Assicurazioni Generali SpA is in early talks on a possible takeover of Credit Agricole subsidiary La Medicale, as part of plans to expand in European non-life and health insurance businesses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The firm, …
Italian publisher Gruppo De Agostini said on Monday it had started the process to sell its 1.44% stake in Generali but would still be in a position to exercise its voting rights at the insurer’s next shareholders’ meeting. De Agostini …
State Farm and Generali joined the $53 million financing round for Nexar, an artificial intelligence computer vision startup based in New York. The technology startup provides crowdsourced visual data that is contextualized with AI and is designed to provide insights …
Italy’s top insurer Generali sealed its 1.17 billion euro ($1.36 billion) takeover of smaller rival Cattolica on Friday in a move aimed at cementing its domestic market leadership. On the last day of Generali’s buyout offer, investors had tendered shares …
MILAN – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has tendered its stake in Cattolica under a takeover offer by Assicurazioni Generali, a source close to the situation said on Friday. The move brings Italy’s top insurer a step closer to controlling its …
Italian insurer Cattolica said on Tuesday that its board considers that bigger rival Generali’s takeover offer for it is at a fair price. Generali, Italy’s largest insurer, earlier in May said it would launch a 1.17 billion euro [$1.4 billion] …
The board of Assicurazioni Generali on Monday threw its weight behind the reappointment of Chief Executive Philippe Donnet, overlooking opposition from two leading shareholders in Italy’s top insurer, two people close to the matter said. Donnet’s fate had been called …
Generali Chief Executive Philippe Donnet’s future at Italy’s biggest insurer faces a key test on Monday at a meeting of its board to discuss putting him forward for reappointment in the face of opposition by two leading investors. With Donnet …
Italy’s Mediobanca SpA strengthened its grip over insurer Assicurazioni Generali SpA, boosting its stake to more than 17% just days before a board meeting that could decide the future of embattled Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet. The investment bank, already …
Two Italian tycoons who are leading investors in Generali are looking for allies after joining forces in a bid to have a say over the choice of the insurer’s next chief executive, a document showed on Friday. Construction magnate Francesco …
