Retail shareholders
In Generali we have a significant number of individual investors, the retail shareholders. About a quarter of our share capital is subdivided among them. This is why we have created a section where we can interact with private shareholders and examine issues more closely linked to savings.
Shareholders' meeting
The General Meeting, called at least once a year and open to all those holding at least one Assicurazioni Generali share, is a fundamental aspect of the life of the company, one in which the shareholders have the opportunity to formally interact with the board of directors and management to discuss the main issues that took place during the financial year.
The AGM 2023 will be held on April 28th 2023, and will be held with the exclusive possibility to confer a proxy to the Designated Representative. The Designated Representative is a third-party, independent, and free service that expresses the vote of shareholders. By giving a proxy, it will also be possible for those legitimized shareholders to access the stream of the entire General Meeting on the Generali website.
In the last three years the AGM was held in a new mode. Consequently with the restrictions due to the national health situation and the specific law provisions in force (particularly art.106 of DL March 17th, no. 18) Assicurazioni Generali held its meeting without physical attendance by shareholders, all of whom had the possibility to cast their vote by conferring a proxy to the Designated Representative, also through a dedicated online portal.
For Generali being close to and with its shareholders is a fundamental and indispensable value. As a consequence, considering the health and legislative picture of the first months of 2020, the Company, being almost the only one among Italian issuers, upgraded its usual webcasting service of the opening speeches by the company’s top management, to a new and different service, reserved to shareholders: the live audio streaming of the full AGM proceedings. This first step was built upon in 2021 where a video streaming service was provided, with excellent results: a service that was available in 2022 also and will be, again, an exclusive opportunity for Generali shareholders in 2023.
Shareholders' meeting extended inclusion (SMEI)
In order to overcome the physical, communicative and sensorial barriers that may prevent the participation of some shareholders in the General Meeting, Generali has launched, since 2016, the Shareholders' Meeting Extended Inclusion (SMEI) program.
Supported by the enthusiasm and dedication of the volunteers of our Group and the collaboration of trained assistance professionals, the SMEI Program has developed over time, through the provision of a growing number of services, always oriented towards the inclusion of all shareholders with respect to that central moment in the life of the Company which is the Annual General Meeting. Read more
Shareholders unit
In order to guarantee that also retail shareholders have a direct contact point in Assicurazioni Generali, the Company adds to its Investor Relations office, managing relations with institutional shareholders and analysts, the Shareholders Unit, dedicated to relations with retail shareholders. Contact info for this unit is available in the Investors\Contacts section.
Generali's engagement to keep its shareholders up to date and in contact
Generali strongly believes in the value of the trust shown by tens of thousands private investors that make up the base of its shareholder structure and as a consequence is focused on supplying a continuous and detailed stream of information, in particular in important moments of the Company’s life. This focus and conviction are embodied by various documents, published periodically or on particular occasions and designed with retail shareholders’ needs in mind:
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Generali in the Stock Exchange (Total Shareholders Return)
The total shareholders’ return is the measure of performance which combines share price variation and dividends paid to show the total return to the shareholder expressed as an annualized percentage.
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Results of the Generali Group
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See the Consolidated Results of the Generali Group as at 31st December 2022
Generali achieves its best ever operating result with continued growth in premiums and net result. Extremely solid capital position
- Gross written premiums of € 81.5 billion (+1.5%), with strong P&C growth (+9.8%), led by non-motor. Resilient Life net inflows of € 8.7 billion, entirely focused on unit-linked and protection, consistent with the Group strategy
- Record operating result at € 6.5 billion (+11.2%), mainly driven by Life, together with P&C growth. The Combined Ratio was 93.2% (+2.4 p.p.). New Business Margin was excellent at 5.35% (+0.86 p.p.)
- Net result grew to € 2,912 million (+2.3%)2
- Extremely solid capital position, with the Solvency Ratio at 221% (227% FY2021)
- The proposed dividend per share of € 1.16 (+8.4%) confirms the Group’s focus on shareholder returns
Generali Group CEO, Philippe Donnet, said: “Generali’s results confirm the success of our transformation journey, which continues through the disciplined and effective implementation of the 'Lifetime Partner 24: Driving Growth' strategy. Powered by a clear vision to position the Group as a global leader in insurance and asset management, we are on track to achieve the targets and ambitions of our strategic plan, delivering sustainable growth to create value for all our stakeholders, even in a challenging geopolitical and economic context. This has enabled us to propose to our shareholders, once again, an increased dividend, thanks to continued earnings growth and the Group’s strong cash and capital position. Generali also continues to lead the way in sustainability, now fully integrated within all the Group’s business activities in line with our commitment to act as a responsible insurer, investor, employer and corporate citizen. We have achieved all of this thanks to the passion of our people and our unique agent network.”
Generali in the community
The engine of The Human Safety Net is a foundation initiated by Generali. It extends Generali’s purpose of ‘enabling people to shape a safer future by caring for their lives and dreams’ to the most vulnerable in our society. Generali is mobilizing their people and resources – financial support, time, skills, networks, assets, products - to reach more people and amplify our impact.