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Licensed insurance companies in Italy (2026)

VerifiedVerified against the IVASS register, checked 3 Sept 2026.

The 83 insurance companies licensed in Italy in 2026, as recorded by the Istituto per la Vigilanza sulle Assicurazioni (IVASS), with the class of business and ownership each one is registered under.

83Licensed operators
21Life25% of entities
0General (non-life)0% of entities
20Cross-border groups63 domestically owned

By class of business

Each company is counted once, under the class its register row records. The supervisor’s own tally counts licences, so a company licensed for more than one class appears more than once there.

By ownership

  • Domestic private48 58%
  • Pan-European group18 22%
  • Mutual / cooperative11 13%
  • State-owned / parastatal4 5%
  • Foreign multinational2 2%

“Cross-border groups” counts foreign multinationals and pan-regional groups; “domestically owned” counts domestic private, state-owned, mutual and captive entities. The register records the parent’s type, not its home market. How ownership is recorded

Licensed insurers in Italy

Showing 25 of 83 entities. The full, filterable table is on the country page; every row is in the JSON below.

InsurerClassOwnershipGroupVerification
ALLEANZA ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupGeneraliVerified
ALLIANZ DIRECT SOCIETA PER AZIONIUNot stated in registerPan-European groupAllianzVerified
ALLIANZ SOCIETA PER AZIONIUNot stated in registerPan-European groupAllianzVerified
ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI SOCIETA PER AZIONIUNot stated in registerPan-European groupGeneraliVerified
ATHORA ITALIA S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupAthoraVerified
AXA ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupAXAVerified
AXA MPS ASSICURAZIONI DANNI SOCIETA PER AZIONIUNot stated in registerPan-European groupAXAVerified
AXA MPS ASSICURAZIONI VITA SOCIETA PER AZIONILLifePan-European groupAXAVerified
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE LIMITEDUNot stated in registerForeign multinationalBerkshire HathawayVerified
BNP PARIBAS CARDIF VITA COMPAGNIA DI ASSICURAZIONE E RIASSICURAZIONE S.P.A.RReinsurerDomestic privateBNP ParibasVerified
CNP VITA ASSICURA S.P.A.LLifeState-owned / parastatalCNP AssurancesVerified
CREDIT AGRICOLE ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.XSpecialty / Credit / CaptiveMutual / cooperativeCredit AgricoleVerified
CREDIT AGRICOLE VITA S.P.A.LLifeMutual / cooperativeCredit AgricoleVerified
GENERALI ITALIA S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupGeneraliVerified
GENERTEL S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupGeneraliVerified
GROUPAMA ASSICURAZIONI SOCIETA PER AZIONIUNot stated in registerMutual / cooperativeGroupamaVerified
HDI ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupTalanxVerified
HELVETIA COMPAGNIA SVIZZERA D'ASSICURAZIONI S.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupHelvetiaVerified
HELVETIA ITALIA ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupHelvetiaVerified
HELVETIA VITA COMPAGNIA ITALO-SVIZZERA DI ASSICURAZIONI SULLA VITA S.P.A.LLifePan-European groupHelvetiaVerified
UNICREDIT ALLIANZ ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.XSpecialty / Credit / CaptivePan-European groupAllianzVerified
VERTI ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.UNot stated in registerPan-European groupMapfreVerified
ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTDUNot stated in registerPan-European groupZurichVerified
ZURICH INVESTMENTS LIFE S.P.A.LLifePan-European groupZurichVerified
AMTRUST ASSICURAZIONI S.P.A.UNot stated in registerForeign multinationalAmTrustVerified

Full table for Italy ↗

Regulatory intelligence: Italy

Read from the register, not written for this page: the supervisor’s regime, the source the list was checked against, and the market notes recorded alongside it.

Register source
EIOPA Register of Insurance Undertakings export (3 Sep 2026)
Verification
Verified against the regulator register · EIOPA export, 79 domestic undertakings / 3rd-country branches

No market event is recorded against this register for 2026. The regime and source above are the standing facts.

Governing legislation

  • Decree-Law 95/2012, converted by Law 135/2012 · Institutional and insurance framework

    IVASS has its own insurance-supervision mandate and close governance links with the Bank of Italy. The Bank’s Director General chairs IVASS and an integrated directorate exercises specified functions.

Verification log

Cross-checked against IVASS list of 3 Sep 2026

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