Key Stats Founded: April 17, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois Headquarters: Northbrook, Illinois, United States CEO: Tom Wilson (since 2007) Employees: Approximately 53,000 NYSE Ticker Symbol: ALL Allstate Corp ranks as the second-largest personal lines property and casualty insurer in the United States. The company provides auto, home, life, and other insurance products through multiple distribution channels including agents, contact centers, and online platforms. Allstate operates across five business segments: Allstate Protection, Run-off Property-Liability, Protection Services, Allstate Health and Benefits, and Corporate and Other. The company serves approximately 208 million policies in force as of 2024. The insurance giant generated $64.1…
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Allianz SE history, profile and corporate video Allianz SE is engaged in the provision of financial solutions, insurance services, risk consulting and public investment funds. It operates through the following segments: Property-Casualty, Life/Health, Asset Management, and Corporate and Other. Its products include private insurance, business insurance, asset management, global lines, global assistance and services, and sustainable solutions. The company was founded by Carl Thieme and Wilhelm Finck on February 5, 1890, and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. Allianz History Allianz AG was founded in Berlin on 5 February 1890 by then director of the Munich Reinsurance Company Carl von Thieme…
ANA Holdings, Inc. (All Nippon Airways) history, profile and corporate video ANA Holdings, Inc. engages in providing air transportation services including buying, leasing, and maintenance of aircraft and aircraft parts. Its operations are carried out through Air Transportation, Travel Services and Other Businesses segments. The Air Transportation segment provides air transportation and cargo services for domestic and international flights, ground support, aircraft maintenance, reservation confirmation, and other airport services. The Travel Services segment handles the sale of tickets and planning and sale of branded travel packages. The Other Businesses segment encompasses information systems, product sales, facilities management, and aircraft parts…
Alfa Laval AB history, profile and corporate video Alfa Laval AB focuses on energy optimization, environmental protection and food production through technological leadership in heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. The company operates into three divisions: Equipment, Process Technology and Marine & Diesel. Equipment Division involves the sale of components to customers with recurring requirements and well-defined needs, mainly through various sales channels. Its customers are characterized by a well-defined and regularly recurring requirement for Alfa Laval’s products. In most cases, sales are conducted through system builders and contracting companies, as well as dealers, agents and distributors. The division’s products are…
Alcoa Corporation history, company profile (overview) and history video Alcoa Corporation is an industrial company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United State. It offers aluminum, alumina, and bauxite. Alcoa is an acronym for Aluminum Company of America. HISTORY Alcoa was founded in 1888 as The Pittsburgh Reduction Company. In 1925, the company was listed on the New York Curb Exchange (forerunner of the American Stock Exchange). In 1998, the company changed its name to Alcoa Corporation. In 2016, Alcoa split into two separate entities, Alcoa Corporation (mining and manufacturing raw aluminum) and Arconic Inc. (aluminum and other…
Alcatel-Lucent SA history, profile and history video Alcatel-Lucent SA is engaged in the provision of communications solutions to telecommunications companies and Internet service and data providers. It develops and integrates technologies, applications and services to offer innovative global communications solutions. The company operates its business through three segments: Networks, Software, Services & Solutions, and Enterprise. The Networks segment is organized into four businesses: IP, Optics, Wireless and Wireline. It supplies a broad portfolio of network products and offerings used by fixed, wireless and converged service providers to help them address these changing telecommunications market needs, and to enterprises and governments for…
Aker Solutions ASA history, company profile (overview) and corporate video Aker Solutions ASA is an engineering company headquartered in Fornebu, Norway. HISTORY Aker Solutions’ history can be traced back to 1841 when Aker established a small mechanical workshop on the banks of the Aker river in Oslo, Norway. Initially, the main activities included shipbuilding, manufacturing components for machinery and equipment for clients in the iron and non-ferrous metals industries and shipping. Shortly after, in 1853, Kvaerner Brug was founded nearby, and in the following decades, the two companies expanded in accordance with the industrialization of Norway and northern Europe. In the…
Key Stats Founded in 1908 with discovery of umami by Dr. Kikunae Ikeda Headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan Operates through Seasoning and Foods, Frozen Foods, and Healthcare business sectors Employs more than 30,000 people globally Listed on Japanese stock exchange since 1949 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is a multinational food and biotechnology corporation specializing in seasoning products, frozen foods, and healthcare solutions. The company pioneered the commercial production of monosodium glutamate and introduced the concept of umami as the fifth taste to global markets. The company traces its origins to 1908 when scientist Dr. Kikunae Ikeda discovered that L-glutamic acid, an…
Air France-KLM S.A. history, company profile (overview) and corporate video Air France-KLM S.A., also known as Air France-KLM Group, is a Franco-Dutch airline holding company headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, France. It offers its customers a network covering more than 300 destinations through its Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Transavia airlines. HISTORY Air France-KLM’s history can be traced back to 1933 when Air France was formed through a merger of Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale, Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne (CIDNA), and Société Générale de Transport Aérien (SGTA). In 2004, Air France-KLM was created through the…
AIA Group Limited history, company profile (overview) and history video AIA Group Limited is a multinational insurance and finance corporation headquartered in Hong Kong. It provides insurance solutions to both individuals and businesses. HISTORY AIA’s origins date back to 1919 when the group founder Cornelius Vander Starr opened a small insurance agency in Shanghai, China. The company soon extended to life insurance with one simple business idea: people in Asia would find insurance attractive because of their desire to care for their family and be prudent. In 1931, Cornelius Vander Starr founded International Assurance Company, Limited (INTASCO)…