Allianz Life Insurance has entered into a settlement with the Profit Connect Receiver.

As per the terms of the settlement, Allianz will pay $125,250 to the Receivership, from which $2500 to four Profit Connect investors.

The Profit Connect Receiver filed suit against Allianz, Jeffrey Nicholas and Troy Sutton in March 2023 in Texas.

The Texas Lawsuit followed the Receiver’s allegation that Sutton and Nicholas, while acting as independent agents affiliated with Allianz, harmed Profit Connect, its investors and creditors, and received payments attributable to investor funds as compensation.

On this, the Receiver alleged Allianz to be vicariously liable for the conduct of Sutton and Nicholas.

In a nutshell, Nicholas and Sutton worked for Allianz and were Profit Connect promoters.

The Receiver alleges Nicholas and Sutton encouraged four Allianz clients to withdraw from their Allianz accounts to invest in Profit Connect.

It is alleged that through their promotion of Profit Connect, Sutton and Nicholas convinced approximately twenty-five investors to put at least $2,112,400 into Profit Connect with the incentive of receiving percentage-based commissions.

As alleged in the Complaint, Nicholas convinced four hard-working, ordinary people to withdraw/surrender their life savings from safe annuities (Allianz products) to invest in an obviously risky venture, which turned out to be the Profit Connect Ponzi scheme.

Sutton settled with the Receiver for $15,000 in November 2023. The Receiver states “Nicholas and Allianz remain defendants and both deny any wrongdoing.”

In exchange for paying up $125,000, the Receiver has agreed to release all claims against Allianz. Upon receiving their $2500 payments, the four affected Allianz clients will also release any pending claims.

The court approved Allianz’s settlement with the Profit Connect Receiver on September 20th.

The outcome of the Receiver’s proceedings against Jeffrey Nicholas remains pending.