Allianz
Allianz SE, one of the world's largest insurance companies headquartered in Munich, maintains investments in at least 14 major weapons manufacturers on the BDS divestment shortlist, including BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, Honeywell International, L3Harris, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh, Rheinmetall AG, Rolls-Royce, and Textron. The company previously provided employer's liability insurance for Elbit Systems, an Israeli defence contractor.
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is set to come under renewed pressure for its disgraceful failure to cease its sponsorship agreement with backer of the ‘Israeli’ genocide Allianz. A new report by Middle East Eye reveals that the German insurance giant is: …the single largest foreign financier of the Israeli state – holding more in […] By Robert Freeman
Read more →Allianz filed a £300,000 civil lawsuit against six Palestine Action activists who protested at its London and Guildford offices in October 2024 and March 2025 over its insurance of Elbit Systems.
Read more →Allianz filed civil proceedings against Palestine Action protesters following office occupations and paint attacks at its Guildford and London offices over its insurance of Elbit Systems.
Read more →Ten GAA county boards including Armagh oppose Allianz's sponsorship; GAA headquarters blocked county board motions against Allianz from the Annual Congress agenda despite widespread grassroots pressure.
Read more →The GAA's Ethics and Integrity Commission recommended continuing its Allianz sponsorship despite ten county boards opposing it, with the GAA stating Allianz Ireland has 'no involvement with the IDF'.
Read more →Gaels Against Genocide initiated its 'Drop Allianz' campaign in June 2025, demanding the GAA end its 30-year sponsorship deal with the insurer over its Gaza-linked financial ties.
Read more →Allianz confirmed it no longer insures Elbit Systems UK after a sustained Palestine Action direct action campaign begun in October 2024, with its Elbit coverage ending 1 November 2025.
Read more →Allianz's coverage of Elbit Systems UK formally ended on 1 November 2025, following more than a year of direct action protests by Palestine Action and associated groups.
Read more →The 'No Allianz with Genocide' campaign targeted Allianz for doubling its investments in weapons manufacturers in 2024 and for its pending contract renewal with Elbit Systems on 1 November 2025.
Read more →Palestine Action Éire attacked Allianz's Dublin office in November 2025, painting 'Drop Elbit' on windows amid the broader GAA campaign and citing Allianz's $960 million Israeli bond purchases through PIMCO.
Read more →On 1 November 2025, activists across six countries defaced Allianz offices protesting the insurer's underwriting of Elbit Systems, Israel's main arms supplier.
Read more →Protesters at a Dublin pro-Palestine rally called for the GAA to end its sponsorship arrangement with Allianz, citing Allianz's financial ties to companies enabling Israel's war in Gaza.
Read more →Home Office minister Diana Johnson met Allianz UK to discuss 'protest activity and destruction of property'
Read more →Allianz invests a total of €6.8 billion in firms involved in the occupation and Gaza war, including €53.6 million in Boeing and nearly €167 million in Caterpillar, with investments in arms almost doubling in 2024.
Read more →Over 800 GAA players handed a petition into Croke Park as part of the 'Drop Allianz' campaign citing a UN report naming Allianz as a significant investor in Israeli treasury bonds.
Read more →Irish Catholic priests called on the Church to end ties with Allianz after a UN report found PIMCO/Allianz was a significant buyer of Israeli treasury bonds playing a 'critical role in funding the assault on Gaza'.
Read more →Almost 800 GAA players signed an open letter calling on the GAA to end its sponsorship deal with Allianz after the UN Special Rapporteur's report named Allianz as investing in Israeli bonds and occupation-linked assets.
Read more →Nearly 800 football, hurling and camogie players signed a letter delivered to the GAA claiming Allianz's financial ties are 'enabling the genocide of the Palestinian people'.
Read more →UN Special Rapporteur Albanese named 48 corporate actors, including Allianz, as having failed their legal responsibilities to disengage from Israel's economy of occupation and genocide.
Read more →The UN report named Allianz's PIMCO subsidiary ($960 million) as among major institutional investors purchasing Israeli treasury bonds used to fund the expanding military budget.
Read more →The UN Special Rapporteur's report identifies PIMCO (an Allianz subsidiary) as a major institutional investor in Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin, Chevron, Elbit Systems, and other companies directly implicated in human rights violations in Gaza.