Generali and Bocconi Partner for a Chair in Insurance and Risk Management
Generali becomes a strategic partner of Bocconi University thanks to an agreement establishing the Gruppo Generali Chair in Insurance and Risk Management.
The Chair, entrusted to Stefano Rossi, a Full Professor at the Department of Finance, was presented today with an inaugural lecture, during which Professor Rossi outlined an innovative approach to corporate risk management, to be understood not only as coverage of financial risks but also, and above all, as management of corporate operational risks. Speakers included the Group CEO of Assicurazioni Generali, Philippe Donnet, the Chairman of Bocconi, Mario Monti, the Chief Financial Officer of Assicurazioni Generali, Luigi Lubelli, and Franklin Allen, Professor of Finance and Economics at Imperial College London.
"The partnership between Bocconi and a large insurance group, which has a presence in more than 60 countries worldwide, will benefit both," said University's Rector, Gianmario Verona. "We will have the opportunity to conduct high-quality research on the insurance world, which is undergoing major changes in this fintech era, and we will be able to feed the knowledge of our students, thanks also to the active involvement of the Generali Group in the classroom".
"Generali has been supporting Bocconi University for over twenty years, a collaboration that has grown over time and which is now entering a further phase. The insurance sector has profound interrelationships with the major issues of the contemporary world and every day faces new challenges: the partnership with Bocconi University is an important contribution to study, analyze and manage them", said the Group CEO of Assicurazioni Generali, Philippe Donnet.
The agreement provides for the naming of the Chair for five years, during which teaching and research activities will be carried out, aimed at participating in the scientific debate on insurance and finance through international research and publications, the organization of meetings, seminars and workshops and other forms of collaboration.
The new Chair's holder, Stefano Rossi, taught at Stockholm School of Economics, Cornell University, Imperial College Business School and Purdue University. His main research interests are the relationship between law and finance, corporate governance, corporate financial crises.