Latest Italy Headlines
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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...
Aon Benfield Acquires Portfolio of Swiss Specialist Broker Sipex
Jan 20 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced that it has acquired the entire portfolio of in-force business of Sipex Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers SA, an insurance and...
Hundreds Saved From Italian Ferry; 8 Fatalities and Some Feared Missing
Dec 30 2014 // Eight people died and several may be missing after rescue teams completed the evacuation of 427 people following a fire on an Italian ferry traveling from Greece to Italy, defying rough seas and high winds. “It has...
Italian Ferry Fire Under Control, Rescue Effort Continues
Dec 29 2014 // Italian rescue teams evacuated 340 passengers amid rough seas and high winds from an Italian ferry after a fire broke out yesterday during a route off the Greek island of Corfu. An operation led by Italy put out the fire...
Swiss Re Offers Food, Drink Protection for UK, Ireland, Italy
Oct 20 2014 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has partnered with UK-based crisis management consultancy The RQA Group to launch comprehensive Contaminated Products Insurance for the food and drink industry in the United Kingdom, Ireland...
RSA Insurance Selling Italian Business to ITAS Mutua
Oct 17 2014 // RSA Insurance Group Plc agreed to sell its Italian business to ITAS Mutua, the country’s oldest customer-owned insurer. RSA will transfer 434 million pounds ($698 million) of liabilities to ITAS and receive a payment...
Fitch Raises Italy Insurance Market Outlook as 1st Half Betters Expectations
Aug 12 2014 // Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook to stable from negative, reflecting expectations that insurers’ profit and capital adequacy will be resilient amid the Italian recession. The outlook also reflects reduced credit...
Direct Line in Talks to Sell Italy, Germany Units; Shares Surge
Aug 1 2014 // Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, the U.K.’s biggest home and motor insurer, said it was in talks to sell its units in Germany and Italy. The shares climbed the most since its initial public offering in October...
