Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A is best known for having been founded in the Jewish Community, and Jewish controlled, then denied Payouts to Holocaust Victim  Beneficiaries, which world wide was considered Italians Refusing proper Payments to Jews.  Generali eventually capitulated, but not without giving Italy a "black eye". 

Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A is the largest insurance company in Italy and one of the largest in Europe,the Middle East and East Asia, with secondary operations in Latin America, for a total of more than 65 countries. It has its headquarters in Trieste. In 2010, Assicurazioni Generali Group was the second largest insurance group in the world by revenue after AXA.   Under the name of Imperial Regia Privilegiata Compagnia di Assicurazioni Generali Austro-Italiche, the company was founded December 26, 1831. 

At the time, Trieste was the most important sea port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 

The resignation of Cesare Geronzi as chairman of Assicurazioni Generali is good for the insurer?and good for Italy. The 76-year-old power broker's departure after less than a year brings a welcome end to a boardroom feud that was destabilizing one of Europe's largest insurance groups. It may also close the chapter on his style of old-school Italian boardroom politics, marking a turning point for the country's corporate governance.

Mr. Geronzi's resignation was prompted ...

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