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Generali is one of the largest global insurance and asset management companies. Generali has a diversified business model, based on Life, P&C and Asset Management, offering integrated, customised Life and P&C insurance solutions targeted at both retail customers, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and corporate customer.
Established in 1831, Generali is present in over 50 countries in the world, with a total premium income of € 95.2 billion and € 863 billion AUM in 2024.
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UNDP, BMZ, Generali, and ICMIF Foundation launch global inclusive insurance programme covering 30 countries
6th November 2025
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), global insurer Generali Group, and the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) Foundation have announced early results from their joint global initiative, the world’s largest inclusive insurance innovation programme, set to benefit 2.7 ... Read the full article
Generali’s RT1 bond raises €500m, reinforcing financial strength
1st October 2025
Italian headquartered insurer Generali has announced the successful placement of its first perpetual Restricted Tier 1 (RT1) bond, a transaction that is aimed at further optimising its strong capital position. The RT1 bond raised €500 million - issued under Generali’s €15 billion Medium Term Note Programme - from a highly diverse ... Read the full article
Fitch upgrades Generali’s ratings on lower sovereign risk & improved performance
23rd September 2025
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Generali and its core subsidiaries’ Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Ratings to ‘AA-’ from ‘A+’, citing lower sovereign risk and the group’s very strong profile, capitalisation, leverage, and operating performance. The agency has also upgraded Generali's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'A+' from 'A', assigning Stable outlooks ... Read the full article
Aon, Generali & QBE support The Spark launch, world’s first global prevention lab
9th September 2025
The insurance industry has launched The Spark, a global prevention laboratory aimed at transforming the insurance industry’s approach from reacting to losses to preventing them before they occur. The Spark brings together re/insurers and brokers, including Aon, Generali and QBE Ventures, with additional companies in advanced stages of joining, to collaborate ... Read the full article
Generali’s operating result up 8.7% in H1’25 with improved CoR
7th August 2025
Global insurer Generali has announced its financial results for the first half of 2025, reporting a consolidated operating result of €4,049 million, up 8.7% compared to the same period last year, as well a slight increase of 0.9% in gross written premiums and an improved combined ratio of 91%. Growth in ... Read the full article
Allianz, BlackRock, Generali, Hannover Re and T&D acquire Viridium
4th August 2025
A consortium including Allianz, BlackRock, Generali Financial Holdings, Hannover Re and T&D Holdings, have completed the acquisition of Viridium Group, a European life insurance consolidation platform, from Cinven. The transaction was initially announced on March 19, 2025, stating Viridium would be acquired by €3.5 billion transaction. Santander Insurance and PG3, a ... Read the full article
Generali GC&C and Seguros Bolívar partner to cater to Colombia’s large companies
8th July 2025
Generali’s Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) business unit and Seguros Bolívar have partnered to launch a reinsurance agreement to strengthen Colombia’s large corporate segment insurance offering. The partnership aims to provide large Colombian companies with access to comprehensive, tailor-made protection solutions to protect assets and support them in effective risk management. The ... Read the full article
Generali gets €200m of windstorm & quake reinsurance with return to ILS market
29th May 2025
Italian headquartered insurer Generali has returned to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market sponsoring a catastrophe bond issued by Lion Re DAC that comprises two classes of notes for a total of €200 million covering windstorms in Europe and earthquakes in Italy. The Series 2025-1 Notes have been placed with capital ... Read the full article
Moody’s improves Generali’s outlook to positive from stable
29th May 2025
Moody’s Ratings has revised the outlook on Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (Generali) to positive from stable and affirmed its A3 Insurance Financial Strength Rating (IFSR). The outlooks on Generali’s main operating insurance subsidiaries in Italy, France, and Germany were also revised to positive from stable. Moody’s said the revision follows its recent upgrade ... Read the full article
Generali reports 8.6% rise in operating result for Q1’25 with strong P&C performance
22nd May 2025
Italian insurer Generali has reported growth in its consolidated operating result of 8.6% to €2.1 billion for the first quarter of 2025, driven by all business segments, notably its Property and Casualty (P&C) arm as the combined ratio strengthened by 1.4 percentage points year on year to 89.7%. Generali's P&C business ... Read the full article
April investments highlight growing appetite for China’s re/insurance sector
19th May 2025
April investments in four Chinese insurers by foreign shareholders signals growing international appetite in the country’s re/insurance industry, media group Yicai Global highlighted in a recent publication. This group includes four local insurers: Generali China Insurance, Fosun United Health Insurance, AXA International Reinsurance and Citic Prudential Life, according to data from ... Read the full article
Generali CEO Philippe Donnet to serve for another three-year term
29th April 2025
The Board of Directors of Italian insurance giant Generali has elected Philippe Donnet as Managing Director (MD) and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for another three-year term. At a meeting held yesterday, the Board elected, for the three-year period 2025-2027, Andrea Sironi as Chairman and Donnet as MD and CEO, who ... Read the full article
Generali GC&C promotes Pignoli to Head of ART & Parametrics
11th April 2025
Italian insurance giant Generali’s Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) business unit has promoted Michele Pignoli as Head of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Parametrics. Pignoli has over 13 years of insurance industry experience, having most recently served as the Global Head of Parametric Products & Solutions at GC&C. Before this, he was ... Read the full article
Generali sees record operating result in 2024 as GWP swell to €95.2bn
13th March 2025
Generali has revealed that its operating result grew to a record €7.295 billion in 2024, driven by a positive performance in all of its business segments, including a significant Asset & Wealth Management contribution. Breaking down this record 2024 figure, Generali's P&C operating result grew to €3.052 billion (+5.1%), with a ... Read the full article
Twelve Capital, Generali, Descartes partner on Parametric ILS Fund
3rd February 2025
Twelve Capital and Lumyna Investments, part of Generali Investments, have launched the Lumyna – Twelve Capital Parametric ILS Fund, designed to provide diversification, enhanced returns, and de-correlated performance by investing in innovative parametric insurance transactions. Backed by a prominent European institutional investor, the fund will partner with fintech leader Descartes Underwriting ... Read the full article
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