June 8, 2022
The candidate to replace entrepreneur Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone on the board of Italy’s Generali has turned down the position, potentially opening the way for one of Caltagirone’s defeated leadership candidates to take up the role. Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest shareholder, quit …
May 27, 2022
Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, the second largest shareholder in Assicurazioni Generali, has quit its board, the Italian insurer said on Friday, opening a new chapter in a long-standing shareholder row. Caltagirone holds a 9.95% stake in Generali, having beefed up his …
May 19, 2022
Assicurazioni Generali beat expectations in the first quarter even as impairments on Russia drove net profit lower, a boost for CEO Philippe Donnet who last month won a shareholder battle to keep his job for another three years. Italy’s biggest …
May 16, 2022
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE Insurance, MS Amlin, and Generali. A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Hires RSA’s Germain as Group Chief Information Officer QBE Insurance Group announced the appointment of David …
May 9, 2022
Italy’s top insurer Generali said on Friday it had completed the acquisition of a 25% stake in its Indian non-life insurance joint venture, increasing its holding to 74% after receiving regulatory and competition approvals. When it announced the deal in …
May 3, 2022
The board of Generali on Monday reappointed Philippe Donnet as chief executive with 10 votes in favor out of 13, two sources said, after a group of rebel Italian investors seeking to oust him lost out in a shareholder vote …
April 29, 2022
Philippe Donnet kept his job as chief executive of Italian insurer Generali on Friday, surviving a challenge from rebel domestic investors who retained board seats and vowed to keep up the pressure for reform. The vote at the company’s annual …
April 28, 2022
Philippe Donnet, who has been CEO at Europe’s third-largest insurer since 2016, is running for reappointment with the backing of Generali’s outgoing board and its leading shareholder Mediobanca. Donnet’s candidacy is opposed by Italian tycoon Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, Generali’s second-largest …
April 27, 2022
Generali’s shareholders will decide the future of the Italian insurer’s CEO Philippe Donnet in a vote on Friday, after a rebel investor locked in a bitter power struggle proposed a rival. Donnet, chief executive of Generali since 2016, has been …
April 26, 2022
Generali investor Deka Investment will vote in favor of current management led by chief executive Philippe Donnet, the asset manager’s head of corporate governance said on Monday. Shareholders in Italy’s biggest insurer vote on Friday to name a new board …