Italy’s biggest insurer Generali on Tuesday raised the projected boost to its earnings from last year’s purchase of smaller rival Cattolica, and ruled out negative impacts from new accounting standards. Generali now expects to achieve pre-tax synergies of 120-130 million …
Italy’s top insurer Generali sealed its 1.17 billion euro ($1.36 billion) takeover of smaller rival Cattolica on Friday in a move aimed at cementing its domestic market leadership. On the last day of Generali’s buyout offer, investors had tendered shares …
MILAN – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has tendered its stake in Cattolica under a takeover offer by Assicurazioni Generali, a source close to the situation said on Friday. The move brings Italy’s top insurer a step closer to controlling its …
Italian insurer Cattolica said on Tuesday that its board considers that bigger rival Generali’s takeover offer for it is at a fair price. Generali, Italy’s largest insurer, earlier in May said it would launch a 1.17 billion euro [$1.4 billion] …
UBS and German asset manager DWS are pressing ahead with final bids for the asset management arm of NN Group after Europe’s biggest insurers pulled out of the auction, three sources familiar with the deal told Reuters. Prudential Financial Inc …
Italy’s top insurer Assicurazioni Generali has dropped out of the race to buy the asset management arm of Dutch rival NN Group NV, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Generali and Deutsche Bank’s asset management unit DWS were …
MILAN – Italian insurer Cattolica said on Monday it had decided to delay a planned 200 million euro ($244 million) cash call to give its shareholders the chance to take up a buyout offer by bigger peer Assicurazioni Generali. Generali, …
Italy’s largest insurer Assicurazioni Generali SpA launched a 1.2 billion-euro ($1.4 billion) bid to buy all the shares it doesn’t already own in smaller rival Societa Cattolica di Assicurazioni, as part of a strategy to cement its already-commanding presence in …
MILAN — Italy’s Banco BPM said it would end an insurance partnership with Cattolica by acquiring full control of their joint-ventures, in a move that may ease a mooted tie-up with BPER Banca. Banco BPM said late on Tuesday it …
Shareholders in Italian cooperative insurer Cattolica Assicurazioni approved its conversion into a joint-stock company on Friday, paving the way to a tie-up with Generali to boost its capital position. Generali last month agreed to buy 24.4% of Cattolica and signed …
