Allianz Commercial informed it has appointed Elke Vagenende as Commercial Managing Director for ‘Benelux and Nordics’ region.

"She will re-join Allianz from her current role at AIG during Q1 2024 to lead this newly established region and will represent Allianz’s full set of Property and Casualty insurance solutions for mid-sized companies, large corporations, and specialty clients in the market", as Allianz Commercial representatives mentioned in a statement.

This Benelux & Nordics region will service customers across Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway.

Elke Vagenende rejoins Allianz Group from AIG, where she has been Global Head of Multinational since February 2021, and previously Head of FINEX Western Europe for Willis Towers Watson from 2018 to 2021. Prior to that, she spent six years with Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty in a variety of senior market facing roles, including Head of Market Management UK, Head of Financial Institutions and Head of Product Development both for Financial Lines.

In her new role as Commercial Managing Director Benelux & Nordics, Elke Vagenende will report to Dirk Vogler, Board Member of AGCS SE and Allianz Commercial Chief Regions & Markets Officer, in conjunction with Joos Louwerier, CEO Allianz Benelux.

Allianz announced on March 10, 2023 that it will serve the global commercial insurance segment as one go-to-market business, combining the Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) business serving large corporate and specialty clients together with the insurance businesses of Allianz’s operating entities serving mid-sized country-based accounts. "Allianz will now introduce this model to its AGCS and national businesses across the Benelux & Nordics region, using the trading name of ‘Allianz Commercial’ under Vagenende’s leadership to better serve clients and brokers across the full Commercial insurance segment".