DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,963

DELAWARE VALLEY FINANCIAL SERVICES
SUBSIDIARY OF ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA
BERWYN, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.



III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 4, 2009 on behalf of workers of Delaware Valley
Financial Services (DVFS), subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance
Company of North America, Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The workers were
engaged in employment related to providing information
technology (IT) services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Delaware Valley
Financial Services, who are engaged in activities related to
providing information technology (IT) services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a substantial proportion
of workers at the IT department of the subject firm have been
separated during the relevant time period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services that are like or
directly competitive with the services provided by the subject
firm.




Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
information technology (IT) services from India contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the IT department
of Delaware Valley Financial Services (DVFS), subsidiary of
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Berwyn,
Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Delaware Valley
Financial Services (DVFS), subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance
Company of North America, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in activities related to providing information technology (IT)
services, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).



In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Delaware Valley Financial Services (DVFS),
subsidiary of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North
America, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 19,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of November, 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance