Italy
Germany : banks are prepared for any scenario on Greece
German banks are "prepared for all possible scenarios" with regard to Greece even if their exposure remains "limited", the country's financial watchdog BaFin said...
RMS : comments on Italy earthquake
At 07:00 UTC on Tuesday, May 29 a Mw5.8 (moment magnitude) earthquake struck the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, just over a week after a...
RMS comments on Italy earthquake
Shortly after 02:00 UTC on Sunday, May 20, a Mw6.0 (moment magnitude) earthquake struck the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The USGS have reported...
AIR Worldwide : widespread flooding across parts of Italy and Southeastern France
Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in France and Italy during the first week of November after a low pressure system that developed over...
Italy : extends short-selling ban
Italy's securities market regulator, Consob, on Friday extended a ban on the short selling of bank and insurance stocks until January 15 in order...
S&P : update on S&P’s downgrade of Italy
Italy has seen its credit rating cut by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s from ‘A+’ to ‘A’, with a negative outlook.
The move is the...
Fitch Ratings : Italian and Spanish insurers – Eurozone crisis implications
Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published comment that the majority of the Italian and Spanish insurers rated by the agency would be likely to...
Fitch Revises Italian Non-life Insurance Rating Outlook to Stable from Negative
Fitch Ratings-London/Milan-28 March 2011: Fitch Ratings has revised the rating outlook for the Italian non-life insurance market to stable from negative, on the grounds...
Cultural shift seen behind Italian women’s thinning
Gone are the "Big Mamma" stereotypes and the full figures of yesteryear -- a new study on Friday has found Italian women are the...
Acquisition : Aon Italia S.p.A. acquired Rasini Viganò S.p.A.
Aon Italia S.p.A., provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage in Italy, announced that it has acquired Rasini Viganò S.p.A,, the seventh...
Travel alert : warning for European travelers
The US State Department issued a formal alert Sunday warning Americans traveling in Europe to remain vigilant against "potential for terrorist attacks" and urging...
Italy : Fondiaria-Sai to sell its Gesfid Division
Fondiaria-Sai, Italy’s second largest insurance company is in exclusive talks with PKB Privatbank AG, a Swiss bank owned by the Trabaldo Togna family, to...
More deregulation would boost Italy: antitrust head
Italy's competition watchdog on Tuesday called for more deregulation of the transport, energy and finance sectors to breathe "oxygen" into the economy struggling in...
Unemployment insurance: Italy’s official rate rises to 8.9 percent
Italy's unemployment rate in April rose to 8.9 percent from 8.8 percent in March, reaching the highest level since the fourth quarter of 2001,...
Be careful when driving in Europe : Ten tips on accidents abroad
Brits planning an Autobahn or Autoroute adventure this summer should beware – Germany and France have been named the most expensive places in Europe...
Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo SpA to sell its insurance unit
Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo SpA is considering selling, listing or finding a partner for its insurance unit according to a financial source said...
Catlin Group strengthens its Italian presence with a new office in Rome
Catlin Group opens a second underwriting office in Italy (Rome).
The staff which have joined Catlin from Swiss Re in Italy will be composed...
AXA Diagnostics signs partnership with Rosetta Genomics to distribute diagnostic tests
AXA Diagnostics Named Exclusive Distributor for Rosetta Genomics' microRNA-based Assays in Italy
- AXA Diagnostics will distribute Rosetta Genomics’ three recently launched miRview™ tests in...
Barclays and CNP agree life insurance joint venture in Spain, Portugal and Italy
Barclays Bank PLC and CNP Assurances SA have agreed to establish a long-term life insurance joint venture in Spain, Portugal and Italy. As part...
Brits unprepared for Europe’s roads
One in three motorists surveyed by RAC* are gearing up to drive in Europe this year, but research from the motoring organisation reveals that...
