Press Room


Sompo International to Acquire Leading Italian Agriculture Insurance Specialty Company

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Sompo International, a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase A&A, S.r.l. (A&A), a leader in the Italian agriculture insurance market since 1996. The transaction is expected to close by March 2018 pending regulatory approvals. The A&A… Read More »


REYL & Cie named Best Private Bank – Client Service

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REYL & Cie is proud to have been awarded the accolade of “Best Private Bank – Client Service” in the Wealth Briefing Swiss Awards 2018 ceremony, held in Geneva last night. The award sets REYL apart from its peers and recognises a continued strong period of expansion for the Bank,… Read More »


Kontron at MWC18 with full lineup of MEC edge demos and speakers

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Kontron, a global provider of open source cloud and integrated infrastructure platforms, today is pleased to announce an open invitation to service providers, ISVs, channel partners, and members of the press to attend its SYMKLOUD Theatre Sessions at the Kontron stand during the 2018 edition of Mobile World Congress. Subject… Read More »


AXA Partners launches the innovative application PLEEZ to enhance its partners’ customer experience

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During the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, the largest trade show devoted to high-tech innovations in the word, AXA Partners, AXA’s global team dedicated to building tailored and innovative solutions for its partners, has introduced PLEEZ, a unique personal assistant solution that combines AI and human intervention. Developed… Read More »



Italian football’s first mini-bond reaches €1.5 million target

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Frosinone has become the first club in Italian history to complete a successful alternative finance project by raising €1.5m from its own community. The money raised by the campaign will go towards creating the Frosinone village, turning the Stadio Benito Stirpe into a state-of-the-art hub for the entire Frosinone community… Read More »


Generali completes sale of Dutch business

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Assicurazioni Generali SpA announces that it has completed the sale of its entire shareholding in Generali Nederland N.V. (and its subsidiaries) to ASR Nederland N.V., one of the leading insurance groups operating in Holland. This follows the announcement of the sale by Assicurazioni Generali on September 13, 2017. The Generali… Read More »


Ryanair Q3 profits rise 12% to €106m on 4% 

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Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said: “We are pleased to report this 12% increase in profits during a very challenging Q3. Following our pilot rostering failure in Sept., the painful decision to ground 25 aircraft ensured that punctuality of our operations quickly returned to our normal 90% average. Our AGB customer… Read More »


Deutsche Bank reports pre-tax profit of 1.3 billion euros and net loss of 0.5 billion euros for 2017

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Pre-tax profitability reflects a lower burden from legacy items. The bank reported income before income taxes of EUR 1.3 billion for the full year 2017, versus a pre-tax loss of EUR 810 million in 2016. The year-on-year improvement was predominantly due to significant reductions in impairments and litigation charges. The… Read More »