Archive

  • Rome to tax unit-linked products in bid to fund its €30bn budget

    18 October 2024

    Georgia Meloni wants Italy's insurers and banks to contribute about €3.5bn to government's next budget

  • Rescuers of Eurovita divulge details of IVASS' bail-out plan in SFCRs

    22 April 2024

    Lifer faced redemption and solvency pressure before rivals took on assets, and policies

  • Chart of the Week: Why Rome should relax its 5% cap on loans and mortgage exposures for insurers

    15 March 2024

    Researcher Agostino Tripodi finds some sub-optimal GA allocation going on, in shadow of local-law limits on L&M holdings

  • Unipol posts 3.8% investment return as interest rates rise

    19 February 2024

    Higher rates also spurring plans for significant structural change at Italian group

  • Aviva Investors insurer is one of just seven building solvency every year under Solvency II

    08 January 2024

    Insurance Risk Data analysed 974 undertakings' solvency data since 2016

  • Moody's upgrades UnipolSai's outlook from "negative" to "stable"

    22 November 2023

    Change follows similar upgrade of Italian sovereign rating and reduction in exposure to Italian assets

  • Fitch hails Generali's move away from Italian govvies

    19 September 2023

    Cites reduced investment concentration risk as factor in increased rating

  • Unipol to increase stake in Italian lender

    07 September 2023

    Insurer moves to gain initial authorisations for deal with Banca Popolare

  • UnipolSai reveals 'exotic' and somewhat luxurious investments

    22 August 2023

    Italian's GA complements rivals' stakes in art, maritime loans, holiday homes and "a Danish ship"

  • UnipolSai unit has one-third of investments in BTPs

    24 July 2023

    And making 2.1% more on investment than life policies promise