Latest Italy Headlines
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Gasoline Imports Easier to Insure than Crude Exports in Post-Sanctions Iran
Jan 28 2016 // Major oil firms and trade houses are gradually resuming energy trading with Iran but efforts remain very cautious and often face huge legal obstacles, meaning a post-sanctions return to full-scale activity will take weeks...
Germany’s Talanx Strengthens Bancassurance Presence in Italy
Dec 4 2015 // The Talanx Group, headquartered in Hannover, Germany, is strengthening its bancassurance business in Italy by acquiring the insurance companies belonging to the Italian banking group Gruppo Banca Sella. Via its Italian...
A.M. Best: Europe Insurance Market Begins Recovery; Life Sector Drives Growth
Nov 2 2015 // Europe’s largest insurance markets have continued to show some signs of recovery, with many experiencing top-line growth, driven by the life sector, according to a new report by A.M. Best. In general, the increases...
CoreLogic Adds Probabilistic Flood Model to Risk Management Program
Sep 25 2015 // CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, has released an expanded version of its natural catastrophe risk management program, which features a probabilistic flood model...
EXOR CEO Embraces Grandfather’s Dealmaking Style to Revamp Agnelli Empire
Aug 17 2015 // As a boy, John Elkann watched his grandfather Gianni Agnelli build Italy’s biggest industrial fortune, but as an adult he has never adopted Agnelli’s swashbuckling style. Lately, though, Elkann has embraced at...
UnipolSai, Willis Capital Confirm Italian Cat Bond for Azzurro Re; 1st in Europe
Aug 14 2015 // UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. (UnipolSai), a multi-business Italian insurance company of the Unipol Group and Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) part of Willis Group Holdings plc, have confirmed the...
PartnerRe Weighs New Deal Terms with AXIS to Fend Off EXOR’s Rival Offer
Jul 13 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd., seeking to fend off a hostile $6.8 billion cash bid from EXOR SpA, is weighing whether it can arrange new terms with rival reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. to preserve their planned merger. The two...
AXIS & PartnerRe Consider Sweetening $6.2B Merger Agreement: Sources
Jul 9 2015 // Reinsurers AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd and PartnerRe Ltd are considering tweaking their $6.2 billion merger agreement in a bid to fend off a $6.8 billion offer for PartnerRe by EXOR SpA, people familiar with the matter...
PartnerRe Board Slammed by Activist Hedge Fund for Rejecting EXOR Bid
May 22 2015 // Sandell Asset Management Corp., the activist hedge-fund firm run by Tom Sandell, said PartnerRe Ltd. directors hurt shareholders by pushing a merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. rather than talks with a hostile...
PartnerRe Shareholders to Decide on AXIS Bid; Board Rejects EXOR Offer
May 22 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd. said in a statement on Friday that its suitor EXOR has rejected any negotiations to raise its $6.8 billion hostile offer. As a result, the Bermuda-based PartnerRe said it will ask shareholders to vote on the...
EXOR Refuses to Sweeten $6.8 Billion Offer to Acquire PartnerRe
May 22 2015 // EXOR SpA, the investment vehicle of Italy’s Agnelli family, reiterated that it won’t sweeten a $6.8 billion offer to buy PartnerRe Ltd. as the reinsurer demands a higher price to abandon a merger deal with AXIS...
AXIS Says Termination Fee Would Soften Blow if PartnerRe Deal Collapses
May 21 2015 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Albert Benchimol, who’s working to complete a merger with PartnerRe Ltd., said his company can withstand a collapse of the deal and that a termination fee would...
Update: PartnerRe Says $6.8B EXOR Offer Unacceptable; Open to Negotiations
May 20 2015 // PartnerRe Ltd. said it would engage in discussions with hostile bidder EXOR SpA to seek a better offer than the $6.8 billion proposal that the target company called “unacceptable.” “While we believe that...
Update: Generali Q1 Operating Profit Rises 6% to $1.5B on Investment Income
May 14 2015 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Italy’s biggest insurer, reported the highest quarterly operating profit in seven years, spurred by a surge in investment income. Profit in the three months to March climbed 6 percent to...
Italy’s Agnellis: Billionaire Family Behind PartnerRe Takeover Battle
May 13 2015 // The billionaire Agnellis will become more interested in hurricane damage and less dependent on sales of Alfa Romeo sports cars and CNH tractors if their $6.8 billion bid for reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd. is...
EXOR Raises Bid for PartnerRe by 5.8%, Aiming to Overcome Rival AXIS Offer
May 12 2015 // EXOR SpA upped the ante in the takeover battle for PartnerRe Ltd., raising its bid by 5.8 percent to overcome a rival offer from AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. EXOR, the investment vehicle of Italy’s billionaire Agnelli...
Italy’s EXOR to Consider Increasing $6.4B Offer for PartnerRe: Sources
May 11 2015 // Italy’s EXOR SpA will consider raising its $6.4 billion offer for reinsurer PartnerRe Ltd at a board meeting on Tuesday, two sources told Reuters. The Italian holding company, controlled by the Agnelli family, made...
Hundreds Drown off Libya; EU Leaders Forced to Reconsider Migrant Crisis
Apr 20 2015 // As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to face down anti-immigrant bias and find money for support as turmoil in Libya and the Middle...
Update: Italy’s EXOR Offers $6.4 Billion for PartnerRe in Threat to AXIS Deal
Apr 14 2015 // Italy’s billionaire Agnelli family, with a $6.4 billion unsolicited bid for PartnerRe Ltd., is seeking to thwart its target’s planned merger with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. EXOR SpA, the Turin-based investment...
PERILS Updates Insurance Industry Exposure Database & Adds Austria
Apr 1 2015 // Catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS AG announced the release of the 2015 update for its Industry Exposure Database (IED), “contains updated market-wide property sums insured for European windstorm for the...
