Latest Italy Headlines
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Generali Won’t Fight Italy Government Over Natixis Deal, CEO Tells Paper
Apr 4 2025 // Italian insurer Generali will not put up a fight to defend a planned asset management tie-up, if Rome’s opposition stiffens once a government review of the deal starts, CEO Philippe Donnet said in a newspaper...
Italy Insurance Watchdog Needs More Details of Generali-Natixis Deal, Sources Say
Apr 2 2025 // Italy’s insurance regulator IVASS needs more details about internal control and governance systems as it reviews domestic leader Generali’s proposed asset management tie-up with French bank BPCE, two sources...
Italy’s No. 2 Insurer Unipol Aims to Boost Bank Distribution Channel
Mar 28 2025 // Italian financial group Unipol aims to generate 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in capital over the next three years to boost its finances and have money for investments. Unveiling its “Stronger/Faster/Better”...
How Faulty Parts at Boeing’s 787 Jets Flew Below the Radar in Italy
Mar 13 2025 // On a Saturday morning in May, 2020, Italian police officers caught two men pouring chemical waste into the sewers in the southern port city of Brindisi, near a small plane components factory. Five years on, that routine...
Italy’s Reale Mutua Eyes €1 Billion Deals in Europe Expansion
Jan 22 2025 // Italian insurer Societa Reale Mutua di Assicurazioni is looking to expand in Europe through acquisitions — and it’s ready to consider deals of up to €1 billion ($1 billion) to make it happen. “We’re...
Cyber Attack on Italy’s Foreign Ministry, Airports Claimed by Pro-Russian Hackers
Dec 30 2024 // Hackers targeted around ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including the websites of the Foreign Ministry and Milan’s two airports, putting them out of action temporarily, the country’s cyber security...
Disaster Insurance Set to Test Italy’s Business Backbone in 2025
Dec 16 2024 // Italian companies are preparing to comply with a requirement to take out natural disaster insurance from next April, although some fear it will be hard to enforce and too costly. Many small and medium-sized firms, which...
Italy to Require Companies Buy Insurance for Climate Risks
Dec 3 2024 // Starting Jan. 1, every company in Italy must buy insurance to protect its assets from floods, landslides and other natural hazards that have become more common thanks to global warming. It’s the latest sign of...
AI Push Sees Italy’s Intesa Axing 9,000 Jobs in ‘Generational’ Shift
Oct 24 2024 // Intesa Sanpaolo SpA is replacing thousands of staff with younger hires to set the firm up for the use of artificial intelligence, demonstrating how much the technology is impacting workers across the financial...
North-Central Italy Sees Floods, Road Closures After Heavy Rains
Oct 21 2024 // Floods engulfed parts of north-central Italy from overflowing rivers following days of heavy rain, prompting the state-led road operator to close some expressways. Severe flooding was seen in the region of Emilia Romagna...
Italy to Tap Banks, Insurers for €3.5 Billion in Budget Plan
Oct 16 2024 // Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet is tapping Italy’s banks and insurers to help finance its budget, according to a new plan designed to deliver on giveaways pledged to voters. Most of the amount will be...
People Moves: BHSI Launches in Italy, Names Country Leader, Key Team Members; QBE Iberia Names Díaz-Guardamino as Managing Director
Sep 23 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and QBE Iberia. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Launches in Italy, Names Country Leader and...
Storm Warnings Issued Across Southern Europe – From Italy to Serbia
Aug 27 2024 // Thunderstorm alerts are in place for a swath of Europe from the south of France to the Balkans. There are orange warnings for Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany and Umbria in Italy, as the summer heat gives way to violent storms....
Deadly Blast at Enel Plant in Italy Came Amid Maintenance Work
Apr 10 2024 // A deadly explosion at an Enel SpA hydropower facility in northern Italy that left at least three people dead occurred as works to renew facilities at the 1970s-era plant were concluding. The accident took place some 40...
EU Backs Supply Chain Audit Law After Italy Switches Sides
Mar 15 2024 // European Union governments backed a proposed law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labor or cause environmental damage after Italy switched sides. A “qualified...
Italy’s Data Watchdog Probes Open AI Tool That Turns Text Into Video
Mar 11 2024 // Italy’s data protection agency said on Friday it had opened an investigation into a service developed by Microsoft-backed Open AI that can generate videos based on text prompts. The regulator, known as Garante, asked...
Italy’s Fondazione CRT Lifts Stake in Generali to 2%, Its Chairman Says
Feb 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...
Italy’s Generali to Acquire Full Control of Chinese Non-Life Joint Venture for $108M
Jan 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...
January’s Property Cat Renewals See Biggest Price Hikes in Turkey, Italy and US
Jan 4 2024 // While the reinsurance market indeed stabilized during the January 2024 reinsurance renewals (from the chaotic January renewals of last year), buyers with loss-affected programs experienced further upward pressure on...
Insurer Sued Over 80th Birthday Event Cancellation at Sting’s Estate in Italy
Sep 28 2023 // A Pennsylvania firm that organized a three-day musical festival for its owner’s 80th birthday at the Italian residence of musician Sting is suing its insurer seeking payment under an event cancellation...
