All the headlines from our Italy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2009 // Last Thursday, April 23, the Willis Research Network (WRN), which is supported by Munich Re, Risk Management Solutions and Swiss Re, held a conference at the General Assembly of European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna....
Apr 10 2009 // Risk Management Solutions’ latest bulletin on the devastating earthquake, which struck Italy on Monday, estimates that “at least one in four homes in the epicentral area of L’Aquila have been...
Apr 7 2009 // The earthquake that struck the Italian city of L’Aquila, the regional capital of Abruzzi in central Italy, is now measured at a strong magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale, according to Risk Management Solutions...
Apr 6 2009 // A strong earthquake struck near the central Italian town of L’Aquila early this morning, demolishing buildings and infrastructure. The death toll has already reached 50, but local authorities have indicated that many...
Jan 20 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on the Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) on Advent Underwriting – Syndicate 0780 to stable from positive. S&P also affirmed the...
Dec 23 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on non-life insurer Zurich Espana, Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A.(Zurich España) to...
Dec 8 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Italy-based insurer HDI Assicurazioni SpA (HDI/Italia or HDI/I) on...
Sep 3 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating of “aa” of Allianz S.p.A. (Italy) with stable outlooks.Best said its ratings “reflect the...
Jun 17 2008 // The Willis Research Network (WRN), part of Willis Group Holdings Limited, announced that the EUCENTRE in Pavia has joined its network to enhance the quality of the earthquake research and modeling it offers to the...
Dec 19 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of National Grid Insurance Company Ltd. (NGICL), which is based on the Isle of Man, a...
Jul 27 2007 // Massive fires raged out of control across Greece on Thursday, after killing three people overnight in the south, burning through villages and forests and stretching firefighting services to the limit.Greek Prime Minister...
Jun 29 2007 // The ACE European Group has announced some changes to its Continental European country management with immediate effect, as follows:Jeff Moghrabi is to assume the role of Country Manager for ACE France, replacing Olivier...
Mar 26 2007 // AXA SA, France’s largest insurer, said Friday it agreed to buy half of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA’s insurance and pensions unit for €1.15 billion ($1.54 billion) in cash.The transaction will be...
Feb 14 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “AA-” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Italy’s Toro Assicurazioni SpA with a stable...
Feb 2 2007 // Germany’s Allianz announced that the Boards of Directors of its Italian subsidiary companies, RAS, Lloyd Adriatico and Allianz Subalpina, have adopted a project to integrate their Italian...
Jan 26 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Italy’s composite insurer Società Cattolica di Assicurazione to...
Dec 26 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings of “aa-” of German-based Allianz Societas Europaea (Allianz SE) and its subsidiaries. Best...
Oct 20 2006 // After Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its country ratings on Italy to “A+” from “AA-” it issued a supplementary bulletin that reaffirmed its ratings on three of the...
Jul 5 2006 // An impenetrable defense and a killer penalty goal from its 34-year old captain, Zinadine Zidane, propelled France into the World Cup Football (Soccer) final tonight.The final score – France 1/Portugal 0 –...
Jun 26 2006 // Italy’s largest insurer, Assicurazioni Generali SpA, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of a controlling shareholding in Toro Assicurazioni SpA from Italian publishing group De Agostini the current...