Generali
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The company posted a record group profit of EUR6.9bn.
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The Italian carrier will buy out joint venture partner CNPC Capital.
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The combined P&C ratio improved to 94.3%, while premiums rose 11.5% to EUR23.4bn.
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Italy’s largest insurer has booked EUR840mn in cat losses for the nine months to 30 September.
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Talanx, Groupama and Itas had shown interest in the P&C business.
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In the new role, Giulio Terzariol will take on responsibility for the firm's insurance business units.
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Fitch has also upgraded Generali's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to A from A-.
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A webinar and report from the Geneva Association has explored the barriers and prospects for the growth of blockchain insurance.
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The carrier’s P&C division reported a combined ratio of 91.6%, a 5.4-point improvement on the same period last year.
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Other bidders included France's Groupama and Italy's Itas.
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As part of the deal with Generali, Cathay will take a 16.75% stake in GIH.
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The sale includes Liberty Seguros operations in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
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The P&C segment also reported a top-line expansion of 14%.
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The carrier has retained advisers to run the sale process of the unit, which is valued at over $330mn, according to Bloomberg News.
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The carrier has extended the deadline for nominations to the statutory auditors board.
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Analysts find carriers have few investments in bank debt after Credit Suisse rescue.
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The results improved despite a larger impact of nat cats compared with last year.
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Kanu will succeed interim leader Manlio Lostuzzi.
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Profits were up 8% at a group level, with strong performance across both life and P&C.
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This publication’s review of H1 disclosures shows how listed (re)insurers’ nat cat losses have tallied with aggregate projections.
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Generali said wider group performance was driven by positive development of the life, P&C and other businesses segments.
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Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest investor, stepped down from the insurer’s board in May, less than a month after leading a failed bid to oust CEO Philippe Donnet.
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The move comes in the wake of a major leadership battle, in which several powerful shareholders tried to oust CEO Philippe Donnet.
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Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest shareholder, has reportedly lined up Luciano Cirinà to replace him.
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Roberta Neri had been offered the position to replace the insurer's second-largest shareholder Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, who quit the board last month.
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The tycoon spearheaded efforts to oust CEO Philippe Donnet, which failed at last month’s AGM.
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Net profit decreased by 9.3% to EUR727mn due exposure to Russian fixed income instruments and its stake in Russian carrier Ingosstrakh.
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Rebel directors including Caltagirone have refused to serve on committees.
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Generali’s list of nominees received 56.8% of the vote, while the rebels received 42.2%.
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The family owns 4% of the carrier via its investment vehicle Edizione.
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The pair will look to develop parametric products to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
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Current Generali CEO Philippe Donnet said the rebel plan puts the firm’s dividend targets at risk.
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Del Vecchio also backed the need for “major and transformative transactions” to pursue growth.
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Billionaire investor Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone had promoted the executive as a potential leader last week.
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The plan outlines an aggressive M&A strategy, as well as increased InsurTech investment, expansion plans and a target to lift earnings by more than 14% annually until 2024.
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CEO of Generali Deutschland Giovanni Liverani will take over from Luciano Cirinà, as interim head of Austria, Central and Eastern Europe with immediate effect.
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Generali’s second-largest shareholder said Luciano Cirinà was “considered by many within the group as the natural successor to the current CEO”.
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The Italian carrier said, in a worst-case scenario of a full Ingosstrakh write-down, the net impact would be around EUR166mn.
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GWP in the P&C segment grew 7% to EUR24.1bn, following a 4.9% rise in auto line business and 7.5% growth in its non-motor line.
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Generali’s second-largest investor said he plans to put forward his own candidate to challenge the re-election of incumbent Philippe Donnet.
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The Italian carrier will also wind down its Europ Assistance presence in Russia.
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Who will lead Italy’s 191-year-old insurer over the next three years? Analysts have their say.
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Andrea Sironi has been appointed as an independent director and will be put forward as the board’s candidate for chairman.
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Analysts have told this publication that the wranglings at Generali are likely to be “more than about personalities – they're about the creation of value”.
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The Italian insurer’s board has experienced a string of resignations in recent weeks.
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The carrier has bought out positions in Future Generali India Insurance and Future Generali India Life.
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Sabrina Pucci’s resignation follows that of Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone and Romolo Bardin.
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Alejandro Muñiz will be responsible for revamping GC&C’s global construction practice.
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The board meeting followed the resignation of directors Caltagirone and Bardin in the wake of a power struggle at the Italian carrier.
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Romolo Bardin’s resignation is the second in just a matter of days as the turmoil between Generali and its investors continues.
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Chairman Galateri di Genola expressed “deep regret and surprise” at the departure.
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The carrier has announced its first share-buyback programme in 15 years, targeting EUR500mn of stock repurchase.
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The Caltagirone Group holds a 7.6% stake in Generali, while Delfin Sarl, steered by Leonardo Del Vecchio, has a 6.1% stake.
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The carrier has faced a string of resignations amid a battle for talent in the D&O market.
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Generali’s nine-month P&C operating profit fell by 2.4% year on year to EUR1.79bn ($2.1bn), despite catastrophe claims for the period more than doubling year-on-year.
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Generali has proposed to acquire the shares of Cattolica it does not already own.
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The carrier will also continue with plans to expand in Asia.
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The decision to put Philipe Donnet on the slate was backed by nine of 13 board members, despite opposition from the carrier’s two biggest investors.
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The current board is said to favour Philippe Donnet’s inclusion on the list of the next board of directors.
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Storms in Spain during January and subsequent weather events across Europe in June impacted the P&C division.
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