Eyewear tycoon Leonardo Del Vecchio on Wednesday urged Mediobanca to build up its investment banking business in a challenge to venerable merchant bank’s strategy, nearly a month after he snapped up a 7% stake that stunned corporate Italy. Del Vecchio …
Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Italy’s biggest insurer, may invest at least 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) to grow through mid-size acquisitions in insurance and asset management, according to Chief Executive Officer Philippe Donnet. “I don’t believe in big consolidation, because of …
Assicurazioni Generali SpA is in early talks to buy the Central European assets of MetLife Inc. as the Italian insurer seeks to expand through acquisitions in high-growth markets, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The business may be …
Italy’s biggest insurer Generali is looking at small and medium-sized insurance companies in Europe to strengthen its presence in the region, it said on Tuesday. Generali said in November it had up to 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) for acquisitions …
Italy’s top insurer Generali said it was ready to look around for growth opportunities in Europe, Asia and the U.S. on Thursday and said it was well positioned to achieve the targets it set in November for the years until …
Italy’s top insurer Assicurazioni Generali raised its dividend for 2018 after beating its business plan targets and posting growth in net and operating profits. In a statement on Thursday, the company said it was also well positioned to achieve all …
Generali has earmarked up to four billion euros for acquisitions and growth as it looks to asset management and high-margin business in Latin America and Asia to fuel earnings. Italy’s top insurer — which generates most of its revenues in …
Generali opened a representative office of Generali in Moscow on Oct. 31, 2018, which the company said is an important milestone in its expansion in the country. The office was opened by two Generali executives: Luciano Cirinà and Giorgio Callegari. …
Many reinsurance executives have been left scratching their heads in surprise after last year’s natural catastrophes, which cost a whopping $100 billion but ended up having very little impact on rates. The insurance and reinsurance market isn’t behaving as it …
Athene Holding Ltd. and Viridium Group GmbH submitted binding bids for Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s 40 billion-euro ($49 billion) German life insurance portfolio, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Generali is working with Morgan Stanley to evaluate bids, the …
