{"id":18444,"date":"2026-06-09T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=c13b03092acbbf9e037cf71969c0bdea"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:13:00","slug":"am-best-comments-on-credit-ratings-of-unipol-assicurazioni-s-p-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=18444","title":{"rendered":"AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#insurance<\/a>--AM Best <\/b>has commented that the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of \u201ca\u201d (Excellent) of Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A. (Unipol) (Italy) remain unchanged following the announcement that the board of Unipol has approved a strategic project aimed at strengthening the group\u2019s position in the Italian banking market.<\/p><\/a><\/a>

\nOn 8 June 2026, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (ISP) launched a voluntary public tender and exchange offer for all of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A.\u2019s (MPS) shares. Additionally, ISP and Unipol have reached a binding agreement for Unipol to acquire a banking legal entity carved out of MPS comprising 635 branches and the central structures and activities necessary to operate independently for a total cash consideration of up to EUR 3.5 billion, supported by a rights issue for a maximum amount of EUR 2.5 billion. The purchase agreement is subject to, inter alia, the completion of the voluntary public tender and exchange offer launched by ISP.<\/p>

\nIf the acquisition is successful, it is Unipol\u2019s intention to propose to BPER Banca S.p.A. a business combination with the carved out legal entity. This combination would result in an increase in Unipol\u2019s ownership of the combined banking entity and give it de facto control.<\/p>

\nAM Best notes that the proposed transactions, which involve several separate steps, are still in the early stages and subject to the successful completion of the voluntary public tender and exchange offer launched by ISP. AM Best will continue to monitor developments and may take a rating action should plans progress. The proposed transactions have both positive and negative rating implications, which AM Best would have to evaluate in full.<\/p>

\nThis press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best\u2019s website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see AM Best\u2019s <\/b>Recent Rating Activity<\/b><\/a> web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view <\/b>Guide to Best\u2019s Credit Ratings<\/b><\/a>. For information on the proper use of Best\u2019s Credit Ratings, Best\u2019s Performance Assessments, Best\u2019s Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view <\/b>Guide to Proper Use of Best\u2019s Ratings & Assessments<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>

\nAM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit <\/b>www.ambest.com<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>

\nCopyright \u00a9 2026 by A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc. and\/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<\/b><\/p> Contacts<\/b>

\nAndrea Porta<\/b>Senior Financial Analyst<\/b>+31 20 808 1700<\/b>andrea.porta@ambest.com<\/a>\nDr. Mathilde Jakobsen<\/b>Senior Director, Analytics<\/b>+31 20 808 3118<\/b>mathilde.jakobsen@ambest.com<\/a>\nChristopher Sharkey<\/b>Associate Director, Public Relations<\/b>+1 908 882 2310<\/b>christopher.sharkey@ambest.com<\/a>\nAl Slavin<\/b>Senior Public Relations Specialist<\/b>+1 908 882 2318<\/b>al.slavin@ambest.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#insurance–AM Best has commented that the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of \u201ca\u201d (Excellent) of Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A. (Unipol) (Italy) remain unc…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18445,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18444\/revisions\/18445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}