MUNICH (dpa-AFX) - The insurance group Allianz is launching its share buyback program for up to one billion euros. The buyback via the stock exchange is to begin this Monday and run until December 31, the Dax group announced in Munich on Friday. The shares are to be withdrawn. The program is based on an authorisation granted by the Annual General Meeting in 2022 and was approved on 22 February./nas/jha