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Allianz UK transfers Musical Insurance business into Howden's Lark Music scheme

Posted: 01 August 2024

Allianz Musical Insurance, which specialises in musical instrument and equipment insurance for musicians in the UK, is well established and has traded for over 60 years. Allianz UK will continue to underwrite as the capacity provider for the newly named Lark Music Keynote product, which incorporates the Allianz Music Protect and Lark Music Essential products. Lark Music will be responsible for the day-to-day running of customers’ musical instrument policies and claims.

Howden’s agreement to acquire the musical insurance book will provide expertise and investment for the benefit of both amateur and professional musicians, whilst enabling Allianz UK to continue supporting the music industry. This latest acquisition follows Howden’s recent acquisition of Hencilla Canworth, a leading British specialist performing arts insurance broker.

Howden is a leading global insurance intermediary group with employee ownership at its heart. Founded in 1994, it operates in 55 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, employing 18,000 people and handling USD 38bn of premium on behalf of clients.

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Sam Horril, Group PR Assistant Manager, Howden | [email protected] or [email protected]

ABOUT ALLIANZ HOLDINGS PLC

Allianz Holdings plc is the non-regulated holding company which owns the principal insurance operations of Allianz SE in Great Britain including Allianz Insurance.

ABOUT ALLIANZ

The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers, with around 125 million* private and corporate customers in nearly 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance.

Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 737 billion euros** on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage about 1.7 trillion euros** of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are among the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2023, over 157,000 employees achieved total business volume of 161.7 billion euros and an operating profit of 14.7 billion euros for the group.

*Including non-consolidated entities with Allianz customers 

**As of December 31, 2023