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Generali boosts profits by 40%
Assicurazioni Generali has posted net profits of €1.6bn (£1.3m), a 40.4% increase on the nine month results last year.
RSA stock boosted by takeover rumours
Rumours of a buyout at RSA have seen the insurer’s share price climb 3.1p yesterday, reaching a high of £1.27 at the close of business on the London Stock Exchange.
Cash compensation for the minority shareholders of Generali Deutschland Holding
As part of the squeeze-out procedure to take full control of Generali Deutschland Group, Assicurazioni Generali has notified its subsidiary Generali Deutschland Holding AG about the amount of cash compensation to be granted to the minority shareholders…
Generali unveils EMEA and Latin America units
Generali is to simplify its global structure by creating two new business regions, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America.
Systemic risk: The burden of being big
What will the extra scrutiny that comes with being a global systemically important insurer mean for the nine firms given the designation?
Bolloré resigns as Generali vice-chairman
French billionaire Vincent Bolloré has resigned from his role as Generali vice-chairman in order to spend more time working at Paris-based conglomerate Vivendi.
Europe: The cost of Concordia
What has the Costa Concordia disaster meant for the European marine market?
Europe: Too big to fail?
The recent release of the Financial Stability Board's GSII list has led to complaints that insurers are not being differentiated from banks. Francesca Nyman explains.
Generali net profit hits €1.08bn after strong P&C performance
Italian insurer Generali recorded a 28% rise in first half net profit to €1.08bn as the firm continued its restructuring programme.
Generali net profit hits €1.08bn after strong P&C performance
Generali recorded a 28% rise in first half net profit to €1.08bn following its restructuring programme.
Editor's comment: The end of guilt by association?
When they were young, insurers got in with the wrong crowd.
Generali accepts G-SII designation
Italian insurer Generali has acknowledged its designation as a global systemically important insurer by the Financial Stability Board.
Generali accepts G-SII designation
Italian insurer Generali has acknowledged its designation as a global systemically important insurer by the Financial Stability Board.
Generali, Prudential and Ping An among list of global systemically important insurers
The Financial Stability Board has published the list of global systemically important insurers with views to developing a policy framework to address the risks these firms they are thought to present.
Aviva, Allianz and Axa named as global systemically important insurers
The Financial Stability Board has published the list of global systemically important insurers with views to developing a policy framework to address the risks these firms they are thought to present.
S&P downgrades Italian insurer Generali
European insurer Generali has been downgraded from A to A- by Standard and Poor's.
Generali downgraded to A- by S&P due to Italian exposure
Generali has had its rating downgraded from A to A-.
Generali takes control of Germany’s second-largest insurer
The Generali Group has struck a deal to purchase a minority stake in Generali Deutschland, taking it beyond a 95% holding and triggering a full buy out.
Octo Telematics moves frontline operation from Rome to London
Italy-based telematics systems provider Octo Telematics has relocated its frontline operation from Rome to London in a bid to take advantage of opportunities in the burgeoning UK telematics market and to build stronger ties with both the insurance and…
Octo eyes up UK telematics opportunities
Telematics systems provider Octo Telematics has relocated its frontline operation from Italy to London in a bid to take advantage of opportunities in the burgeoning UK telematics market and to build stronger ties with both the insurance and manufacturing…
Generali agrees to sell US life business to Scor
Italian insurer Generali has continued its policy of disposing of non-core assets with the sale of its US life reinsurance business to French reinsurer Scor.
Generali secures €2bn revolving credit facility
Italian insurer Generali has signed deal for up to €2bn in revolving credit facilities, in a bid to improve its “flexibility to manage future liquidity needs in a volatile environment”.
Generali Q1 profit jumps 6.3%
Italy’s Generali reported an increase in first-quarter profit of 6.3%, boosted by higher earnings from its non-life insurance business.
Generali opens Global Corporate and Commercial unit
Operations have begun at Generali’s Global Corporate & Commercial business unit, a platform established to integrate insurance services for medium and large multinationals.