INTERIM REPORT FIRST QUARTER OF 2007
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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 March 31, 2007

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 STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-13462 AND NO. 333-139900) OF ALLIANZ SE AND TO BE A PART THEREOF FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED, TO THE EXTENT NOT SUPERSEDED BY DOCUMENTS OR REPORTS SUBSEQUENTLY FILED OR FURNISHED.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 STATEMENTS FILED BY ALLIANZ SE.

 



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Content  

Group Management Report

  2

Executive Summary and Outlook

  2

Property-Casualty Insurance Operations

  7

Life/Health Insurance Operations

  12

Banking Operations

  16

Asset Management Operations

  20

Corporate Activities

  24

Balance Sheet Review

  25

Other Information

  28

 

Consolidated Financial Statements for the First Quarter of 2007   31

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

  37

 

 

Development of the Allianz share price versus Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 and Dow Jones EURO STOXX Insurance

indexed on the Allianz share price in

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Source: Thomson Financial Datastream

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

 

 

 

 

Basic Allianz share information

 

Share type       Registered share with restricted transfer
Denomination     No-par-value share
Stock exchanges     All German stock exchanges, London, Paris, Zurich, Milan, New York
Security Codes    

WKN 840 400

ISIN DE 000 840 400 5

Bloomberg     ALV GY
Reuters       ALVG.DE

Investor Relations

We endeavour to keep our shareholders up-to-date on all company developments. Our Investor Relations Team is pleased to answer any questions you may have.

Allianz SE

Investor Relations

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80802 Muenchen

Germany

 

Investor Line:   + 49 1802 2554269
  + 49 1802 ALLIANZ
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Allianz Group Key Data

Balance sheet

 

         

As of

    March 31,

2007

 mn

      

As of

December 31,
2006

mn

               Change
from
previous year
Investments     298,763     298,134     0.2%
Loans and advances to banks and customers     444,446     408,278     8.9%
Total assets     1,102,373     1,053,226     4.7%
Liabilities to banks and customers     393,010     361,078     8.8%
Reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses     64,200     65,464     (1.9)%
Reserves for insurance and investment contracts     289,390     287,697     0.6%
Shareholders’ equity     52,283     50,481     3.6%
Minority interests       6,639       6,409       3.6%

Allianz SE ratings as of March 31, 20071)

 

         

        Standard

& Poor’s

               Moody’s                    A.M.
Best
Insurer financial strength     AA–     Aa3     A+
Outlook     Positive     Stable     Stable
Counterparty credit      AA–     Not rated     aa–2)
Outlook     Positive            Stable
Senior unsecured debt     AA–     Aa3     aa–
Outlook            Stable     Stable
Subordinated debt      A/A–3)     A2/A33)     a+/a3)
Outlook            Stable     Stable

Commercial paper

(short term)

    A-1+     P-1     Not rated
Outlook               Stable        

 

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.

 

Other selected financial data

 

Three months ended March 31,                     2007                2006       

Change

from
    previous

year

Income statement                          
Total revenues1)    mn     29,323     29,641     (1.1)%
Operating profit2)   mn     2,870     2,677     7.2%
Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings   mn     4,556     3,031     50.3%
Net income   mn     3,240     1,779     82.1%
                            
Return                          
Return on equity after income taxes3)   %     6.3     4.4     1.9 pts
                            
Segments                          
Property-Casualty                          
Operating profit2)    mn     1,267     1,386     (8.6)%
Loss ratio   %     68.2     66.2     2.0 pts
Expense ratio   %     28.6     28.5     0.1 pts
Combined ratio   %     96.8     94.7     2.1 pts
Life/Health                          
Operating profit2)    mn     750     723     3.7%
Statutory expense ratio   %     7.2     8.2     (1.0) pts
Banking                          
Operating profit2)    mn     700     547     28.0%
Cost-income ratio   %     66.9     73.6     (6.7) pts
Loan loss provisions    mn     5     33     (84.8)%
Coverage ratio as of March 31,4)   %     61.3     60.4     0.9 pts

Asset Management

                         
Operating profit2)    mn     312     304     2.6%
Cost-income ratio   %     60.0     59.5     0.5 pts
Third-party assets under management as of March 31,   bn     781     7645)     2.2%
                            
Share information                          
Basic earnings per share       7.51     4.39     71.1%
Diluted earnings per share       7.34     4.32     69.9%
Share price as of March 31,       153.71     154.765)     (0.7)%
Market capitalization as of March 31,   bn       66.4       66.95)       (0.7)%

 

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)

The Allianz Group uses operating profit to evaluate the performance of its business segments and the Group as a whole.

3)

Based on average shareholders’ equity. Average shareholders’ equity has been calculated based upon the average of the current and preceding end of period’s shareholders’ equity.

4)

Represents total loan loss allowances as a percentage of total non- performing loans and potential problem loans.

5)

As of December 31, 2006.


 

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Allianz Group Interim Report First Quarter of 2007

 

Executive Summary and Outlook

Good start to 2007 and on track to achieve our targets.

 

Total revenues in line with expectations.
Operating profit was up 7.2% to 2.9 billion.
 2.0 billion of realized capital gains.
Net income of 3.2 billion.
Shareholder’s equity increased to 52.3 billion.

 

 

Total revenues

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Net income

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Operating profit

in mn

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Shareholders’ equity2)

in mn

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1)

Internal total revenue growth excludes the effects of foreign currency translation as well as acquisitions and disposals. Please see page 29 for a reconciliation of nominal total revenue growth to internal total revenue growth for each of our segments and the Allianz Group as a whole.

2)

Does not include minority interests.

 

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Allianz Group’s Consolidated Results of Operations

Total revenues

Total revenues – Segments

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At € 29.3 billion, total revenues were slightly up 0.2% on an internal growth basis, in line with our expectations. Due largely to the depreciation of the U.S. Dollar compared to the Euro primarily impacting the development in our Property-Casualty, Life/Health and Asset Management segments, overall, total revenues declined by 1.1%.

Property-Casualty    Gross premiums written were flat at € 14.1 billion, principally reflecting slightly increased volume offset by a negative price impact of a similar magnitude. We continued to stay disciplined in our risk selection and to focus on profitability.

Life/Health    At € 12.3 billion, statutory premiums were down 2.0% from a year earlier before foreign currency translation effects, however this was not unexpected. We recorded strong growth in our Italian bancassurance

distribution channel at RAS Group, while our operations in the United States successfully stabilized statutory premium level compared to 4Q 2006, although it was significantly down from 1Q 2006. However, the slowdown at our U.S. entities bottoms out.

Banking    Our Banking segment’s operating revenues, at € 2.1 billion in 1Q 2007, exceeded the already outstanding prior year level by 7.9%. This increase was supported by a significant positive one-off effect within our net interest income.

Asset Management    Internal operating revenue growth was 9.9%, benefiting from the growth of third-party assets with solid net inflows of € 12 billion based on our consistent strong investment performance. Together with effects from market-related appreciation of € 13 billion and negative foreign currency impacts, third-party assets as of March 31, 2007 amounted to € 781 billion, up 2.2% from December 31, 2006.

Operating profit

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Allianz Group Interim Report First Quarter of 2007

 

Except for Property-Casualty, where losses from natural catastrophes had a significant impact, all business segments delivered higher operating profits than a year ago.

Property-Casualty    We had another quarter of strong operating profitability, “Kyrill”, one of the heaviest winterstorms in Europe ever, caused net losses of € 340 million. Despite this burden, operating profit only decreased € 119 million from a year ago.

Life/Health    Operating profit, at € 750 million in 1Q 2007, was up 3.7% from an already strong level a year ago. We continued to benefit from our growing asset base, while, at the same time, our operating margin also increased.

Banking    Operating profit grew 28.0% over the already outstanding level last year, benefiting from higher revenues and lower expenses.

Asset Management    Operating profit was up 2.6%. On a local currency basis, the increase was 9.9%. These improvements were driven by our growing asset base and tight expense management. At 60.0% in 1Q 2007, our cost-income ratio remained at a very competitive level.

Non-operating items

Non-operating items created an aggregate income of € 1.7 billion in 1Q 2007, compared to € 354 million a year ago, primarily due to a high level of realized capital gains.

Overall, the impact from net realized gains and impairments of investments amounted to € 2.0 billion, up from € 778 million last year. This coincided with the early redemption of 64.35% of our BITES bond with shares of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft (“Munich Re”). Furthermore, we realized significant gains from the sale of shares in BMW AG and KarstadtQuelle AG. We locked in unrealized gains after the strong performance of our equity investments and generated in 1Q 2007 a significant part of our capital gains target for 2007. In addition, these gains were also harvested in preparation for the contemplated acquisition of the outstanding shares in Assurances Générales de France (“AGF”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “AGF Group”) that Allianz SE does not already own.

 

Net income

Following the operating profit growth and the high level of realized capital gains, net income in 1Q 2007 rose 82.1% over the prior year period to € 3.2 billion.

Income tax expenses at € 967 million remained relatively stable despite the significant increase in income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings, primarily benefiting from the tax-exemption of the realized capital gains. Hence, our effective tax rate dropped from 29.7% to 21.2%.

Minority interests in earnings were flat at € 349 million. Increased minority interests in higher earnings at AGF Group in France and at our credit insurer Euler Hermes were offset by now zero minority interests at Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà S.p.A. (or “RAS”, and taken together with its subsidiaries, the “RAS Group”) in Italy following the execution of RAS’s merger with and into Allianz SE in October 2006. The high level of realized gains arose in entities with almost no minority interests.

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See Note 37 to our consolidated financial statements for further details.


 

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The following table summarizes the total revenues, operating profit and net income for each of our segments for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, as well as IFRS consolidated net income of the Allianz Group.

 

Three months ended March 31,       

Property-

Casualty
 mn

      

Life/Health

 

 mn

      

Banking

 

 mn

       Asset
Management
 mn
      

Corporate

 

 mn

      

Consolidation

adjustments

 mn

      

Allianz Group

 

 mn

2007                                                 
Total revenues1)     14,111     12,326     2,101     780         5     29,323
Operating profit (loss)     1,267     750     700     312     (101)     (58)     2,870
Non-operating items     664     103     117     (122)     511     413     1,686
Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     1,931     853     817     190     410     355     4,556
Income taxes     (537)     (201)     (168)     (80)     (25)     44     (967)
Minority interests in earnings     (214)     (99)     (24)     (11)     (4)     3     (349)
Net income (loss)       1,180       553       625       99       381       402       3,240
2006                                                 
Total revenues1)     14,149     12,822     1,948     751         (29)     29,641
Operating profit (loss)     1,386     723     547     304     (180)     (103)     2,677
Non-operating items     428     158     392     (136)     (211)     (277)     354
Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     1,814     881     939     168     (391)     (380)     3,031
Income taxes     (524)     (219)     (245)     (65)     154         (899)
Minority interests in earnings     (190)     (128)     (28)     (13)     (2)     8     (353)
Net income (loss)       1,100       534       666       90       (239)       (372)       1,779

 

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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Events After the Balance Sheet Date

See Note 41 to the consolidated financial statements.

Outlook

Our outlook remains unchanged.

In the years 2007 to 2009, we expect average annual consolidated operating profit growth of 10% from the 2006 level, adjusted for the particularly favorable natural catastrophe trend in 2006. Within the same time period,

we are striving to maintain a strong combined ratio of less than 94% on average in our Property-Casualty segment. In Life/Health we aim to achieve an average new business margin1) greater than 3%. We are also confident of an average return on risk-adjusted capital in our Banking segment of above 15%. For our Asset Management segment, we are targeting average annual growth of third-party assets under management of 10%, excluding foreign currency conversion effects.

As always, natural catastrophes and adverse developments in the capital markets, as well as the factors stated below in our cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements, may severely impact our results of operations.


 

 

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

The statements contained herein may include statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management’s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. In addition to statements which are forward-looking by reason of context, the words “may”, “will”, “should”, “expects”, “plans”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential”, or “continue” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements due to, without limitation, (i) general economic conditions, including in particular economic conditions in the Allianz Group’s core business and core markets, (ii) performance of financial markets, including emerging markets, (iii) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, (iv) mortality and

morbidity levels and trends, (v) persistency levels, (vi) the extent of credit defaults, (vii) interest rate levels, (viii) currency exchange rates including the Euro/U.S. Dollar exchange rate, (ix) changing levels of competition, (x) changes in laws and regulations, including monetary convergence and the European Monetary Union, (xi) changes in the policies of central banks and/or foreign governments, (xii) the impact of acquisitions, including related integration issues, (xiii) reorganization measures, and (xiv) general competitive factors, in each case on a local, regional, national and/or global basis. Many of these factors may be more likely to occur, or more pronounced, as a result of terrorist activities and their consequences.

The matters discussed herein may also be affected by risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Allianz SE’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.


 

 

 


1)

New business margin according to the definition of European Embedded Value.


 

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Property-Casualty Insurance Operations

Strong operating profit despite “Kyrill”.

 

3.7% impact on loss ratio from natural catastrophes.
We grew selectively and stayed disciplined.
Higher yields drove current investment income.

 

Earnings Summary

Gross premiums written

Gross premiums written by region1)

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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 specialty lines have been allocated to the respective geographic regions.

1Q 2007 was another quarter of selective profitable growth. Our gross premiums written remained basically flat overall at € 14,111 million, principally reflecting our successful cycle management efforts. On an internal our

 

 

 

 

Gross premiums written – Growth rates1)

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1)

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

2)

Together with our property-casualty assumed reinsurance business, primarily attributable to Allianz SE, the decline within Germany was 4.9%.

 

 

successful cycle management efforts. On an internal basis, gross premiums written slightly increased by 0.3%. The development of gross premiums varied considerably across our various markets and operations.


 

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At Allianz Sach within Germany, gross premiums written decreased moderately by 1.3% to € 4,144 million as premiums from our motor business were down, largely reflecting higher no claims bonuses.

Growth was primarily achieved within our markets in Central and Eastern Europe, at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, and in Spain, with additional gross premiums written of € 110 million, € 64 million, and € 34 million, respectively. Within New Europe, our subsidiaries successfully leveraged the well-performing economies in this region. In particular, our motor business in Romania and Poland delivered solid premium growth from higher volumes. Furthermore, the first-time consolidation of Russian People’s Insurance Society “Rosno” contributed to the higher premium volume within New Europe. At Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, gross premiums written benefited from increased business volumes in the United Kingdom and North America. Our Spanish operations recorded growth due to increased sales in motor business, a good performance of our direct distribution channel Fénix Directo and a favorable volume development in the industrial line of business.

At Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company in the United States, the decline of 11.9% in gross premiums written resulted mainly from the depreciation of the U.S. Dollar against the Euro. Based on internal growth gross premiums written were down 4.0% reflecting primarily a lower volume of crop insurance business.

 

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Operating profit, at € 1,267 million in 1Q 2007, was again strong, despite net losses from natural catastrophes of € 349 million, of which € 340 million related to winterstorm “Kyrill” in Europe. Catastrophe risk (“CAT risk”) is an integral part of our property-casualty business and we therefore manage and quantify CAT risk and price for it. We, at the same time, closely monitor severity and frequency of all other claims to determine our underlying profitability, which is measured by accident year loss ratio without natural catastrophes and which we were able to reduce by 1.0 percentage point to 66.7%. We continued to benefit from our strong underwriting profitability and our initiatives to improve claims management processes. With the impact from natural catastrophes our accident year loss ratio increased from 68.1% a year ago to 70.4%. At 2.2%, compared to 1.9% in 1Q 2006, the net development in prior year’s loss reserves remained positive.

Overall, natural catastrophes drove up net claims and insurance benefits incurred by € 201 million to € 6,383 million. Hence, on a calendar year basis, our loss ratio was up from 66.2% to 68.2%. With a nearly flat expense ratio, our combined ratio increased from 94.7% to 96.8%.

Interest and similar income rose by € 84 million to € 1,006 million, mainly reflecting higher yields on debt securities.


 

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Other income amounted to € 84 million, up € 70 million due to a gain on the disposal of an office building in Ireland.

Top contributing markets to our operating profit included Italy at € 175 million and the United States at € 166 million. The strongest absolute increases were recorded in Ireland by € 71 million and Italy by € 67 million. In Germany we experienced a decrease in operating profit of € 254 million, mainly attributable to losses associated with “Kyrill”.

Non-operating items

In aggregate, non-operating items rose substantially by 55.1% to a gain of € 664 million. This improvement resulted predominantly from higher net realized gains from investments which amounted to € 733 million, up € 294 million from a year ago.

 

Net income

Net income was up 7.3% to € 1,180 million, driven both by the solid operating profit development and a significantly higher aggregate gain from non-operating items.

Income tax expenses, at € 537 million in 1Q 2007, remained stable. Based on considerably increased income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings, our effective tax rate decreased from 28.9% to 27.8%, benefiting from, among other factors, tax-exempted realized gains.

Minority interests in earnings rose by € 24 million to € 214 million. The execution of the merger of RAS with and into Allianz SE in October 2006 led to now zero minority interests in earnings at our Italian subsidiary. However, higher earnings at our French property-casualty operations of AGF Group as well as at Euler Hermes had a more than offsetting increasing effect.


 

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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 months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

 

Three months ended March 31,       

        2007

mn

      

        2006

mn

Gross premiums written1)     14,111     14,149
Ceded premiums written     (1,586)     (1,712)
Change in unearned premiums     (3,167)     (3,096)
Premiums earned (net)     9,358     9,341
Interest and similar income     1,006     922
Income from financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through income (net)2)     32     36
Income from financial assets and liabilities held for trading (net), shared with policyholders2)     (15)    
Realized gains/losses (net) from investments, shared with policyholders3)     34     25
Fee and commission income     272     252
Other income     84     14
Operating revenues     10,771     10,590
                
Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)     (6,383)     (6,182)
Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)     (81)     (72)
Interest expense     (92)     (63)
Loan loss provisions         (1)
Impairments of investments (net), shared with policyholders4)     (2)     (4)
Investment expenses     (74)     (48)
Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)     (2,675)     (2,663)
Fee and commission expenses     (197)     (170)
Other expenses         (1)
Operating expenses     (9,504)     (9,204)
                
Operating profit     1,267     1,386
                
Income from financial assets and liabilities held for trading (net), not shared with policyholders2)     (29)     4
Realized gains/losses (net) from investments, not shared with policyholders3)     733     439
Impairments of investments (net), not shared with policyholders4)     (24)     (9)
Amortization of intangible assets     (2)     (4)
Restructuring charges     (14)     (2)
Non-operating items     664     428
                
Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     1,931     1,814
                
Income taxes     (537)     (524)
Minority interests in earnings     (214)     (190)
Net income     1,180     1,100
                
Loss ratio5) in %     68.2     66.2
Expense ratio6) in %     28.6     28.5
Combined ratio7) in %       96.8       94.7

 

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 included in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

3)

The total of these items equals realized gains/losses (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

4)

The total of these items equals impairments of investments (net) in the segment income statement included 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 table sets 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 months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. Consistent with our general practice, these figures 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
Three months ended
March 31,
      

2007

mn

       2006
 mn
      

2007

mn

       2006
 mn
      

2007

%

      

2006

%

      

2007

%

      

2006

%

      

2007

%

      

2006

%

      

2007

 mn

      

2006

 mn

Germany     4,616     4,853     2,267     2,412     103.2     92.7     73.6     59.6     29.6     33.1     115     369
France     1,695     1,713     1,114     1,114     101.2     101.0     73.7     74.3     27.5     26.7     75     78
Italy     1,246     1,247     1,197     1,205     93.4     96.8     70.1     72.9     23.3     23.9     175     108
United Kingdom     539     579     491     457     96.3     98.9     62.9     67.9     33.4     31.0     63     56
Switzerland     966     958     404     436     97.6     96.3     70.3     70.2     27.3     26.1     51     63
Spain     691     657     434     395     90.1     91.4     71.2     72.7     18.9     18.7     69     58
                                                                                      

Netherlands

    306     318     198     198     93.6     93.4     62.2     59.5     31.4     33.9     24     27

Austria

    351     357     183     192     97.3     109.8     76.6     86.4     20.7     23.4     21     (6)

Ireland

    203     198     151     153     93.2     91.8     68.6     67.7     24.6     24.1     98     27

Belgium

    124     121     75     74     109.2     101.7     75.3     65.4     33.9     36.3     5     9

Portugal

    80     84     62     66     89.5     87.3     60.9     65.5     28.6     21.8     10     11

Greece

    21     19     12     11     85.8     95.1     56.7     65.6     29.1     29.5     3     1

Western and Southern Europe

    1,085     1,097     681     694     95.7     98.0     68.7     70.2     27.0     27.8     1661)     741)
                                                                                      

Hungary

    194     192     126     127     92.1     91.9     64.8     64.6     27.3     27.3     23     27

Slovakia

    106     93     67     62     66.4     80.2     40.3     46.9     26.1     33.3     28     17

Czech Republic

    78     81     45     43     79.8     90.1     57.6     67.3     22.2     22.8     12     5

Poland

    86     72     56     47     96.4     96.4     63.8     65.5     32.6     30.9     5     3

Romania

    90     71     36     36     103.8     89.6     80.8     71.4     23.0     18.2         3

Bulgaria

    23     20     16     17     77.5     74.1     39.0     44.4     38.5     29.7     4     5

Croatia

    23     22     15     13     97.7     96.5     68.5     65.7     29.2     30.8     1     1

Russia2)

    68     7     45     1     104.8     60.3     66.5     28.2     38.3     32.1     1     1

New Europe

    668     558     406     346     90.3     89.2     60.6     61.5     29.7     27.7     74     62
Other Europe     1,753     1,655     1,087     1,040     93.2     95.2     65.6     67.3     27.6     27.9     240     136
                                                                                      
United States     882     1,001     801     886     90.8     90.2     57.0     59.8     33.8     30.4     166     199
Mexico3)     39     51     19     25     84.5     108.8     58.2     84.0     26.3     24.8     5     3
NAFTA     921     1,052     820     911     90.6     90.7     57.0     60.4     33.6     30.3     171     202
                                                                                      
Australia     352     334     304     300     102.4     102.5     77.9     77.6     24.5     24.9     50     38
Other     81     78     37     34     100.5     95.2     60.5     57.8     40.0     37.4     3     4
Asia-Pacific     433     412     341     334     102.2     101.7     76.0     75.5     26.2     26.2     53     42
South America     236     226     168     152     100.1     103.0     65.3     66.5     34.8     36.5     14     12
Other     34     25     8     5     4)     4)     4)     4)     4)     4)     3     1
Specialty lines                                                                                    
Credit Insurance     489     468     301     260     76.3     81.1     48.5     53.9     27.8     27.2     117     95
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty     934     870     467     389     94.0     83.1     66.3     62.6     27.7     20.5     95     145
Travel Insurance and Assistance Services     296     266     259     231     100.6     101.5     54.9     61.8     45.7     39.7     31     22
Subtotal     14,849     14,981     9,358     9,341                             1,272     1,387
Consolidation adjustments5)     (738)     (832)                                     (5)     (1)
Total       14,111       14,149       9,358       9,341       96.8       94.7       68.2       66.2       28.6       28.5       1,267       1,386

 

1)

Contains run-off of 5 mn in both 1Q 2007 and 1Q 2006 from a former operating entity located in Luxembourg.

2)

Effective February 21, 2007, Russian People’s Insurance Society “Rosno” was consolidated following the acquisition of approximately 49.2% of the shares in Rosno by the Allianz Group, increasing our holding to approximately 97%.

3)

Effective 1Q 2007, life business in Mexico is shown within the Life/Health segment.

4)

Presentation not meaningful.

5)

Represents elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions.

 

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Life/Health Insurance Operations

Promising start going into 2007.

 

 

Significant revenue growth in Italy, first signs of recovery in the United States.

 

Strong level of operating profitability maintained.

 

Investment income grew with asset base.

 

 

Earnings Summary

Statutory premiums

Statutory premiums by region1)

in %

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1)

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

Statutory premiums, at € 12,326 million in 1Q 2007, were in line with our expectations, albeit down 3.9% from a year earlier. Nearly half of that decrease was brought about by negative currency conversion effects, primarily from the depreciation of the U.S. Dollar and of various currencies in the Asia-Pacific region compared to the Euro. On an internal growth basis, statutory premiums declined 2.0%.

 

Statutory premiums – Growth rates1)

in %

LOGO

 

1)

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

In Italy, total revenues increased by € 562 million, mainly as our bancassurance distribution channel at RAS Group showed strong growth. Statutory premiums in the United States decreased by € 1,103 million from the very high level of a year ago. However, the slowdown at Allianz Life bottoms out.


 

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In Germany, total life revenues were down € 89 million to € 3,039 million in 1Q 2007. A year ago, the sale of so- called “Riester” pension products was promoted by an increase at that time in the maximum premium amount entitled to subsidies and tax incentives according to German law. Partially offsetting this negative effect on premium development were higher volumes of new recurring premium business versus last year.

Aggregate statutory premiums from our growth markets in Central and Eastern Europe significantly increased by € 112 million to € 392 million. In the fourth quarter of 2006, we successfully launched a limited-edition index-linked life insurance product across six markets which largely contributed to this increase. The highest absolute growth in the region was generated in Poland where we also continued to record increasing sales through our bank partner.

Our operations in Taiwan and China grew significantly. In China, statutory premiums grew primarily due to our expanded sales capacity. In South Korea, total revenues were down following regulatory discussions regarding variable annuity products.

Operating profit

Operating profit

in mn

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Operating profit was € 750 million in 1Q 2007, up 3.7% from an already very high level a year ago. On balance, this improvement was a result of lower expenses. The markets which contributed strongest to operating profit were Germany, France, Italy, the United States and South Korea.

Interest and similar income continued to increase in line with our growing asset base. Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income amounted to a net charge of € 311 million in 1Q 2007 mainly as we observed negative effects from the accounting treatment for certain derivative instruments.

Net acquisition and administrative expenses were down € 151 million to € 874 million. This development reflected primarily adjustments within our deferred acquisition costs asset as a result of the regular review of calculation parameters. Consequently, our statutory expense ratio decreased 1.0 percentage point to 7.2%.

Non-operating items

Income from non-operating items, at € 103 million in 1Q 2007, was down € 55 million from a year earlier. This development resulted primarily from lower net realized gains from investments, not shared with policyholders, at our U.S. operations.

Net income

Net income increased € 19 million to € 553 million. Lower income tax expenses and minority interests in earnings more than balanced the € 28 million decline in income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings.


 

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With income tax expenses down € 18 million to € 201 million, our effective tax rate decreased to 23.6% in 1Q 2007 from 24.9% a year ago. A key factor in this decline was a relatively higher tax-exempted income in 1Q 2007 compared to last year.

 

Minority interests in earnings decreased to € 99 million primarily as a result of now zero minority interests at RAS in Italy following the execution of its merger with and into Allianz SE, and lower earnings at the life operating entities of AGF Group in France.


The following table sets forth our Life/Health insurance segment’s income statement and statutory expense ratio for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

 

Three months ended March 31,       

            2007

 mn

      

            2006

mn

Statutory premiums1)

    12,326     12,822

Ceded premiums written

    (193)     (196)

Change in unearned premiums

    (27)     (75)

Statutory premiums (net)

    12,106     12,551

Deposits from SFAS 97 insurance and investment contracts

    (6,921)     (7,472)

Premiums earned (net)

    5,185     5,079

Interest and similar income

    3,155     3,047

Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net), shared with policyholders2)

    (311)     31

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

    1,088     1,103

Fee and commission income

    171     129

Other income

    54     6

Operating revenues

    9,342     9,395
                

Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)

    (4,702)     (4,693)

Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)

    (2,624)     (2,648)

Interest expense

    (91)     (64)

Loan loss provisions

    (3)    

Impairments of investments (net), shared with policyholders

    (37)     (35)

Investment expenses

    (196)     (157)

Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)

    (874)     (1,025)

Fee and commission expenses

    (62)     (50)

Operating restructuring charges4)

    (3)    

Operating expenses

    (8,592)     (8,672)
                

Operating profit

    750     723
                

Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net), not shared with policyholders2)

    1    

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

    105     159

Amortization of intangible assets

    (1)     (1)

Non-operating restructuring charges4)

    (2)    

Non-operating items

    103     158
                

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

    853     881
                

Income taxes

    (201)     (219)

Minority interests in earnings

    (99)     (128)

Net income

    553     534
                

Statutory expense ratio5) in %

      7.2       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 income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

3)

The total of these items equals realized gains/losses (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

4)

The total of these items equals restructuring charges in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

5)

Represents acquisition and administrative expenses (net) divided by statutory premiums (net).

 

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Life/Health Operations by Geographic Region

The following table sets forth our Life/Health statutory premiums, premiums earned (net), statutory expense ratio and operating profit by geographic region for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. Consistent with our general practice, these figures 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
Three months ended March 31,       

        2007

 mn

      

        2006

 mn

      

        2007

 mn

      

        2006

 mn

      

2007

%

      

2006

%

      

        2007

 mn

      

        2006

 mn

Germany Life     3,039     3,128     2,567     2,581     1.4     8.7     191     133
Germany Health2)     779     769     780     770     10.2     7.1     41     53
Italy     2,830     2,268     243     242     5.3     5.8     94     94
France     1,490     1,460     435     356     13.5     13.1     135     174
Switzerland     498     519     195     209     4.5     5.5     16     15
Spain     156     142     111     100     10.6     8.4     27     21
                                                          

Netherlands

    112     124     36     38     12.4     12.3     11     10

Austria

    102     102     68     68     10.1     9.6     19     13

Belgium

    194     179     76     75     7.7     8.0     44     16

Portugal

    22     19     18     17     31.3     13.8     10     7

Luxembourg

    10     10     6     7     24.2     17.4     3     1

Greece

    29     26     16     15     16.7     24.2     1     2

Western and Southern Europe

    469     460     220     220     11.4     10.7     873)     483)
                                                          

Hungary

    30     23     20     19     20.5     26.7     4     4

Slovakia

    63     43     40     32     14.9     19.7     7     6

Czech Republic

    21     18     13     14     20.0     22.6     4     2

Poland

    248     169     28     19     8.5     7.4     3     2

Romania

    9     10     2     2     28.0     31.3     (1)    

Bulgaria

    7     5     6     5     14.3     14.5     1     1

Croatia

    12     10     9     8     16.5     26.0     2     1

Russia

    2     2     2     2     147.0     39.2     (1)    

New Europe

    392     280     120     101     12.4     13.4     19     16
Other Europe     861     740     340     321     11.9     11.7     106     64
                                                          
United States     1,669     2,772     101     88     9.3     5.7     71     121
Mexico4)     7         7         16.2         1    
NAFTA     1,676     2,772     108     88     9.4     5.7     72     121
                                                          
South Korea     465     572     253     255     14.0     11.0     54     25
Taiwan     350     299     15     14     2.3     1.1     3     4
Malaysia     29     22     23     19     15.0     17.8     3     2
Indonesia     30     15     11     9     21.4     34.7     2    
Other     48     21     4     4     13.5     18.1     (4)    
Asia-Pacific     922     929     306     301     9.9     8.7     58     31
South America     33     46     9     13     20.4     10.9     (2)    
Other5)     102     114     91     98     6)     6)     20     19
Subtotal     12,386     12,887     5,185     5,079             758     725
Consolidation adjustments7)     (60)     (65)                     (8)     (2)
Total       12,326       12,822       5,185       5,079       7.2       8.2       750       723

 

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 77.8% and 75.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

3)

Contains run-off of (1) mn in both 1Q 2007 and 1Q 2006 from our former life insurance business in the United Kingdom which we sold in December 2004.

4)

Effective 1Q 2007, life business in Mexico is shown within the Life/Health Segment.

5)

Contains, among others, the Life/Health business assumed by Allianz SE.

6)

Presentation not meaningful.

7)

Represents elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different geographic regions.

 

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Banking Operations

Strong operating profit.

 

 

 

Overall revenues exceeded prior year outstanding level.

 

 

Ongoing efficiency improvements.

 

 

Disciplined risk taking.

 

 

Earnings Summary

The results of operations of our Banking segment are almost exclusively represented by Dresdner Bank, accounting for 96.3% of our total Banking segment’s operating revenues in 1Q 2007 (1Q 2006: 96.7%). Accordingly, the discussion of our Banking segment’s results of operations relates solely to the operations of Dresdner Bank.

Operating revenues

At € 2,023 million, up 7.4% from a year ago, Dresdner Bank’s operating revenues exceeded the outstanding prior year level, driven by net interest income.

Net interest income increased to € 900 million in 1Q 2007, up € 322 million compared to a year earlier, of which € 171 million stemmed from the disposal of subsidiaries at an associated company and € 72 million from a favourable impact from the accounting treatment for derivative financial instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting. Net interest income from our operating divisions grew by € 34 million, or 5.3%. The remaining increase was brought about by higher net interest income from our own funds.

Net trading income dropped by € 139 million to € 345 million. In the amount of € 69 million, this decline resulted from a higher negative impact from the accounting treatment for derivative financial instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting in 1Q 2007 compared to a year ago. An additional negative impact of € 44 million was brought about by trading positions in own financial instruments. Net trading income from our operating divisions was down € 14 million, or 3.2%, from the level of a year ago.

 

Net fee and commission income, at € 789 million in 1Q 2007, was almost on a par with the already high level of a year earlier. A favourable development of our leveraged finance business was offset by a slight decline of our securities business.

Operating profit

Operating profit

in mn

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Operating profit amounted to € 677 million, up 28.0% over the already outstanding prior year level. 1Q 2007 represents the seventh consecutive quarter of year-on-year increase in operating profit, despite a lower net release of loan loss provisions. Our cost-income ratio decreased significantly to 66.9% from 73.7% a year ago. Excluding the disposal gain of  171 million previously mentioned, our cost-income ratio improved by 0.7 percentage points to 73.0%.

Benefiting from further efficiency gains and the ongoing progress of the “Neue Dresdner Plus” reorganization program, at € 1,353 million, operating expenses declined 2.5%, mainly attributable to the reduction of administrative expenses to € 1,355 million. Thereof, non-personnel expenses amounted to € 470 million, down


 

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4.1%. While lower costs for office space and for external services were the main contributors to this development, we achieved reductions across almost all cost categories. Personnel expenses, at € 885 million, were also slightly below the prior year level. Non-performance-related personnel expenses declined following the headcount reduction. Performance-related payments increased in line with the new value-based bonus system in our Investment Banking division.

In 1Q 2007, loan loss provisions amounted to a net release of € 7 million after a net release of € 33 million a year ago. While new provisions of € 101 million were slightly reduced, aggregate releases and recoveries decreased from € 147 million to € 108 million. Our coverage ratio1) improved to 61.3% as of March 31, 2007 from 60.4% a year ago.

 

 


1)

Represents total loan loss allowance as a percentage of total non-performing loans and potential problem loans.

 

Non-operating items

In aggregate, the positive impact from non-operating items dropped from € 392 million to € 115 million. This development was almost exclusively driven by a € 277 million decrease in realized gains.

Net income

Based on the favorable operating profit development and despite the significant reduction of non-operating income, net income came in at € 612 million in 1Q 2007. With income tax expenses of € 158 million, down € 80 million from a year ago, our effective tax rate fell to 19.9% from 25.8%, primarily benefiting from increased tax-exempted income and effects from the utilization of tax losses.


 

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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 months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

 

Three months ended March 31,       2007        2006
        Banking
    Segment

mn
          Dresdner
Bank

mn
      Banking
    Segment

mn
              Dresdner
Bank

mn

Net interest income1)

    928     900     601       578

Net fee and commission income2)

    832     789     832       793

Trading income (net)3)

    351     345     487       484
Income from financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value through income (net)3)     (10)     (11)     3       3

Other income

            25       26

Operating revenues4)

    2,101     2,023     1,948       1,884
                                

Administrative expenses

    (1,410)     (1,355)     (1,428)       (1,381)

Investment expenses

    (9)     (11)     (6)       (7)

Other expenses

    13     13          

Operating expenses

    (1,406)     (1,353)     (1,434)       (1,388)
                                
Loan loss provisions     5     7     33          33

Operating profit

    700     677     547       529
                                

Realized gains/losses (net)

    139     137     414       414

Impairments of investments (net)

    (13)     (13)     (20)       (20)

Restructuring charges

    (9)     (9)     (2)       (2)

Non-operating items

    117     115     392       392
                                

Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings

    817     792     939       921
                                

Income taxes

    (168)     (158)     (245)       (238)

Minority interests in earnings

    (24)     (22)     (28)       (25)

Net income

    625     612     666       658
                                

Cost-income ratio5) in %

      66.9       66.9       73.6           73.7

 

1)

Represents interest and similar income less interest expense.

2)

Represents fee and commission income less fee and commission expense.

3)

The total of these items equals income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net) in the segment income statement included in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

4)

For the Banking segment, total revenues are measured based upon operating revenues.

5)

Represents operating expenses divided by operating revenues.

 

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Banking Operations by Division

The following table sets forth our banking operating revenues, operating profit and cost-income ratio by division. Consistent with our general practice, these figures are presented before consolidation adjustments, representing the elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different segments.

 

        Operating revenues        Operating profit (loss)        Cost-Income ratio
Three months ended March 31,       

2007

mn

      

2006

mn

      

2007

mn

      

2006

mn

      

2007

%

      

2006

%

Private & Corporate Clients1)    

984

   

991

   

316

   

312

   

67.8

   

67.3

Investment Banking1)    

891

   

864

   

213

   

220

   

77.1

   

78.6

Corporate Other2)    

148

   

29

   

148

   

(3)

   

3)

   

3)

Dresdner Bank    

2,023

   

1,884

   

677

   

529

   

66.9

   

73.7

Other Banks4)    

78

   

64

   

23

   

18

   

67.9

   

71.9

Total      

2,101

     

1,948

     

700

     

547

     

66.9

     

73.6

 

1)

Our reporting by division reflects the organizational changes within Dresdner Bank effective starting with 1Q 2007, resulting in two operating divisions, Private & Corporate Clients (“PCC”) and Investment Banking (“IB”). PCC combines all banking activities formerly provided by the Personal Banking and Private & Business Banking (including Private Wealth Management) divisions as well as our activities with medium-sized business clients from our former Corporate Banking division. IB, with Global Banking and Capital Markets, unites the activities formerly provided by the Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein division and the remaining activities of the former Corporate Banking division. Prior year balances have been adjusted accordingly to reflect these reorganization measures and allow for comparability across periods.

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 treatment for derivative financial instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting as well as provisioning requirements for country and general risks. In 1Q 2007 the impact from the accounting treatment for derivative financial instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting on Corporate Other’s operating revenues amounted to (20) mn (1Q 2006: (23) mn).

3)

Presentation not meaningful.

4)

Consists of non-Dresdner Bank banking operations within our Banking segment.

 

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Asset Management Operations

Solid growth masked by U.S. Dollar depreciation.

 

Operating profit increased 2.6%.

 

Continuous high investment performance attracts inflows.

 

Cost-income ratio of 60.0% in 1Q 2007.

 

 

Third-Party Assets Under Management of the Allianz Group

Our third-party assets increased by € 17 billion1) to € 781 billion as of March 31, 2007, compared to € 764 billion as of December 31, 2006. In 1Q 2007, we achieved net inflows to third-party assets of € 12 billion, primarily in the United States, France and Asia-Pacific. Of the total net inflows, our fixed income business made up for € 10 billion and our equity business for € 2 billion. These strong net inflow levels were achieved despite uncertainty in the fixed income markets and very volatile equity markets.

Market-related appreciation was € 13 billion. The overwhelming majority of both the fixed income and equity assets we manage again outperformed their respective benchmarks, one of our key success factors.

Net inflows and positive market effects were partly offset by negative currency translation effects of € 6 billion, resulting primarily from a weaker U.S. Dollar versus the Euro.

We operate our third-party asset management business primarily through Allianz Global Investors (“AGI”). As of March 31, 2007, AGI managed approximately 94.7% (December 31, 2006: 94.6%) of the Allianz Group’s third-party assets. The remaining third-party assets are managed by Dresdner Bank (approximately 2.7% as of both, March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006) and other Allianz Group subsidiaries (approximately 2.6% and 2.7% as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively).

 


1)

Including a negative deconsolidation effect of  2 bn.

 

The following graphs present the third-party assets managed by the Allianz Group by geographic region, investment category and investor class as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

Third-party assets under management – Fair values by geographic region1)

in bn

LOGO

 

1)

Based on the origination of the assets.

2)

Consists of third-party assets managed by Dresdner Bank (approximately  21 bn as of both, March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006) and by other Allianz Group companies (approximately 20 bn as of both, March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006).


 

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Third-party assets under management – Fair values by investment category

in bn

LOGO

 

1)

Includes primarily investments in real estate.

Third-party assets under management – Fair values by Investor class

in bn

LOGO

Third-party assets under management – Composition of fair value development in the United States

in  bn

LOGO

Third-party assets under management – Composition of fair value development in Germany

in  bn

LOGO

Our major achievements in the first quarter of 2007 included:

 

   

Particularly strong net inflows of approximately € 1.2 billion at our U.S. equity fund manager NFJ Investment Group.

 

 

 

AGI Germany with assets under management of € 278.6 billion and a market share of 19.5% market leader in Germany.1)

 

 

 

Market leadership in “Zertifikatefonds” business with € 3.7 billion assets under management and 63% market share.1)


 

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1)

Source: Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management (“BVI“), an association representing the German investment fund industry.



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Earnings Summary

The results of operations of our Asset Management segment are almost exclusively represented by AGI, accounting for 97.2% and 97.4% of our total Asset Management segment’s operating revenues and operating profit, respectively, in 1Q 2007 (1Q 2006: 97.9% and 98.7%, respectively). Accordingly, the discussion of our Asset Management segment’s results of operations relates solely to the operations of AGI.

Operating revenues

At € 758 million, operating revenues were up € 23 million from a year ago, a development which was significantly subdued by currency related effects. Internal operating revenue growth amounted to 9.9%.

Higher asset-based management fees at stable revenue margins resulted from the growth of our third-party asset base. Loading and exit fees did not reach the prior year level due to less mutual funds sales. Other net fee and commission income increased as a result of our business expansion.

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

 

Three months ended March 31,       

        2007

 mn

      

        2006

 mn

Management fees     851     829
Loading and exit fees     81     91
Performance fees     16     16
Other income     101     79
Fee and commission income     1,049     1,015
Commissions     (220)     (226)
Other expenses     (101)     (85)
Fee and commission expenses     (321)     (311)
Net fee and commission income       728       704

 

Operating profit

Operating profit

in mn

LOGO

Operating profit, at € 304 million in 1Q 2007, was up slightly compared with a year earlier on a Euro-basis. At constant exchange rates, operating profit would have grown by 8.7%.

Administrative expenses, excluding acquisition-related expenses, increased 4.4% to € 454 million in 1Q 2007. Thereof, personnel expenses amounted to € 297 million, up from € 285 million a year ago, and non-personnel expenses were at € 157 million, compared to € 149 million. These developments were in line with our business expansion and investments in future growth, such as investments in our distribution network and human resources development.

Following the slightly more than proportionate increase in operating expenses compared to that in operating revenues, our cost-income-ratio was up 0.7 percentage points to 59.9%.


 

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Non-operating items

Acquisition-related expenses fell 11.6% to € 122 million. As of March 31, 2007, the Allianz Group had acquired 37,760 of the 150,000 PIMCO LLC Class B Units originally outstanding, compared to 11,721 as of March 31, 2006. The resulting lowering effect on acquisition-related expenses was partially offset by the positive operating profit development at PIMCO in the United States.

 

Net income

At € 93 million, net income was up 6.9% from a year ago.

With income tax expenses of € 79 million, up 23.4%, our effective tax rate increased to 43.4% from 39.3%. This increase was, among other factors, driven by higher taxable income in the United States.


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 months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.

 

Three months ended March 31,       2007        2006
         

Asset

Management

Segment

mn

      

Allianz

Global

        Investors

mn

      

Asset

Management

Segment

mn

      

Allianz

Global

        Investors

mn

Net fee and commission income1)     746     728     717     704
Net interest income2)     23     19     17     14
Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net)     7     7     14     14
Other income     4     4     3     3
Operating revenues3)     780     758     751     735
                              
Administrative expenses, excluding acquisition-related expenses4)     (468)     (454)     (447)     (435)
Operating expenses     (468)     (454)     (447)     (435)
                              
Operating profit     312     304     304     300
                              
Realized gains/losses (net)     2     2     2     1
Acquisition-related expenses, thereof4)                            

Deferred purchases of interests in PIMCO

    (122)     (122)     (136)     (136)

Other acquisition-related expenses5)

            (2)     (2)

Subtotal

    (122)     (122)     (138)     (138)
                              
Restructuring charges     (2)     (2)        
Non-operating items     (122)     (122)     (136)     (137)
                              
Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings     190     182     168     163
                              
Income taxes     (80)     (79)     (65)     (64)
Minority interests in earnings     (11)     (10)     (13)     (12)
Net income     99     93     90     87
                              
Cost-income ratio6) in %       60.0       59.9       59.5       59.2

 

1)

Represents fee and commission income less fee and commission expense.

2)

Represents interest and similar income less interest expense and investment expenses.

3)

For the Asset Management segment, total revenues are measured based upon operating revenues.

4)

The total of these items equals acquisition and administration expenses (net) in the segment income statement in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

5)

Consists of retention payments for the management and employees of PIMCO and Nicholas Applegate.

6)

Represents operating expenses divided by operating revenues.

 

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Corporate Activities

 

Earnings Summary

Operating loss was € 101 million in 1Q 2007, down € 79 million from a year earlier, reflecting improvements in both Holding Function and Private Equity.

Mainly attributable to exceptionally high realized capital gains, non-operating items rose from an aggregate loss of € 211 million to an aggregate gain of € 511 million.

These developments translate into improved income before income taxes and minorities, amounting to a gain of € 410 million in 1Q 2007 after a loss of € 391 million in the same period last year.

 

        Operating profit (loss)        Non-operating items

Three months

ended March 31,

      

        2007

mn

      

        2006

mn

      

        2007

mn

      

        2006

mn

Holding Function

    (132)     (188)     512     (217)

Private Equity

    31     8     (1)     6

Total

      (101)       (180)       511       (211)

 

Holding Function

Operating profit    The decline in operating profit loss primarily driven by higher investment result due to an increased asset base.

Non-operating items    Realized capital gains of € 640 million resulted from the sale of shares.

Private Equity

Operating profit    Operating profit rose by € 23 million to € 31 million. This development resulted predominantly from higher dividends received from equity investments as well as an increased gain from fully consolidated private equity investments, specifically from MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG.


 

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Balance Sheet Review

At 52.3 billion, shareholders’ equity was up 3.6% compared to year-end 2006.

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity

As of March 31, 2007, shareholders’ equity was 3.6% higher than at year-end 2006, primarily driven by the high net income in 1Q 2007. Commensurate with the high level of realizations which benefited net income, net unrealized gains/losses declined. An additional negative impact on shareholders’ equity was brought about by increased negative foreign currency translation adjustments, included in revenue reserves in the graph below, stemming predominantly from the depreciation of the U.S. Dollar compared to the Euro in the first three months of the year.

The following graph sets forth the development of our shareholders’ equity.

Shareholders’ equity1)

in mn

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1)

Does not include minority interests of 6.6 bn as of March 31, 2007 and of  6.4 bn as of December 31, 2006. Please see Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements for further information.

2)

Includes foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

Total Assets and Total Liabilities

Total assets and total liabilities increased by € 49.1 billion and € 47.1 billion, respectively. In the following sections we analyze important developments within the balance sheets of our Life/Health, Property-Casualty and Banking segments. Relative to the Allianz Group’s total assets and total liabilities, we consider the total assets and total liabilities from our Asset Management segment as immaterial and have, accordingly, excluded these assets and liabilities from the following discussion. Our Asset Management segment’s results of operations stem primarily from its business with third-party assets. Please see pages 20 to 21 for further information on the development of our third-party assets.

Insurance Assets and Liabilities

Life/Health insurance operations

Reserves for insurance and investment contracts from our Life/Health segment rose by € 1.7 billion, mainly due to increased aggregate policy reserves for universal-life type insurance contracts. Financial liabilities for unit-linked contracts as of March 31, 2007 were € 1.9 billion higher than as of year-end 2006, reflecting our continuous sales successes with unit-linked insurance and investment contracts. Similarly, our Life/Health asset base grew by € 5.1 billion.


 

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The following graph sets forth the development of our Life/Health asset base.

Life/Health asset base

fair values1) in bn

LOGO

 

1)

Loans and advances to banks and customers, 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)

Financial assets for unit-linked contracts represent assets owned by, and managed on the behalf of, policyholders of the Allianz Group, with all appreciation and depreciation in these assets accruing to the benefit of policyholders. As a result, the value of financial assets for unit-linked contracts in our balance sheet corresponds with the value of financial liabilities for unit-linked contracts.

3)

Does not include affiliates at 2.8 bn and 2.8 bn as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

4)

Includes, in each case as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, debt securities at 8.1 bn and 7.3 bn, equity securities at 2.9 bn and 2.9 bn, and derivative financial instruments at (4.6) bn and (4.4) bn.

 

Property-Casualty insurance operations

Our Property-Casualty segment’s reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses declined € 1.3 billion from year-end 2006 to € 57.3 billion as of March 31, 2007, due, among other factors, to the depreciation of the U.S. Dollar relative to the Euro. Our Property-Casualty asset base increased by € 1.7 billion.

The following graph sets forth the development of our Property-Casualty asset base.

Property-Casualty asset base

fair values1) in bn

LOGO

 

1)

Loans and advances to banks and customers, 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)

Does not include affiliates at 9.5 bn and 9.5 bn as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

3)

Includes, in each case as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, debt securities at 3.6 bn and 3.2 bn, equity securities at  0.4 bn and 0.4 bn, and derivative financial instruments at  0.1 bn and  0.1 bn.


 

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Banking Assets and Liabilities

Loans and advances to banks and customers in our Banking segment were € 346.8 billion as of March 31, 2007, up € 33.1 billion from year-end 2006. This increase was particularly driven by higher volumes of collateralized refinancing activities at Dresdner Bank which also led to an increase in our liabilities to banks and customers, primarily in the from of repurchase agreements and collateral received from securities lending transactions.

The following graph sets forth the development of our Banking segment’s loans and advances to banks and customers.

 

Banking loans and advances to banks and customers

in bn

LOGO

 

1)

Includes loan loss allowance at  (1.0) bn as of both March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.


 

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Other Information

 

 

Reconciliation of Consolidated Operating Profit and Income before Income Taxes and Minority Interests in Earnings

The previous analysis is based on our consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with those statements. The Allianz Group uses operating profit to evaluate the performance of its business segments and the Group as a whole. The Allianz Group considers the presentation of operating profit to be useful and meaningful to investors because it enhances the understanding of the Allianz Group’s underlying operating performance and the comparability of its operating performance over time. Operating profit highlights the portion of income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings attributable to the on-going core operations of the Allianz Group. To better understand the on-going operations of the business, we exclude the effects of acquisition-related expenses and the amortization of intangible assets, as these relate to business combinations; and we exclude interest expense from external debt and income from financial assets and liabilities held for trading (relating to exchangeables on external debt) as these relate to our capital structure.

We believe that trends in the underlying profitability of our business can be more clearly identified without the fluctuating effects of the realized capital gains and losses or impairments of investment securities, as these are largely dependent on market cycles or issuer-specific

events over which we have little or no control, and can and do vary, sometimes materially, across periods. Further, the timing of sales that would result in such gains or losses is largely at our discretion. Similarly, we exclude restructuring charges because the timing of the restructuring charges are largely within our control, and accordingly their exclusion provides additional insight into the operating trends of the underlying business.

Operating profit should be viewed as complementary to, and not a substitute for, income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings or net income as determined in accordance with IFRS.

The following table reconciles operating profit on a consolidated basis to the Allianz Group’s income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings.

 

Three months ended

March 31,

      

2007

mn

      

2006

mn

Operating profit     2,870     2,677
Realized gains/losses and impairments of investments (net)     2,045     778
Income from financial assets and liabilities held for trading (net)     34     (79)
Interest expense from external debt     (222)     (198)
Restructuring charges     (27)     (4)
Acquisition-related expenses     (122)     (138)
Amortization of intangible assets     (3)     (5)
Reclassification of policyholder participation in tax benefits arising in connection with tax-exempt income     (19)    
Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings       4,556       3,031

 

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Composition of Total Revenue Growth

We further believe that an understanding of our total revenue performance is enhanced when the effects of foreign currency translation as well as acquisitions and disposals (or “changes in scope of consolidation”) are excluded. Accordingly, in addition to presenting “nominal growth”, we also present “internal growth”, which excludes the effects of foreign currency translation and changes in scope of consolidation. The following table sets forth the reconciliation of nominal total revenue growth to internal total revenue growth for each of our segments and the Allianz Group as a whole for the three months ended March 31, 2007.

 

Composition of total revenue1) growth for the three months ended March 31, 2007

 

Segment      

Nominal
growth

      

Changes
in scope
of
consoli-

dation

      

Foreign
currency
translation

      

Internal
growth

         

        %

      

        %

      

        %

      

        %

Property-Casualty     (0.3)     0.4     (1.0)     0.3
Life/Health     (3.9)         (1.9)     (2.0)
Banking     7.9         (0.3)     8.2

thereof: Dresdner

             Bank

    7.4         (0.3)     7.7
Asset Management     3.9     0.6     (6.6)     9.9

thereof: Allianz

             Global

             Investors

    3.1         (6.8)     9.9
Allianz Group       (1.1)       0.2       (1.5)       0.2

 

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. Segment growth rates are presented before the elimination of transactions between Allianz Group companies in different segments.


 

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Consolidated Financial Statements

Contents

 

32   Consolidated Balance Sheets
33   Consolidated Income Statements
34   Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
35   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
37   1   Basis of presentation
37   2   Changes in the presentation of the consolidated financial statements
38   3   Segment reporting
Supplementary Information to the Consolidated
Balance Sheets
48   4   Financial assets carried at fair value through income
48   5   Investments
48   6   Loans and advances to banks and customers
49   7   Reinsurance assets
49   8   Deferred acquisition costs
49   9   Other assets
49   10   Intangible assets
50   11   Financial liabilities carried at fair value through income
50   12   Liabilities to banks and customers
50   13   Reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses
51   14   Reserves for insurance and investment contracts
51   15   Other liabilities
51   16   Certificated liabilities
51   17   Participation certificates and subordinated liabilities
52   18   Equity
Supplementary Information to the Consolidated
Income Statements
53   19   Premiums earned (net)
54   20   Interest and similar income
54   21   Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net)
55   22   Realized gains/losses (net)
56   23   Fee and commission income
56   24   Other income
56   25   Income from fully consolidated private equity investments
57   26   Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)
58   27   Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)
58   28   Interest expense
58   29   Loan loss provisions
59   30   Impairments of investments (net)
59   31   Investment expenses
60   32   Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)
61   33   Fee and commission expenses
62   34   Other expenses
62   35   Expenses from fully consolidated private equity investments
62   36   Income taxes
62   37   Earnings per share
Other Information
63   38   Supplemental information on the Banking segment
63   39   Supplemental information on the consolidated statements of cash flows
64   40   Other information
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Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of March 31, 2007 and as of December 31, 2006

 

          Note       

As of

March 31,

2007

mn

      

As of
December 31,
2006

mn

ASSETS                     
Cash and cash equivalents            35,713     33,031
Financial assets carried at fair value through income     4     162,238     156,869
Investments     5     298,763     298,134
Loans and advances to banks and customers     6     444,446     408,278
Financial assets for unit linked contracts            63,765     61,864
Reinsurance assets     7     17,477     19,360
Deferred acquisition costs     8     19,926     19,135
Deferred tax assets            4,562     4,727
Other assets     9     42,058     38,893
Intangible assets     10     13,425     12,935
Total assets               1,102,373       1,053,226
                         
          Note       

As of

March 31,

2007

mn

      

As of
December 31,
2006

mn

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                     
Financial liabilities carried at fair value through income     11     90,429     79,699
Liabilities to banks and customers     12     393,010     361,078
Unearned premiums            18,731     14,868
Reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses     13     64,200     65,464
Reserves for insurance and investment contracts     14     289,390     287,697
Financial liabilities for unit linked contracts            63,765     61,864
Deferred tax liabilities            4,588     4,618
Other liabilities     15     50,282     49,764
Certificated liabilities     16     53,129     54,922
Participation certificates and subordinated liabilities     17     15,927     16,362
Total liabilities            1,043,451     996,336
                       
Shareholders’ equity            52,283     50,481
Minority interests            6,639     6,409
Total equity     18     58,922     56,890
                       
Total liabilities and equity               1,102,373       1,053,226

 

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Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Consolidated Income Statements

For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

 

Three months ended March 31,        Note       

2007

 mn

      

2006

 mn

Premiums earned (net)     19     14,543     14,420
Interest and similar income     20     6,266     5,683
Income from financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value through income (net)     21     115     500
Realized gains/losses (net)     22     3,209     1,895
Fee and commission income     23     2,356     2,252
Other income     24     93     39
Income from fully consolidated private equity investments     25     471     159
Total income            27,053     24,948
                       
Claims and insurance benefits incurred (net)     26     (11,085)     (10,875)
Changes in reserves for insurance and investment contracts (net)     27     (2,736)     (2,712)
Interest expense     28     (1,598)     (1,565)
Loan loss provisions     29     2     32
Impairments of investments (net)     30     (67)     (55)
Investment expenses     31     (261)     (183)
Acquisition and administrative expenses (net)     32     (5,638)     (5,809)
Fee and commission expenses     33     (634)     (578)
Amortization of intangible assets            (3)     (5)
Restructuring charges            (30)     (4)
Other expenses     34     13     (1)
Expenses from fully consolidated private equity investments     35     (460)     (162)
Total expenses            (22,497)     (21,917)
                       
Income before income taxes and minority interests in earnings            4,556     3,031
Income taxes     36     (967)     (899)
Minority interests in earnings            (349)     (353)
Net income               3,240       1,779
           
Three months ended March 31,        Note       

2007

      

2006

Basic earnings per share     37     7.51     4.39
Diluted earnings per share       37       7.34       4.32

 

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Allianz Group Interim Report First Quarter of 2007

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

 

        

Paid-in

capital

 

      

Revenue
reserves

 

       Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments
      

Unrealized
gains and
losses (net)

           

Shareholders’
equity

      

Minority
interests

 

           

Total

equity

 

          mn        mn        mn        mn             mn        mn             mn
Balance as of December 31, 2005     21,616     8,579     (1,032)     10,324       39,487     7,615         47,102
Foreign currency translation adjustments             (335)     (13)       (348)     (110)         (458)
Available-for-sale investments                                                       

Unrealized gains and losses (net) arising during the year

                858       858     (71)         787

Transferred to net income on disposal

                (463)       (463)     (91)         (554)
Cash flow hedges                 (16)       (16)             (16)
Miscellaneous         (259)               (259)     (4)         (263)
Total income and expense recognized directly in shareholders’ equity         (259)     (335)     366       (228)     (276)         (504)
Net income         1,779               1,779     353         2,132
Total recognized income and expense for the period         1,520     (335)     366       1,551     77         1,628
Treasury shares         255               255             255
Transactions between equity holders         12         (4)       8     28         36
Dividends paid                           (15)         (15)
Balance as of March 31, 2006       21,616       10,366       (1,367)       10,686           41,301       7,705           49,006
Balance as of December 31, 2006     25,398     13,629     (2,210)     13,664       50,481     6,409         56,890
Foreign currency translation adjustments             (141)     (4)       (145)     (23)         (168)
Available-for-sale investments                                                       

Unrealized gains and losses (net) arising during the year

                233       233     (28)         205

Transferred to net income on disposal

                (1,787)       (1,787)     (86)         (1,873)
Cash flow hedges                 5       5             5
Miscellaneous         (84)               (84)     7         (77)
Total income and expense recognized directly in shareholders’ equity         (84)     (141)     (1,553)       (1,778)     (130)         (1,908)
Net income         3,240               3,240     349         3,589
Total recognized income and expense for the period         3,156     (141)     (1,553)       1,462     219         1,681
Treasury shares         348               348             348
Transactions between equity holders         (6)         (2)       (8)     34         26
Dividends paid                           (23)         (23)
Balance as of March 31, 2007       25,398       17,127       (2,351)       12,109           52,283       6,639           58,922

 

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Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006

 

Three months ended March 31,

      

            2007

mn

      

            2006

mn

Cash flow from operating activities:              
Net income     3,240     1,779
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities:              

Minority interests in earnings

    349     353

Share of earnings from investments in associates and joint ventures

    (259)     (74)

Realized gains/losses (net) and impairments of investments (net) of:

             

Available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investments, investments in associates and joint ventures, real estate held for investment, loans to banks and customers

    (3,142)     (1,840)

Other investments, mainly financial assets held for trading and designated at fair value through income

    (459)     (138)

Depreciation and amortization

    200     163

Loan loss provision

    (2)     (32)

Interest credited to policyholder accounts

    657     656

Net change in:

             

Financial assets and liabilities held for trading

    7,597     8,842