All the headlines from our Italy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2006 // Rusbuldt, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, needs no introduction to independent agents, insurance company executives or the power brokers in Washington, D.C., before whom...
May 12 2006 // PMI Mortgage Insurance Company Limited (PMI Europe), the European mortgage insurance and credit enhancement subsidiary of The Calif.-based PMI Group, Inc., announced the appointment of Mr. Andrea Giorio as its new Country...
Apr 17 2006 // A Philadelphia insurance agent and a Chicago bakery owner, both newly elected to Italy’s parliament, say Italians living abroad should gain new recognition now that they for the first time have their own...
Mar 28 2006 // Lloyd’s and Markel International have joined forces to tell Italian businesses what the London market can offer. A bulletin on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) notes: “A road show was held in Rome and...
Mar 14 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the risk and reinsurance specialist of Marsh & McLennan, has unveiled its new Agricultural Risks Exposures (ERA) model for Italy’s hail insurance market.“The ERA model...
Jan 9 2006 // In a recently issued study “Insurance Industry Risk Analysis: Italy (Republic of),” Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it is maintaining its stable outlook on the Italian insurance industry....
Jun 13 2005 // Europe’s biggest ever cross-border banking merger moved a step closer over the weekend, as Munich Re announced that it seemed set to approve the offer from UniCredit, Italy’s largest bank, to acquire...
Jan 21 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “aa-” to Italy’s largest insurer Assicurazioni Generali...
Sep 14 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised to stable from negative its outlook on Assicurazioni Generali SpA, the parent and main property-casualty company of the pan-European insurance...
Jul 9 2004 // The California-based PMI Group, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, PMI Mortgage Insurance Company Limited (PMI Europe), has received regulatory approval to operate an Italian branch.PMI Europe’s office...
Jul 8 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its long-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Italy to “AA-” from “AA”, due to the deterioration of public...
Jun 22 2004 // AIG United Guaranty, whose affiliate companies provide mortgage guaranty insurance, announced plans to expand both its European and Asian operations as part of its “international growth program.” It has...
Jan 9 2004 // A report from Moody’s Investors Service notes a stable rating outlook for Italy’s rated P/C insurers and a steady improvement in results since 2001.“The continued upturn for most of the seven rated...
Dec 24 2003 // The fallout from the collapse of Parmalat, the Italian dairy and food-processing group, is spreading ever wider. With commentators and analysts now calling it “Europe’s Enron,” it will undoubtedly affect...
Nov 3 2003 // The second ever bi-annual conference of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), held Oct. 5 – 8 in Rome, Italy, featured presenters and workshops that highlighted both the similarities and...
Nov 3 2003 // The second ever bi-annual conference of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), held Oct. 5 – 8 in Rome, Italy, featured presenters and workshops that highlighted both the similarities and...
Sep 29 2003 // The entire Italian Peninsula from Venice to Sicily was plunged into darkness early Saturday morning by a massive power failure that knocked out the national electrical grid, stranding travelers, creating chaos in the...
Jun 23 2003 // Credit Suisse Group’s Winterthur Insurance announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its life and P/C operations in Italy to Compagnia Assicuratri Unipol for 1.465 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in cash.The...
May 29 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that, following a review, it has affirmed its ‘BBB-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Italian marine insurer SIAT...
Apr 8 2003 // Vincenzo Maranghi, the CEO of Italy’s powerful Mediobanca investment banking group, will leave his post after 15 years on April 14. Founded by legendary financier Enrico Cuccia, Mediobanca played a key role in...