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Allianz Global Assistance Announces “Scholartrips” Contest Winners

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Travel Insurance Company Provides Scholarships for Students Wanting to Travel Abroad

Allianz Global Assistance USA, a leading travel insurance provider, has announced the winners of the national “ScholarTrips” video contest. ScholarTrips provides scholarships to students who want to study or volunteer abroad.  Launched in conjunction with the company’s travel agent partners, the contest generated video submissions from high school and college students from around the country. During each video, students were asked to explain why they wanted to travel abroad and how they expected to benefit from the experience.

After a review of the videos by an expert panel, ten students were each awarded a $1,500 scholarship to use for travel and will be covered by Allianz Travel Insurance while on their trips. The ScholarTrips Contest was established in 2004 and has awarded over $80,000 in travel scholarships since its inception.

Video submissions were judged by an expert panel of travel professionals that included:

Karyn Todd, Senior Vice President, Cruise.com

Michelle Fee, President, Cruise Planners

Lee Hurd, Executive Vice President of American Express/Bursch Travel

Scott Koepf, Vice President of Sales, Avoya Travel

The scholarship winners and their videos are:

“We are proud of all of the students who submitted videos for consideration. Each video submission showed that students want to learn more about the world around them by experiencing everything that travel has to offer,” said Alan Josephs, chief marketing officer of Allianz Global Assistance USA.  “We hope that by providing students with the resources to travel, they will enrich their lives and the lives of those they meet.”

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Allianz Global Assistance USA

Allianz Global Assistance USA (AGA Service Company) is a leading consumer specialty insurance and assistance company.  We insure 13 million customers annually and are best known for our Allianz Travel Insurance plans. In addition to travel insurance, Allianz Global Assistance USA offers event ticket protection, registration protection for endurance events and unique travel assistance services such as international medical assistance and concierge services. The company also serves as an outsource provider for in-bound call center services and claims administration for health insurers, property and casualty insurers, and credit card companies.

For more information about Allianz Global Assistance USA, please visit allianzassistance.com. To learn more about Allianz Travel Insurance plans, please visit allianztravelinsurance.com or Like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/AllianzTravelInsuranceUS.

Allianz Global Assistance

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Allianz Global Assistance is an international leader in assistance, travel insurance and health, life & home care services, with operation centers in 34 countries. The company has more than 12,000 employees who speak 40 different languages and work throughout the world with a network of 400,000 service providers and 118 correspondents covering 150 countries.

Allianz

Allianz is the 25th largest company in the world (Forbes Global 2012) and 63rd most valuable global brand (Interbrand, 2013). Allianz has 144,000 employees worldwide and 78 million customers in more than 70 countries. In 2012, Allianz had over 106.3 billion euros in revenue and over 1.4 billion euros under management.  In addition to Allianz Global Assistance, Allianz brands in the US include:

Allianz Life

Allianz Global Investors

PIMCO

Fireman’s Fund

Euler Hermes

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

Media Contact: Daniel Durazo

804.673.7175

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Allianz Global Assistance USA, a leading travel insurance provider, has announced the winners of the national “ScholarTrips” video contest. Ten students have been selected to receive scholarships to study or volunteer abroad.
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