June 21, 2024
Assicurazioni Generali SpA is seeking to sell its units in Turkey and the Philippines, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Italian insurer has kicked off separate processes to dispose of its small Istanbul-based Generali Sigorta AS subsidiary and …
April 3, 2024
Generali announced it has completed the acquisition of Conning Holdings Ltd. (CHL) and Conning affiliates from Cathay Life, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holdings. The deal, which was first announced on July 6, 2023, has been structured as an …
March 12, 2024
Italian insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali SpA has the financial means for acquisitions that fit its template for value creation, according to Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet. “We are considering very strict discipline for M&A which allows value creation,” Donnet said …
March 7, 2024
Assicurazioni Generali SpA is analyzing a range of potential takeover candidates as part of the insurer’s growth plans, with some of them worth more than €10 billion ($10.9 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. The Italian insurer would …
February 20, 2024
Italy’s Fondazione CRT has increased its stake in insurer Generali around 2% after selling its entire holding in Italian bank Banco BPM last week, its chairman Fabrizio Palenzona said on Tuesday. “We are and will remain on the 2% threshold,” …
January 30, 2024
Assicurazioni Generali SpA will return €500 million [$541.4 million] to shareholders, following acquisitions last year that are set to boost its non-life and asset management businesses. The share buyback plan will be submitted for shareholder approval in April and started …
January 10, 2024
Italy’s biggest insurer Generali on Wednesday said it would acquire full control of a non-life insurance joint-venture in China by buying out local partner CNPC Capital for around 99 million euros ($108 million). Generali said it planned to expand its …
December 5, 2023
Societe Generale, France’s third-biggest listed bank, said on Monday it issued its first so-called digital green bond on a public blockchain, as the lender seeks to build expertise in crypto services. The inaugural transaction amounts to 10 million euros ($10.87 …
November 17, 2023
Italy’s top insurer Generali stuck to 2024 targets on Thursday after posting a 29.6% rise in nine-month adjusted net profit despite rising claims from natural disasters which it said would also weigh on this quarter. The impact of extreme weather …
October 13, 2023
Generali said on Thursday that it has reached an agreement with German insurance heavyweight Allianz for the sale of TUA Assicurazioni for 280 million euros ($295 million) in cash. Mediobanca, Banca di Credito Finanziario and Rothschild & Co acted as …