March 13, 2025
Italy’s biggest insurer Generali reported on Thursday a record profit for 2024, ahead of a key shareholder vote next month on the reappointment of CEO Philippe Donnet. The insurer, historically a bulwark of Italy’s financial system, also said it could …
January 30, 2025
Assicurazioni Generali SpA plans to return more than €7 billion ($7.3 billion) in dividends and buy back at least €1.5 billion in shares by 2027, as Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet pursues growth in asset management and high-margin insurance. Italy’s …
August 12, 2024
Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s second-quarter profit fell 24% from a year earlier, as claims from storms and flooding in Europe weighed on results. Net income in the three months through June declined to €797 million ($870 million) missing the €881 million …
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 …
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 …
May 25, 2023
Italy’s Generali confirmed all its 2024 business plan targets on Thursday after first quarter profits rose on a strong non-life performance which more than offsetting weakness in the insurer’s life business. Generali reported net outflows of 190 million euros ($209 …
March 14, 2023
Italy’s Assicurazioni Generali surprised investors on Tuesday by hiking the dividend payout on its 2022 results after posting its best operating profit ever. Finance chief Cristiano Borean also told reporters the leading Italian insurer had no exposure to collapsed U.S. …
December 13, 2022
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 …
August 2, 2022
Italy’s top insurer Assicurazioni Generali said on Tuesday it would increase prices to keep up with rising costs, and maintained its financial targets after a strong life business helped it beat first-half earnings expectations. Generali, which on Wednesday will kick …
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 …