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Allianz Partners, a global leader in assistance and insurance solutions, has joined the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum (ITF). Allianz Partners and the ITF will work together on mobility innovation and digitalisation.
Allianz Partners is part of the Allianz Group of insurance companies and specialises in assistance and mobility services, and travel and international health insurance. Among its clients are airlines and travel operators, automotive manufacturers, sharing economy companies, governments, intergovernmental organisations and NGOs. The company has more than 19,400 employees and operates in over 75 countries.
Allianz Partners has innovation centres for each of its areas of expertise. Among them, its Automotive & Mobility Innovation Centre, created in 2014, focuses on future mobility, including telematics and engineering. The Travel Innovation Centre focuses on digitalising and simplifying the customer journey before, during and after travel through proactive claims handling and new protection solutions adapted to the Covid-19 context.
The ITF is an intergovernmental organisation with 63 member countries that facilitates global dialogue for better transport. It acts as a think tank for member governments and organises an Annual Summit of transport ministers. The Corporate Partnership Board (CPB) is the ITF's platform for engaging with the private sector and enriching global transport policy discussion with a business perspective.
Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General of the ITF, said:
"I warmly welcome Allianz Partners to the ITF Corporate Partnership Board. Allianz Partners' long and profound expertise in mitigating and managing risks, providing effective support to transport users, and seeking out innovative solutions that will lead to better outcomes for all will no doubt stimulate and broaden debate among our Corporate Partners and also the ITF member countries."
Sirma Boshnakova, CEO of Allianz Partners, said:
"As the mobility sector undergoes profound changes, Allianz Partners is focused on supporting these developments and the various actors involved with innovative insurance solutions and services, with the aim to ensure greater safety. By joining the ITF Corporate Partnership Board, we look forward to working together to prepare for the future of mobility so that users benefit from protection, convenience and peace of mind."
The members of the ITF Corporate Partnership Board are: AB InBev, Airbus, Allianz Partners, Alstom, Aramco, Arrival, AutoCrypt, Bosch, Cruise, ExxonMobil, Iberdrola, Incheon International Airport, Kakaomobility, Michelin, NXP, PTV Group, Penta Security, RATP Group, Shell, Siemens, SNCF, SPEA Engineering, TIER Mobility, Total Energies, Toyota, Uber, Valeo, Voi, Volvo Cars, Volvo Group and Waymo.
More information about the ITF Corporate Partnership Board at www.itf-oecd.org/CPBUrban mobility is at a crossroads. The transport options offered in our cities create opportunities, underpin prosperity and connect people with each other. They also carry costs: in terms of safety, health, equity, efficiency and environmental harm – most fundamentally for the global climate.
Media contact:
Michael Kloth
Head of Communications
International Transport Forum
michael.kloth@itf-oecd.org
+33 6 15 95 03 27
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