Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1994 |
Headquarters | Trieste, Italy |
Key people | Andrea Mencattini (Chair), Giacomo Trovato (CEO) |
Products | Insurance, asset management |
Parent | Generali Italia |
Website | www |
Genertel is an Italian insurance company based in Trieste, Italy. It's the first online insurance company in Italy. [1]
Part of the Generali Group since its foundation, from 2013 Genertel has been headed by Generali Italia. [2]
Genertel was founded in Trieste in July 1994; it is the first company in Italy to provide financial services by telephone. [1] [3]
In 1998 only five insurance companies were authorized to operate by telephone in Italy; among these, Genertel was the first in terms of premium amount [4] and number of customers (more than 100,000). [5]
In 1999 Genertel was the first direct insurance in Italy to offer the possibility of taking out policies on the Internet. [1]
In 2005 Davide Passero became CEO of Genertel for almost a decade, until 2014 when he joined Alleanza Assicurazioni. [6]
In June 2009, Generali Italia launched Genertellife, the first online life insurance company in Italy, as an extension of Genertel. [7]
In 2014 there is a change at the top, Passero leaves the management of the company to Manlio Lostuzzi. [8] [9]
In 2019, Genertel was authorized by IVASS (Institute for the Supervision of Insurance) to operate also in the credit sector, where the company aims at the sector of the salary- or pension-backed loans. [10]
On 1 September 2019 Maurizio Pescarini became CEO. [11]
In 2020, to counter the emergency linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, Genertel launches "Genertel Everywhere" a completely remote contact center available 24 hours a day. [12] [13] [14]
On 28 March 2023 IVASS authorized the merger between Genertel and Cattolica Assicurazioni. The latter was incorporated assuming the definitive name of Genertel S.p.A. on July 1, 2023. [15]
On 21 May 2024, Giacomo Trovato became CEO and general manager. [16]
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