Abi, Ania, Assirevi, Assonime, Confindustria and the National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts ask the Treasury to define a proportionate sanctioning system on the sustainability reporting of large companies
Life business I lost interest in comparing high-yield products after the rate hike. Companies are thinking of new types of offers
The president of the Association of Insurance Companies underlined that "for the Life sector, in the first four months of the year, net inflows were negative by 7 billion as a result of the drop in premiums and, above all, of a volume of outgoings…
ANIA and the unions have reached a hypothetical agreement on the renewal of the contract which expired in 2019 - Here's what it provides
And President Farina warns that "inflation will have an impact on the cost of accidents" - Collection is growing, "but we have two years of uncertainty ahead of us"
Ania underlines the constant drop in premiums, but Ivass points the finger at the "late" companies in transferring discounts after the Covid blockade - Signorini: "The policyholders will be the best judges" - From the Institute also a warning on " opaque financial instruments"…
The controversial topic of derivatives was the focus of the webinar promoted by the Faculty of Economics of the La Sapienza University of Rome and by the National Association for the Study of Credit Problems
ANIA ANNUAL MEETING - President Farina: "Collection -6% in 15 months. We need more flexible rules" - Franco (Ivass): "Solid companies, but strengthen assets"
The European Directive on the distribution of insurance products is revolutionizing the relationship between companies and banks and between vendors and consumers/investors as emerged from a conference at the Sapienza University of Rome with Ivass, Consob, Ania, Abi and many academics
Thousands of Italians could collect money from insurance companies, but they don't know it and risk that the contract will become statute barred - Here's what you need to know in order not to lose the sums you are entitled to (with a video guide…
The new president of Ivass at the annual meeting of ANIA says he is dissatisfied "with the simplification and clarity of the contracts" - Motor liability premiums down 25% since 2012, insurance collections at 135 billion, but profits down
According to the latest IVASS data, in Italy the under-25s pay very high prices to insure their cars: even 80% more than the national average - The peaks are recorded in Naples and Prato - The drop in prices continues, but slows down
IVASS announces that the money is "already liquidated or in the process of being liquidated" - The value of the policies has risen to 3,9 billion, which since 2017 have been saved from prescription and paid to unaware (or forgetful) beneficiaries - Ania,…
It will be divided into three areas: training and consultancy, services in innovative logic and publishing - Farina: "Investing in innovative services to support companies, in the training of our employees and the sales network and in studies is a priority…
The two insurance companies are members of the specialized cybersecurity structure set up by the Bank of Italy, ABI and the ABI Lab Consortium to strengthen collaboration against IT threats linked to the development of new technologies and the digital economy.
The Italian Insurance Association proposes to Parliament the creation of a structured system to manage the risks associated with landslides and floods: if membership were compulsory, costs would be reduced - President Farina: "In Italy 78% of homes are…
The manager will remain in the saddle for the next three years - The confirmation came unanimously on Monday from the Assembly of the National Association of Insurance Companies
In 2019, the EU should launch the regulation of the new European products intended to reduce the difference between the pensions and the final salaries of those who leave the job. But it is already known that it will contain a tax "hole" - Farina (Ania):…
During the 2018 annual meeting, the president of ANIA, Maria Bianca Farina underlined that the companies invest 300 billion in government bonds and hold 15% of all the outstanding BTPs - In 2017 the investments of insurers…
In the second half of the year acceleration of the Life business. Auto liability premiums are down. Total premiums written down by 2,4% compared to 2016, also due to the contraction in Life sector premiums (-3,6%). Those in the Non-Life sector are on the rise
The Italian business associations have signed a "joint declaration" which summarizes their position on Europe and Italy's European policies in 11 points. Here is the text of the document, signed by ABI, ANIA, ASSONIME, CONFINDUSTRIA and FEBAF.
According to the National Association of Insurance Companies, there are very few homes in Italy that have adequate coverage for events such as earthquakes or hydrogeological instability - 78% of homes are exposed to high or medium-high risk - In twenty years, between…
The publication was created to map the professional profiles that exist in the insurance sector - In this way the Association lays the foundations for the creation of the sector Directory required by EU legislation
ANIA REPORT 2017 – The price to insure cars went from 567 euros in March 2012 to 412 euros in March 2017 – The gap with Europe decreased between 2015 and 2016 from 138 to 100…
A confrontation has already begun between ANIA and the Treasury - The companies' goal is to reduce the risks for customers with respect to investments in mutual funds.
According to IVASS, the average figure for 2016 stood at 423 euros, recording a drop of 6% compared to 2015 - The most marked reduction in the average price was recorded in the provinces of Southern Italy.
Sesana takes over from Philippe Donnet and will join Maria Bianca Farina, President of ANIA, together with Klaus-Peter Roehler, CEO of Allianz spa and Giovanni Di Benedetto, President of ITAS.
Here is the ranking of the 10 provinces analyzed in the 2017 edition of the Aiba Auto Observatory - In Italy prices are 150 euros higher than in the main EU countries - The black box is increasingly widespread to obtain discounts
The association also calls for profound changes to the decree transposing the EU directive, especially in terms of beneficial owners of contracts, simplified checks and sanctions
In 2016, premiums decreased by 3,8% - Overall premium income from insurance companies decreased by 8,8%
According to Ania surveys, premium income from individual life policies amounted to 6,2 billion in January, a decrease of 23,5% compared to the same period of 2016 - A trend mainly attributable to the decrease of 34,2% of the collection…
Also arriving 1.100 euros in arrears and some important changes in terms of protection, especially for call center operators - Garibotti (FIRST-Cisl): "Very positive agreement from a social point of view"
The CEO of Allianz spa will join Maria Bianca Farina, President of ANIA, together with Philippe Donnet, CEO of Generali and Giovanni Di Benedetto, President of ITAS.
President Farina: "It is further confirmation of the solidity and reliability of the Italian insurance sector"
In 2016, the collection of policies is outclassing that of mutual funds: the former collected 65 billion euros and the latter dropped from 85 last year to just 24
Italian AXA Forum 2016 - InsurTech is a rapidly growing sector and the use of big data will change the way insurance is done - In the near future we will arrive at a 4.0 model, because new risks will increase…
According to the president of the Association, Maria Bianca Farina, "the introduction of specific capital requirements for sovereign risk" could jeopardize the stability of the insurance system
In Italy, less than 1% of homes are covered by an earthquake policy - It is compulsory in Romania and Turkey, where, however, there are very few insured homes - In other countries such as France, Spain or Belgium, the policy is optional, …
The president of the Association, Maria Bianca Farina, has proposed initiatives to support earthquake victims to companies such as "the extension of premium payment terms" and "the suspension of debt collection actions"
ANIA MEETING - President Farina: "The gap between Italian policies and the average of the main European countries has narrowed" - Investments: less in government bonds, more in the real economy - In Atlante 2 "insurance companies are not…
General Manager Focarelli in a hearing in Parliament on the Def calls for interventions for greater involvement of companies in the economy: To make small-medium insurance companies invest "you need initiatives assisted by public or private guarantees" - To push savers towards…
Hearing of President Farina in the Senate: "Risks need to be reduced to contain costs" - The insurance offer has been greatly reduced for healthcare facilities, but not for individual doctors, even if in some cases the cost of coverage…
Ania explains that last year the premiums in the Motor sector recorded a decrease of 5,3% - In particular, -6,5% in the Third Party Liability Motor and marine vehicles class and +2,9% in the Land vehicle hulls class .
In our country, basic financial literacy is the prerogative of only 37% of the population: a figure very far from the EU average and much lower than that of the main European economies, but also of countries such as Greece and Poland - A drawing…
Philippe Donnet, managing director and general manager of Generali Italia; Anthony Bradshaw, general manager of Allianz and Giovanni Di Benedetto, president of Itas Mutua are the three new vice presidents of ANIA who will collaborate with president Farina. Also revamped…
Maria Bianca Farina is the current CEO of Poste Vita and Poste Assicura and has already been vice president of Ania - "Soon I will discuss with my colleagues in the market to develop and implement a detailed and pragmatic…
According to the 2015 survey conducted by the ANIA Observatory on "customer satisfaction", the percentage of customers who use the internet and telephone companies alongside the relationship with the agent is growing (42% in 2014 against 32% in 2013).
The Executive Committee of ANIA has decided to propose to the assembly on 15 December Maria Bianca Farina (CEO of Poste Vita) for the presidency of the insurers' association with a view to further strengthening.
The cost of motor liability insurance varies significantly depending on the city: in Italy the primacy belongs to Naples, where you pay 140,9% more than in Aosta - But even in Great Britain, Spain, Germany and France there are differences…
After the green light for the new governance, ANIA is tightening the deadlines for the renewal of the top: the candidate in pectore for the presidency is Maria Bianca Farina, CEO of Poste Vita and top manager appreciated by all - If she accepts the…
The new system provides that the current Executive Committee takes the name of the Board of Directors, elected directly by the Assembly, and that it is composed of 31 members (including the President and the Vice-Presidents) - The Board of Directors will have the task of appointing, on…
Coverage will be checked electronically, by checking the license plate - it will still be mandatory to keep the insurance certificate on board the vehicle.
After the Chamber's approval of the Competition Bill, the Insurance Association hopes for "substantial changes" to the text on the subject of insurance fraud, compensation, black boxes and discounts - The Antitrust applauds many measures, but requests other corrections to the reform.
From 18 October it will no longer be mandatory to display the paper sticker on the windshield - The forces of order will carry out the checks electronically by verifying the license plates - Tutors, speed cameras, telepass and cameras of the ZTL gates will also come into play.
In the second quarter, premium income in the non-life classes turned positive again (+1,6%), net of the motor sector which was still making a loss. The turnaround after a long period of red - Overall funding remains negative (-2,6%)
For the president of ANIA Aldo Minucci, if the current amendments to the competition bill under discussion in the Commission these days were to pass, there could be an increase in motor liability policies
Ania Assembly, the data presented by President Aldo Minucci - Overall savings reach 1,3 billion for motorists - "Scams still too widespread" - Evasion alarm: 4 million vehicles circulating without a sticker - In the complementary pension "insurance…
The President of the Italian association of insurance companies believes that it is "necessary to create the right conditions and balance for this activity to develop", since "entering the logic of credit is not easy" - According to Rossi, president of IVASS , it deals with…
The hearing of the president of ANIA Aldo Minucci at the Justice Commission of the Chamber on the annual law for the market and competition.
A new initiative is born to give psychological support to the victims of road accidents and their families - The project involves the Insurance Association, the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Rome La Sapienza and the Traffic Police.
ANIA RESEARCH - The total figure reached 143,3 billion euro - The trend is the result of a significant increase in premiums in the Life sector (+29,9%) and a decrease in the Non-Life sector (-2,7% ). The impact of the premiums…
The ANIA trends newsletter documents how in 2014 the market for alternative financial instruments grew strongly with worldwide issues of around 70 billion (+25% on 2013) between cat bonds, sidecars and securitisations
The association of insurance companies takes the field after the Antitrust sentence which imposed sanctions on Generali and UnipolSai for present agreements on local public transport tenders. Ania "vigorously denies that the association meetings were aimed at…
The estimate of the flood phenomenon is contained in the position paper "Floods and the protection of homes" produced by ANIA and available in full on the home page of the website www.ania.it.
According to the Association, last year the insurance companies totaled premiums of 143,3 billion euro, - Strong growth for the Life sector, a drop in Non-Life, dragged down by Motor TPL.
The organization allegedly subtracted two million euros from 17 companies by simulating road accidents - Minucci (Ania): "Insurance scams are one of the main causes of the high costs of motor liability policies, which Italian policyholders have to bear to a large extent…
HEARING OF DARIO FOCARELLI (ANIA) TO THE CHAMBER - "The plan of the new president of the EU commission and the move by the ECB have been greatly appreciated by the markets, but the way in which these projects will translate is by no means obvious…
The Assembly of the National Association of Insurance Companies unanimously extended the offices of the chairman Aldo Minucci and the vice-chairmen Carlo Acutis and Maria Bianca Farina for the 2015 financial year.
INTERVIEW WITH DARIO FOCARELLI, general manager of Ania - "Insurance companies can give great support to the real economy by directly financing companies that find less credit in the banking system: it is a new opportunity for both insurance companies and…
Given the impossibility of making up for UnipolSai's defection in the short term, the Executive Committee of Ania (the association of Italian insurers) decided to propose to the shareholders' meeting on 16 December the confirmation of Aldo Minucci as chairmanship for a three-year term and to mandate at the…
DOSSIER ANIA - In one year the number of devices rises by one million in our country, while compared to the end of 2012 the count has more than doubled.
The new government structure, which will now be submitted for approval by the assembly on December 16, provides for a wider participation in the leadership of the association - In particular, the Vice-Presidents would go from 2 to 3 with the possibility that they would be conferred…
The association of insurance companies, led by Aldo Minucci, expresses "regret" for UnipolSai's intention to leave the organization but replies by arguing that new governance proposals will already be presented to the next executive to encourage more active participation by all
The insurance companies are also asking the Government to "make the option expressed by the employee revocable at the end of each year" on the advance of the severance pay.
AIFIN-ANIA OBSERVATORY - According to the study, for 58% of insurance companies innovation is the main strategic priority, while for 62,6% product/service innovation is considered the priority - Focarelli: "The insurance companies insurance assign a high strategic priority to the business…
DOSSIER ANIA - Almost all the Italian regions have chosen the path of self-insurance, or even non-insurance, to deal with the risks of civil liability linked to medical malpractice - But from 14 August doctors will have to be insured by law (exempt…
According to Ania, which calculated the percentage of claims at risk of fraud, the North is the area of the country where the danger is lower (10,8%), but in a context of general virtue, the negative figure for Trentino Alto Adige stands out …
ANIA ANNUAL MEETING - The president of the Insurance Association calls on politics to intervene to facilitate private initiative in healthcare, social security and the management of natural disasters - "Reduce taxation on long-term savings products to 12,5%" - Rossi (Ivass):…
The Association of Insurance Companies rails against the proposal that policyholders who have not caused an accident for five years should pay the lowest national premium for the corresponding class of merit and not a premium…
The trend is the result of a significant increase in premiums in the Life sector (+22,1%) and a decrease in the Non-Life sector (-4,6%) - The incidence of total premiums (Life and Non-Life) on GDP is increased from 6,7% in 2012 to…
DOSSIER ANIA - Italy is the first country in the world for the dissemination of these tools, which record useful information not only for fighting fraud, but also for personalizing policies based on the risks that each individual runs…
Car insurance spending continues to decline. The data released by ANIA refer to the last year and the last month, but confirm a trend that has been going on since November 2012. The causes? Economic crisis and fuel prices.
"We are against the system of minimum discounts", said Aldo Minucci, president of Ania today, commenting on the innovations introduced by the government with the Destinazione Italia decree - "The only way to reduce prices is to cut business costs" -…
The National Association of Insurance Companies comments on the Motor TPL reform introduced in the Destination Italy decree: "Minimum discounts, it is necessary to approve the single table for compensation for serious physical damage" - The goal is to avert …
Confirmed for the second consecutive year the partnership with Oliviero Toscani, who signed the awareness campaign "Think about it": TV and radio commercials together with spaces in newspapers and large billboards - "Don't turn off the light" is instead the claim...
The required coverage is around 1,8 billion and could be guaranteed by a 70% ceiling on public administration expenses - Meanwhile, Ania's protests are coming about the increase in the Ires and Irap down payment: "Irrational, unfair and discriminatory measure" .
Tomorrow the executive chairman of Telecom Italia, Franco Bernabè, will present his resignation to the board as an act of responsibility towards the company vis-à-vis the strategic divisions which through the shareholding - The new chairman will be Aldo Minucci, chairman of Ania in…
ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY ANIA, and exposed by the general manager Dario Focarelli, there is not much waste in the Italian health system and the quality is high - The main problems are: ever less access to services and sustainability…
The text of the hearing in the Senate of the director general of the national association of insurance companies Dario Focarelli - Main topics: extraordinary measures for the promotion of employment, especially youth employment, and the provisions on VAT.
According to the president of Ania, behind the "difference" in prices compared to other European countries there are "structural causes", namely the high number of frauds and the different criteria for acknowledging personal injury - Ivass and the Antitrust however they study new…
ANIA SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING, MINUCCI'S REPORT - For insurance companies to invest "our financial market needs to be equipped with an adequate range of instruments" - It is also necessary "that future supervisory legislation does not penalize long-term investments" -…
The insurance trade association denies that eight of its members have hindered the spread of multi-mandate networks, claiming competitiveness on the motor liability market.
The National Congress of Actuaries will be held from 5 to 7 June in Rome. Pensions, Motor TPL and bank risks will be the topics covered in these three days in which Salvatore Rossi, general manager of the…
The price of motor liability insurance fell by 4,5%, or 25 euros less per vehicle, equal to savings for Italians of around 1 billion in a year.
According to the data released by the national association, the Life sector decreased by 5,5% while the Non-Life sector decreased by 1,9%: a total of 105 billion raised in 2012.
The national association of insurance companies responds by return of post to the statement released today by the Antitrust - "We need to change the mechanism for calculating flat rates and remove the uncertainties about micro-permanent injuries".
The Executive Committee of the National Association of Insurance Companies established and approved the regulations of the Strategic Committee and of six standing Commissions.
The appeal to the sense of responsibility launched by the Ania Foundation, through a message with a strong emotional impact entrusted to Oliviero Toscani.
A conference organized by the association that brings together insurance companies will be held tomorrow in Rome - Health issues at the center of the debate - Speeches by ministers Renato Balduzzi (Health) and Paola Severino (Justice) are expected, as well as those of…
INTERVIEW WITH DARIO FOCARELLI - For the Ania general manager, productivity needs to find the right balance between national and secondary bargaining - On the stability bill, he says: "The level to which the advance on reserves has reached is excessive, we are aiming for a…
