Allianz Life Earns Great Place to Work Certification™ for 16th consecutive year

MINNEAPOLIS - July 29, 2026 - Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life) has earned the prestigious Great Place to Work® Certification™ for the 16th consecutive year, with 87% of employees saying Allianz Life is a great place to work. The recognition is based entirely on anonymous employee feedback about their workplace experience and underscores the company's long-standing commitment to fostering an exceptional employee culture where people feel supported, valued and empowered to grow their careers.

Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.

"Our culture is shaped by the people who bring it to life every day," said Jenny Guldseth, chief people and culture officer, Allianz Life. "We're proud to foster an environment where employees feel a sense of belonging, trust and connection to our mission. Receiving this recognition for the 16th consecutive year reinforces the strength of our culture and the dedication of our employees to making Allianz Life a great place to work."

Allianz Life recognizes that employees do their best work when they have the support they need both professionally and personally, which is why it prides itself on work/life balance and offering its employees resources and tools to care for themselves and their families, including comprehensive benefits packages, onsite amenities like a childcare center, fitness center and health clinic with a nurse practitioner and mental health provider, and hybrid and flexible work arrangements.

According to Great Place To Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great supervisor at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company's profits and have a fair chance at promotion.

Find out what it's like to work at Allianz Life at www.allianzlife.com/culture.

About Great Place to Work Certification™

Great Place To Work® Certification™ is the most definitive "employer-of-choice" recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience - specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.

About Great Place To Work®

As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work® brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Their proprietary platform and For All™ Model helps companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified™ or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.

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