Allianz Taps Anthropic to Help Deploy AI Throughout Its Insurance Business

Allianz plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) throughout its insurance business around the world with the help of Anthropic.

The financial services provider and the AI startup have formed a global partnership to make this happen, and the first projects are already underway, the companies said in a Friday (Jan. 9) press release.

The companies plan to add Anthropic’s Claude models to Allianz’s internal AI platform that is available to everyone within Allianz. The applications will include Claude Code to help Allianz’s developers with software development, and Model Context Protocols (MCPs) to help employees integrate data sources across different applications, according to the release.

They are also developing custom AI agents to orchestrate multi-step workflows and automate labor-intensive process such as intake documentation and claims processing, while also enabling Allianz employees to handle cases that are sensitive or complex, the release said.

The third area in which Allianz and Anthropic will collaborate is in co-developing AI systems that log every decision, rationale and data source to ensure AI-driven actions are traceable and compliant with regulations, per the release.

“With this partnership, Allianz is taking a decisive step to address critical AI challenges in insurance,” Allianz SE CEO Oliver Bäte said in the release. “Anthropic’s focus on safety and transparency complements our strong dedication to customer excellence and stakeholder trust.”

Anthropic CEO and Co-founder Dario Amodei said in the release that insurance is an industry in which the stakes of using AI are particularly high.

“Allianz and Anthropic both take that very seriously, and we look forward to working together to make insurance better for those who depend on it,” Amodei said.

Anthropic announced in September that its number of business accounts had topped 300,000, its Claude Code tool for developers generated run-rate revenue of over $500 million, and its overall run-rate revenue had leapt from about $1 billion at the beginning of 2025 to over $5 billion in August.

PYMNTS reported Thursday (Jan. 8) that many insurers are turning to generative AI models to strengthen their defenses against increasingly sophisticated insurance fraud that is powered by deepfakes, synthetic voice technology and AI-generated images.

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