 )   (497 )   (381 )

Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)

   (1,132 )   (964 )   (3,327 )   (2,822 )

Fee and commission expenses

   (57 )   (87 )   (177 )   (149 )

Operating restructuring charges3)

   —       —       (118 )   —    
                        

Operating expenses

   (7,655 )   (7,539 )   (25,231 )   (24,318 )
                        

Operating profit

   617     556     1,867     1,545  
                        

Realized gains/losses (net) from investments, not shared with policyholders2)

   —       33     186     180  

Amortization of intangible assets

   —       (3 )   (2 )   (10 )

Non-operating restructuring charges3)

   (8 )   (2 )   (51 )   (17 )
                        

Non-operating items

   (8 )   28     133     153  
                        

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

   609     584     2,000     1,698  
                        

Income taxes

   (240 )   (124 )   (549 )   (274 )

Minority interests in earnings

   (81 )   (130 )   (301 )   (358 )
                        

Net income

   288     330     1,150     1,066  
                        

Statutory expense ratio4) in %

   11.7     8.8     9.8     8.2  
                        

1) For the Life/Health segment, total revenues are measured based upon statutory premiums. Statutory premiums are gross premiums written from sales of life insurance policies, as well as gross receipts from sales of unit-linked and other investment-oriented products, in accordance with the statutory accounting practices applicable in the insurer’s home jurisdiction.
2) The total of these items equals realized gains/losses (net) in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.
3) The total of these items equals restructuring charges in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.
4) Represents acquisition and administrative expenses (net) divided by statutory premiums (net).

 

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Life/Health Operations by Geographic Region

The following tables set forth our life/health statutory premiums, premiums earned (net), statutory expense ratio and operating profit by geographic region for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Consistent with our general practice, statutory premiums, premiums earned (net), statutory expense ratio and operating profit by geographic region are presented before consolidation adjustments, representing the elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions and different segments.

 

     Statutory premiums1)     Premiums
earned (net)
    Statutory expense
ratio
    Operating
profit
 
     € mn     € mn     %     € mn  

Three months ended September 30,

       2006             2005         2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Germany Life

   2,640     2,595     2,205     2,125     9.9     9.3     208     63  

Germany Health2)

   776     765     773     762     10.5     8.5     33     42  

Italy

   1,267     1,980     198     184     10.2     4.4     66     71  

France

   1,313     1,234     376     247     15.3     16.9     95     242  

Switzerland

   143     170     76     81     16.9     14.0     14     20  

Spain

   111     94     72     74     15.6     9.6     24     18  
                                                

Netherlands

   96     91     38     37     36.8     16.4     11     15  

Austria

   86     80     69     63     14.8     13.4     6     9  

Belgium

   120     141     64     78     13.4     10.9     35     9  

Portugal

   19     19     16     15     13.2     23.6     5     2  

Luxembourg

   14     9     7     5     12.3     16.3     —       2  

Greece

   21     20     14     13     25.6     24.7     1     4  
                                                

Western and Southern Europe

   356     360     208     211     20.7     14.3     58     41  
                                                

Hungary

   24     22     18     19     23.9     28.5     3     3  

Slovakia

   43     37     33     34     11.6     21.7     1     3  

Czech Republic

   17     16     13     12     8.6     19.3     3     1  

Poland

   76     31     29     14     26.8     27.7     2     1  

Romania

   5     5     3     1     38.6     36.0     —       —    

Bulgaria

   6     4     5     4     15.4     13.6     1     1  

Croatia

   11     9     9     8     16.8     22.9     1     —    

Russia

   2     —       2     —       14.1     —  5 )   —       —    
                                                

New Europe

   184     124     112     92     20.5     24.4     11     9  
                                                

Other Europe

   540     484     320     303     20.6     16.9     69     50  
                                                

United States

   2,144     2,853     95     127     7.6     5.7     91     77  
                                                

Asia-Pacific, thereof:

   835     904     301     280     11.3     8.2     19     12  

South Korea

   467     359     243     245     13.1     16.9     17     14  

Taiwan

   296     500     24     13     6.2     0.3     2     2  

Malaysia

   26     21     21     18     12.8     11.2     2     (1 )

Indonesia

   21     15     9     7     30.4     27.0     —       —    

Other

   25     9     4     (3 )   19.4     56.2     (2 )   (3 )
                                                

South America

   28     28     8     9     21.3     24.7     (1 )   5  
                                                

Other3)

   96     113     88     108     —  5 )   —  5 )   24     (46 )
                                                

Subtotal

   9,893     11,220     4,512     4,300     —       —       642     554  
                                                

Consolidation adjustments4)

   (46 )   (56 )   (1 )   2     —       —       (25 )   2  
                                                

Total

   9,847     11,164     4,511     4,302     11.7     8.8     617     556  
                                                

1) Statutory premiums are gross premiums written from sales of life insurance policies as well as gross receipts from sales of unit-linked and other investment-oriented products, in accordance with the statutory accounting practices applicable in the insurer’s home jurisdiction.
2) Loss ratios were 67.4% and 67.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
3) Contains, among others, the life/health business assumed by Allianz SE, which was previously reported under PC Germany in the Property-Casualty segment. Prior year balances have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification and allow for comparability across periods.
4) Represents elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions.
5) Presentation not meaningful.

 

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     Statutory premiums 1)    

Premiums

earned (net)

  

Statutory

expense ratio

   

Operating

profit

 
     € mn     € mn    %     € mn  

Nine months ended September 30,

   2006     2005     2006     2005    2006     2005     2006     2005  

Germany Life

   8,844     8,260     7,103     6,867    9.4     7.6     454     232  

Germany Health2)

   2,317     2,282     2,315     2,280    8.4     9.0     132     117  

Italy

   5,898     6,908     720     673    7.2     5.0     269     254  

France

   4,247     3,821     1,174     1,045    14.8     15.4     370     478  

Switzerland

   840     862     365     370    9.0     9.4     41     38  

Spain

   427     379     294     317    10.7     7.7     65     51  
                                               

Netherlands

   324     288     111     109    19.5     15.4     33     29  

Austria

   270     249     201     192    13.3     10.2     28     25  

Belgium

   415     437     209     233    11.3     12.0     67     41  

Portugal

   64     56     49     45    14.6     22.3     17     10  

Luxembourg

   35     25     22     17    14.1     21.1     3     4  

Greece

   71     66     45     40    23.9     23.7     3     4  
                                               

Western and Southern Europe

   1,179     1,121     637     636    14.9     13.8     151     113  
                                               

Hungary

   68     66     55     54    25.9     26.6     11     11  

Slovakia

   131     108     100     98    16.8     20.7     15     7  

Czech Republic

   55     46     40     36    17.0     20.9     7     4  

Poland

   307     71     69     39    14.7     33.7     5     3  

Romania

   20     12     9     4    39.0     33.6     —       —    

Bulgaria

   17     12     15     12    15.7     11.7     2     2  

Croatia

   31     29     25     23    21.9     23.6     2     1  

Russia

   6     —       6     —      16.4     —  5 )   —       —    
                                               

New Europe

   635     344     319     266    17.6     24.9     42     28  
                                               

Other Europe

   1,814     1,465     956     902    15.9     16.4     193     141  
                                               

United States

   7,120     8,614     263     385    6.9     4.4     244     203  
                                               

Asia-Pacific, thereof:

   2,807     2,216     910     864    10.3     12.3     70     26  

South Korea

   1,561     1,058     746     731    13.2     20.5     55     20  

Taiwan

   1,040     1,019     65     54    3.6     2.0     11     8  

Malaysia

   76     73     62     51    18.3     15.5     6     —    

Indonesia

   55     48     25     22    31.3     23.7     1     1  

Other

   75     18     12     6    18.6     97.7     (3 )   (3 )
                                               

South America

   116     93     33     24    16.0     18.8     (2 )   4  
                                               

Other3)

   338     384     291     345    —  5 )   —  5 )   123     4  
                                               

Subtotal

   34,768     35,284     14,424     14,072    —       —       1,959     1,548  
                                               

Consolidation adjustments4)

   (168 )   (168 )   (1 )   2    —       —       (92 )   (3 )
                                               

Total

   34,600     35,116     14,423     14,074    9.8     8.2     1,867     1,545  
                                               

1) Statutory premiums are gross premiums written from sales of life insurance policies as well as gross receipts from sales of unit-linked and other investment-oriented products, in accordance with the statutory accounting practices applicable in the insurer’s home jurisdiction.
2) Loss ratios were 68.9% and 70.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
3) Contains, among others, the life/health business assumed by Allianz SE, which was previously reported under PC Germany in the Property-Casualty segment. Prior year balances have been adjusted to reflect this reclassification and allow for comparability across periods.
4) Represents elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions.
5) Presentation not meaningful.

 

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Banking Operations

On track to achieve ambitious full year targets.

 

    Operating revenues stable.

 

    Sustainable operating profit improvement continued.

 

    Significantly improved cost-income ratio.

Earnings Summary

The results of operations of our Banking segment are almost exclusively represented by Dresdner Bank, accounting for 96.1% of our total Banking segment’s operating revenues for the first nine months of 2006 (9M 2005: 95.8%). Accordingly, the discussion of our Banking segment’s results of operations relates solely to the operations of Dresdner Bank.

Operating Revenues

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Operating revenues, at €1,521 million in 3Q 2006, were on a par with a year earlier despite lower trading income in a challenging market environment. Overall, significantly higher net interest income made up for decreased trading income (net), while net fee and commission income was flat.

Net interest income amounted to €695 million, up 35.2% from a year ago. Excluding the impact of accounting for derivative financial instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting, net interest income increased 5.2%. In our operating divisions, Private & Business Clients (or “PBC”) and Corporate & Investment Banking (or “CIB”), net interest income was relatively stable. In PBC, our favorably developing deposit business more than compensated for lower net interest income from our loan business.

At €631 million, net fee and commission income was rather unchanged. Our operating divisions developed favorably with PBC experiencing increased income from closed-end funds, compensating for lower income from the securities business, and CIB generating higher fee income from its investment banking activities.

Trading income (net) was down 48.5% to €188 million primarily in our derivative business due to low activities stemming from an uncertain market environment and unfavorable conditions in July and August. In September, trading income (net) recovered.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Operating revenues increased considerably by 14.6% to €5,114 million. This strong growth resulted from positive developments in all revenue categories and both operating divisions.

Operating Profit

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Operating profit grew to €311 million, up 38.2% from a year earlier. While slightly increased revenues also helped in this development, decreases of both bonus-related and non-bonus-related personnel expenses were the key drivers.

Operating expenses declined 11.0% to €1,259 million, of which administrative expenses amounted to €1,237 million, down 10.9%. Administrative expenses declined due to a reduction in revenue-linked bonuses and related social security expenses, reflecting the revenue development in our CIB division. Additionally, administrative expenses benefited from further efficiency gains, resulting from, among other factors, a reduction in headcount after the closure of our Institutional Restructuring Unit (or “IRU”). As a result of the stable development of our operating revenues and declining operating expenses, our cost-income ratio improved significantly by 10.9 percentage points to 82.8%.

Loan loss provisions experienced a net release of €49 million. Adequate reserving for current risks with gross additions of €103 million was in line with the improved quality of our loan portfolio following the successful completion of the wind-down of our IRU portfolio in 2005. Gross additions were more than offset by recoveries from loans previously written off and releases of provisions of, in aggregate, €152 million.

 

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2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Operating profit increased significantly to €1,159 million, up 81.4%. This strong development was largely attributable to the dynamic growth in operating revenues, whereas operating expenses were only 3.2% higher. We successfully drove down our cost-income ratio by 8.8 percentage points to 78.8%. Loan loss provisions resulted in a net release of €77 million, compared to an €84 million net release in the prior year period. Similar to a year ago, high recoveries of loans and releases of provisions were key factors in this development. At September 30, 2006, our coverage ratio was 59.8%, up 1.0 percentage point from September 30, 2005.

Operating Profit – Dresdner Bank

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Non-Operating Items

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

In aggregate, net expenses from non-operating items were €8 million, down €21 million from a year ago. Realized gains/losses (net) of €73 million were, in large part, connected to the sale of a subsidiary. Restructuring charges amounted to €33 million (3Q 2005: €5 million) and impairments of investments (net) to €(48) million (3Q 2005: €(24) million). Restructuring charges reflected the initial impact from our “Neue Dresdner Plus program”.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

The significant decline in income from non-operating items by 38.0% was mainly attributable to reduced realized gains/losses (net). In addition, higher restructuring charges were incurred, resulting primarily from the “Neue Dresdner Plus program”.

Net Income

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Net income more-than-doubled to €230 million. This development reflected, in particular, our strong operating profit growth. Conversely, income tax expenses decreased from €64 million to €56 million, reflecting an effective tax rate of 18.5% (3Q 2005: 32.6%). Income taxes benefited from tax-exempt realized gains in 3Q 2006.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Net income increased 16.8% to €1,086 million. Driven by strong operating profit growth, income tax expenses rose by €118 million to €406 million. Our effective income tax rate was 26.1%, compared to 22.5% a year earlier. In 1Q 2005 and 2006, similar significant tax-exempt gains from the sale of Munich Re shares were realized, which had a larger impact on the 9M 2005 effective tax rate due to a lower income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings compared to that for the first nine months of 2006.

 

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The following table sets forth the income statements and cost-income ratios for both our Banking segment as a whole and Dresdner Bank for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

    Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,  
    2006     2005     2006     2005  
    Banking
Segment1)
    Dresdner
Bank
    Banking
Segment1)
    Dresdner
Bank
    Banking
Segment1)
    Dresdner
Bank
    Banking
Segment1)
    Dresdner
Bank
 
    €mn     €mn     €mn     €mn     €mn     €mn     €mn     €mn  

Net interest income2)

  709     695     529     514     1,962     1,904     1,633     1,580  

Net fee and commission income3)

  668     631     676     640     2,228     2,104     2,073     1,964  

Trading income (net)4)

  285     188     382     365     1,080     1,053     964     928  

Income from financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through income (net)4)

  6     6     (7 )   (7 )   27     27     (11 )   (11 )

Other income

  —       1     (2 )   (2 )   25     26     2     2  
                                               

Operating revenues5)

  1,668     1,521     1,578     1,510     5,322     5,114     4,661     4,463  
                                               

Administrative expenses

  (1,294 )   (1,237 )   (1,430 )   (1,388 )   (4,158 )   (4,004 )   (4,005 )   (3,854 )

Investment expenses

  (19 )   (21 )   (8 )   (9 )   (35 )   (40 )   (23 )   (28 )

Other expenses

  (1 )   (1 )   (18 )   (18 )   12     12     (26 )   (26 )
                                               

Operating expenses

  (1,314 )   (1,259 )   (1,456 )   (1,415 )   (4,181 )   (4,032 )   (4,054 )   (3,908 )
                                               

Loan loss provisions

  52     49     130     130     78     77     89     84  
                                               

Operating profit

  406     311     252     225     1,219     1,159     696     639  
                                               

Realized gains/losses (net)

  71     73     —       —       517     517     729     729  

Impairments of investments (net)

  (48 )   (48 )   (25 )   (24 )   (80 )   (80 )   (82 )   (80 )

Amortization of intangible assets

  1     —       (1 )   —       —       —       (1 )   —    

Restructuring charges

  (32 )   (33 )   (5 )   (5 )   (41 )   (41 )   (10 )   (10 )
                                               

Non-operating items

  (8 )   (8 )   (31 )   (29 )   396     396     636     639  
                                               

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

  398     303     221     196     1,615     1,555     1,332     1,278  
                                               

Income taxes

  (96 )   (56 )   (72 )   (64 )   (430 )   (406 )   (301 )   (288 )

Minority interests in earnings

  (19 )   (17 )   (26 )   (19 )   (74 )   (63 )   (77 )   (60 )
                                               

Net income

  283     230     123     113     1,111     1,086     954     930  
                                               

Cost-income ratio6) in %

  78.8     82.8     92.3     93.7     78.6     78.8     87.0     87.6  
                                               

1) Consists of Dresdner Bank and non-Dresdner Bank banking operations within our Banking segment, as well as the elimination of trading income (net) of €(81) mn and €– mn at Dresdner Bank resulting from Dresdner Bank’s trading activities in Allianz SE shares in 3Q and 9M 2006, respectively.
2) Represents interest and similar income less interest expense.
3) Represents fee and commission income less fee and commission expense.
4) The total of these items equals income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.
5) For the Banking segment, total revenues are measured based upon operating revenues.
6) Represents operating expenses divided by operating revenues.

 

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Banking Operations by Division

The following tables set forth our banking operating revenues, operating profit and cost-income ratio by division for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Consistent with our general practice, operating revenues, operating profit and cost-income ratio by division are presented before consolidation adjustments, representing the elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different segments.

 

Three months ended September 30,

   2006     2005  
     Operating
revenues
   Operating
profit
    Cost-income
ratio
    Operating
revenues
    Operating
profit
    Cost-income
ratio
 
     € mn    € mn     %     € mn     € mn     %  

Private & Business Clients1)

   754    145     78.0     744     109     82.7  

Corporate & Investment Banking1)

   748    134     83.0     851     171     84.3  

Corporate Other2)

   19    32     —  3 )   (85 )   (55 )   —  3 )
                                   

Dresdner Bank

   1,521    311     82.8     1,510     225     93.7  
                                   

Other Banks4)

   147    95     83.35 )   68     27     60.3  
                                   

Total

   1,668    406     78.8     1,578     252     92.3  
                                   

Nine months ended September 30,

   2006     2005  
     Operating
revenues
   Operating
profit
    Cost-income
ratio
    Operating
revenues
    Operating
profit
    Cost-income
ratio
 
     € mn    € mn     %     € mn     € mn     %  

Private & Business Clients1)

   2,420    573     74.3     2,273     398     78.2  

Corporate & Investment Banking1)

   2,694    617     78.3     2,160     368     83.2  

Corporate Other2)

   —      (31 )   —  3 )   30     (127 )   —  3 )
                                   

Dresdner Bank

   5,114    1,159     78.8     4,463     639     87.6  
                                   

Other Banks4)

   208    60     71.65 )   198     57     73.7  
                                   

Total

   5,322    1,219     78.6     4,661     696     87.0  
                                   

1) Our reporting by divisions reflects the organizational changes within Dresdner Bank in 2006 resulting in two operating divisions. Private & Business Clients combines all banking activities for private and corporate customers formerly provided by the Personal Banking and Private & Business Banking divisions. Furthermore, Corporate & Investment Banking combines the former Corporate Banking and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein divisions. Following a decision taken in June 2006, we will integrate our business activities with medium-sized business clients into that with private and corporate customers. In the table above, our medium-sized business clients are still included in Corporate & Investment Banking. The final new business model with two new organizational units Private & Corporate Clients and Investment Banking is not reflected in the table above.
2) The Corporate Other division contains income and expense items that are not assigned to Dresdner Bank’s operating divisions. These items include, in particular, impacts from the accounting for derivative financial instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting, provisioning requirements for country and general risks, as well as realized gains and losses from Dresdner Bank’s non-strategic investment portfolio. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, the impact from the accounting for derivative financial instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting on Corporate Other’s operating revenues amounted to €(35) mn and €(49) mn, respectively (2005: €(154) mn and €(81) mn, respectively). With effect from 1Q 2006, the majority of expenses for support functions and central projects previously included within Corporate Other have been allocated to the operating divisions. Additionally, the non-strategic Institutional Restructuring Unit (or “IRU”) was closed down effective September 30, 2005 having successfully completed its mandate to free-up risk capital through the reduction of risk-weighted assets. Furthermore, effective in 1Q 2006, and as a result of Dresdner Bank restructuring its divisions, the IRU’s 2005 results of operations were reclassified into Corporate Other. Prior year balances have been adjusted to reflect these reclassifications and allow for comparability across periods.
3) Presentation not meaningful.
4) Consists of non-Dresdner Bank banking operations within our Banking segment, as well as the elimination of trading income (net) of €(81) mn and €– mn at Dresdner Bank resulting from Dresdner Bank’s trading activities in Allianz SE shares in 3Q and 9M 2006, respectively.
5) Excludes the impact from the elimination of trading income (net) at Dresdner Bank resulting from Dresdner Bank’s trading activities in Allianz SE shares.

 

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Asset Management Operations

Strong operating profitability maintained.

 

    Net inflows, at €25 billion in the first nine months of 2006, strengthened again.

 

    Strong operating profit in 3Q 2006, as in the prior year.

 

    Cost-income ratio remains at a very competitive level.

Third-Party Assets Under Management

Overall, in the first nine months of 2006, we were faced with a volatile and challenging market environment. Whereas in the first and third quarter, equity capital markets developed favorably worldwide, the second quarter showed substantial declines in market values. In the fixed income capital markets, substantial decreases in market values occurred throughout the first half of the year, following the increases in market interest rates, only recovering during the last quarter. Additionally, net flows in the fixed income mutual fund market in the United States and Germany turned negative during 2Q 2006, a development which persisted in Germany during the third quarter.

Despite this challenging market environment, net inflows to third-party assets strengthened again in 3Q 2006, reaching €25 billion in the first nine months of the year. Both fixed income and equity products contributed to the positive development, which bolstered our strong position as one of the largest asset managers, based on total assets under management.1)

A key success factor continued to be our competitive investment performance. The overwhelming majority of the third-party assets we manage again outperformed their respective benchmarks. Market-related appreciation was €25 billion. Net inflows and positive market effects were partly offset by negative effects of €38 billion from exchange rate movements, resulting primarily from a weaker U.S. Dollar versus the Euro. As a consequence, on a Euro-basis, our third-party assets increased by a net €12 billion to €755 billion at September 30, 2006, compared to €743 billion at December 31, 2005.

Our major achievements in the first nine months of 2006 included the following:

United States

 

    Allianz/PIMCO Funds were named “Best Mutual Fund Family of 2005” in the annual Lipper/Barron’s Fund Families Survey.

 

    Particularly strong net inflows of approximately €5 billion at our equity fund manager NFJ Investment Group.

 

    PIMCO Commodity Real Return Funds began trading on June 29, 2006 and already successfully raised USD 425 million in assets.

 

    PIMCO was named “Investor of the Year 2005” by Securitization News.

Germany

 

    Allianz Global Investors Germany in market-leading positions concerning net inflows in special funds (as of June 2006) and in equity mutual funds (as of September 2006).2)

 

    Deutscher Investment Trust (or “dit”) ranked first in the “Most Improved Group” of Standard & Poor’s German Fund Awards 2006.

 

    dit was awarded five stars by German financial magazine “Capital”, the highest possible score.

We operate our third-party asset management business primarily through Allianz Global Investors (or “AGI”). At September 30, 2006, AGI managed approximately 94.7% (December 31, 2005: 95.2%) of our third-party assets. The remaining assets are managed by Dresdner Bank (approximately 2.8% and 2.3% at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively) and other Allianz Group companies (approximately 2.5% both at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005).

 


1) Source: Own internal analysis and estimates.
2) Source: Bundesverband Investment and Asset Management (or “BVI”), an association representing the German investment fund industry.

 

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The following graphs present the third-party assets managed by the Allianz Group by geographic region, investment category and investor class at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively.

Third-party Assets Under Management – Fair Values by Geographic Region1)

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1) Based on the origination of the assets.
2) Consists of third-party assets managed by Dresdner Bank (approximately €21 bn and €17 bn at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively) and by other Allianz Group companies (approximately €19 bn both at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005).

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1) Includes primarily investments in real estate.

Third-party Assets Under Management – Fair Values by Investor Class

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Earnings Summary

The results of operations of our Asset Management segment are almost exclusively represented by AGI, accounting for 98.3% and 99.3% of our total Asset Management segment’s operating revenues and operating profit, respectively, in 3Q 2006 (3Q 2005: 98.2% and 98.0%). Accordingly, the discussion of our Asset Management segment’s results of operations relates solely to the operations of AGI.

Operating Revenues

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Operating revenues increased 2.4% from a year ago to €714 million in 3Q 2006, of which net fee and commission income amounted to €689 million, up 3.0%. Higher asset-based management fees, primarily reflecting our third-party asset growth, was the key factor in this development. Partially offsetting were negative foreign currency effects from the depreciation of the U.S. Dollar compared to the Euro. Internal operating revenue growth was 6.4%.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

At €2,166 million for the first nine months of 2006, operating revenues showed a solid rise of 14.8% from a year earlier. In addition to our increased third-party asset base previously mentioned, this growth reflected higher management fees, in particular from our further strengthened equity business. Internal growth of operating revenues at 14.3% was slightly less, mainly attributable to the appreciation of the U.S. Dollar compared to the Euro in the nine month comparison.

 

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The following table sets forth the composition of AGI’s net fee and commission income.

 

     Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,  
       2006         2005         2006         2005    
     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn  

Fee and commission income, thereof:

   984     952     3,013     2,612  

Management fees

   818     775     2,469     2,130  

Loading and exit fees

   75     87     253     244  

Performance fees

   5     21     30     42  

Other

   86     69     261     196  

Fee and commission expenses, thereof:

   (295 )   (283 )   (919 )   (781 )

Commissions

   (214 )   (211 )   (663 )   (588 )

Other

   (81 )   (72 )   (256 )   (193 )
                        

Net fee and commission income

   689     669     2,094     1,831  
                        

Operating Profit

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

We generated operating profit of €292 million, a slight decline by 0.7% compared to the prior year period. Excluding effects related to foreign currency translation and changes in scope of consolidation, operating profit would have improved by 1.8%. Our operations in the United States contributed most, with operating profit reaching €237 million, up 8.0%, despite the challenging market environment in 3Q 2006.

Operating expenses increased 4.7% to €422 million, comprising personnel related expenses of €278 million and non-personnel related expenses of €144 million. This development was in line with our business expansion and higher headcount. Additionally, key strategic future growth investments in Germany, Europe and Asia contributed to increased operating expenses. Consequently our cost-income ratio reached 59.1%, 1.3 percentage points higher than a year ago.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Our operating profit rose by €115 million to €887 million. Internal growth was €113 million or 14.8%. Operating expenses increased 14.8% to €1,279 million. Thereof, personnel-related expenses amounted to €829 million, up 17.1%, and non-personnel-related expenses amounted to €450 million, up 10.8%. In addition to the developments previously mentioned in the three month comparison, personnel-related expenses increased due to higher performance-linked compensation primarily in the United States, in line with the positive business development and higher headcount. At 59.0%, our cost-income ratio remained stable and at a very competitive level.

Operating Profit – Allianz Global Investors

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Non-Operating Items

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

Acquisition-related expenses dropped from €214 million in the prior year period to €134 million in 3Q 2006, a decline of 37.4%. This development was mainly driven by a lower number of outstanding PIMCO LLC Class B Units (or “Class B Units”). As of September 30, 2006, the Allianz Group had acquired 21,762 of the 150,000 units originally outstanding.

Going forward, we expect acquisition-related expenses to be mainly driven by our operating profit development.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Acquisition-related expenses and amortization of intangible assets, in aggregate, decreased 27.2% to €404 million. In addition to the lower number of outstanding Class B Units just mentioned, the expiration of amortization charges relating to capitalized loyalty bonuses for PIMCO management in 2Q 2005 also contributed to this development.

 

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Net Income

2006 to 2005 Three Month Comparison

At €82 million, net income more than doubled from €38 million a year ago. Excluding effects from foreign currency translation, net income would have improved by €47 million. Income tax expenses reached €67 million (3Q 2005: €32 million), mainly driven by significantly increased taxable income in the United States.

2006 to 2005 Nine Month Comparison

Net income grew dynamically by 83.7% to €259 million, including positive effects from exchange rate movements of €2 million. Income tax expenses were up to €193 million from €49 million a year ago, mainly resulting from the significantly increased taxable income in the United States previously mentioned and a one-off deferred tax credit of €37 million in the United States related to tax deductible goodwill amortization in 2Q 2005.

 

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The following table sets forth the income statements and cost-income ratios for both our Asset Management segment as a whole and AGI for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

 

     Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,  
     2006     2005     2006     2005  
     Asset
Management
Segment
    Allianz
Global
Investors
    Asset
Management
Segment
    Allianz
Global
Investors
    Asset
Management
Segment
    Allianz
Global
Investors
    Asset
Management
Segment
    Allianz
Global
Investors
 
     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn     € mn  

Net fee and commission income1)

   699     689   &