DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,687
DELAWARE VALLEY FINANCIAL SERVICES
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NORTH AMERICA
BERWYN, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance


In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on December 16, 2008, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Delaware
Valley Financial Services, a subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance
Company of North America, Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The workers
performed customer service work, processing, and policy
administration for agents and policyholders of Allianz Life
Insurance Company of North America variable insurance business
line.
The investigation revealed that Delaware Valley Financial
Services, a subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North
America, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, does not produce an article within
the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be
considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking
certification (or on whose behalf certification is being sought)
must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article and there must be a relationship between the workers' work
and the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The financial service workers do not support a firm
or appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and thus the worker group cannot be considered import impacted or
affected by a shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Delaware Valley
Financial Services, a subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company
of North America, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of February 2009



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance