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Italian insurers have diversified away from local govvies, but asset risk rising

Exposure to Italian govvies still high and constrains insurers' ratings, Fitch warns

Many motor insurers rely on investments, amid underwriting losses

Insurance Risk Data industry report unveils overall underwriting loss

Unipol widens gap between promise and investment yield

Italian insurer also spelled out investment plans in Q1 results

UnipolSai unit taps into banks' bad loan portfolios

Unipol ReC pays €130m for two portfolios worth €1.3bn

Sovereign exposure partly to blame for Unipol downgrade

Allianz SpA and Generali avoid same fate

Volatilità spurs Italian insurers to review portfolios

Italy's underwriters long understood their sovereign debt was not riskless. This year's jolts only intensified their search for other investments, as David Walker reports

Italy debt holdings hit Unipol and Allianz units

Moody's warns of downgrades, but spares more diverse Generali business

Italian insurers heavily exposed as local government bond spreads blow out

Worries as two-year Italian debt surges through 2% for the first time since 2013

UnipolSai sells 11% of Italian government bond holdings

Italian life sector's sensitivity to government spreads a concern

Sector outlook negative, says Fitch