Allianz Germany chooses Pega for digital transformation

LAS VEGAS – June 6, 2016 – Leading health insurer Allianz Health Insurance Germany announced at the annual Pegaworld conference that it has selected Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company empowering the world's leading enterprises with strategic business applications, to help provide its customers with an even more comprehensive digital service. Allianz Health Insurance currently manages €30 billion in assets and insures 2.5 million people across Germany. The project enables Allianz to meet the changing needs of fast and agile customers, while at the same time ensuring the required levels of stability and reliability.

To achieve its goal, Allianz Health Insurance is using Pegasystems' Pega 7 rules-based technology as a middle layer in its IT systems. The integration will allow Allianz to achieve a seamless data flow between its agile customer applications and the insurance professional core systems. This will enable a faster and continuous transaction processing and increase the automation of processes.

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"As an insurance company, we need stability and reliability in our IT systems. However, as a customer focused company, we must also balance that requirement with the need to remain agile and fast to meet changing customer demands," said Dr. Birgit König, CEO, Allianz Health Insurance. "Working with Pega has allowed us to reach the balance. It has changed the way we work as well and we've already seen a significant improvement in our work efficiency and quality."

"I'm proud Allianz has chosen to embark on this critical business transformation project with Pega," said Alan Trefler, founder and CEO, Pegasystems. "The increased efficiencies the organization is already seeing demonstrate the power of delivering full end-to-end digital services. We're looking forward to partnering with Allianz Health Insurance as they realize their long-term digital transformation ambitions."