Allianz awarded gold status by the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme

Authored by Allianz 

Allianz Holdings has been awarded gold status by the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme ensures that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families are treated fairly and encourages company employees to support the defence community. Employers can achieve varying levels of accreditation and Allianz was awarded bronze in 2020 and silver in 2021.

Allianz has demonstrated its commitment by:

• Employing over 80 veteran and reservists across the business
• Launching a new Reserve Forces Policy providing additional leave for reservist colleagues to attend training
• Proactively showing that armed forces personnel are not disadvantaged during the recruitment and selection process
• Ensuring the Allianz workforce is aware of the company's positive policies towards defence people issues
• Creating an employee-led network open to all veterans, reservists, Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and family members of service personnel

Allianz has also built a successful relationship with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP), a government funded initiative that supports service leavers to find new roles or training opportunities when leaving the military. The Allianz engineering team regularly attend CTP recruitment fairs, online chat sessions and have dedicated CTP recruitment adverts.

Julie Harrison, chief HR officer Allianz Holdings said: “It is fantastic to be awarded gold level and for all of the hard work of our people to be reflected in the award. We’re always striving to be the most inclusive employer we can be and this accreditation demonstrates that we’re more than on the right path.

“While the accreditation stops at gold that doesn’t mean our story has ended, we’re always looking ar the best ways to support our people and to be an attractive employer – insurance is a profession with many career options and we want to attract the best people to join us.”