Certain of the statements contained herein are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements and other statements of future expectations are based on management’s current views, intentions, expectations and assumptions and, by their nature, 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. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. In addition to statements which are forward-looking by reason of context, the words ‘may, will, would, could, should, expects, plans, goal, target, aim intends, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential, or continue’ or in each case their negative or other variations and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from the impression created by such statements due to, without limitation, (i) general economic and business 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 government and other 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, (xiv) industry trends, (xv) changes in political and economic stability, and (xvi) 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 involve risks and uncertainties described in Allianz SE’s Form 20-F and from time to time in Allianz SE’s other periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Other than in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations, the company assumes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
