GENERALI ASIA News…letter

Generali AsiaNews…letterFebruary 2008Communications Office – Generali AsiaSabrina Di GiorgioEmail: sabrina.digiorgio@generaliasia.comTel: +852 3187 6824October 2008In this number…GENERALI GROUP NEWSGenerali Immobiliare: start- up of a new real estate fundGENERALI ASIA REGIONAL NEWSGEB: Great Eastern Centennial Gala DinnerGenerali Employee Benefits Network (GEB) New Sub-regional Office inShanghaiOur people: appointment announcementsOUR ACTIVITIES:GENSOCIETY- GENCULTURE-GENSPORTThe new edition of The Years of the LionGENCURIOSITYDid you know that Generali Group first newsletter ever was…in German?

Generali AsiaNews…letterCommunications Office – Generali AsiaSabrina Di GiorgioEmail: sabrina.digiorgio@generaliasia.comTel: +852 3187 6824February 2008 October 2008Generali Group NewsGenerali Immobiliare: start- up of a new real estate fundMilan, October 2008.Generali Group launches the second property fund after the launch of the Scarlatti fund in 2006. TheCimarosa fund is a closed-end real estate fund with property assets with a market value of 324 million euro, consisting of 10buildings, chiefly for commercial/office use, the majority leased and located in the Italian cities of Milan and Rome.Generali Immobiliare Italia Sgr (property management company) was set up as part of the Generali Group’s assetmanagement operations in 2006, to broaden the range of investment managers active in alternative asset classes. This is awholly owned subsidiary of Generali, which will manage the real estate portfolio in the fund.Specifically, it focuses on the creation, promotion and management of closed-end real estate funds for professional investorsand on advisory services for the Generali Group on direct and indirect property investments. Generali Immobiliare Italia Sgrcurrently manages two property funds, Scarlatti and Cimarosa, whose combined assets total approximately 1.7 billion euro.Generali Asia Regional NewsGEB : Great Eastern Centennial Gala DinnerGreat Eastern, a representative of Generali EmployeeBenefits pooling network in Singapore and Malaysia,celebrated its 100th anniversary on 26 August 2008.Some 900 guests, comprising business partners,government officials, shareholders and policyholdersjoined Great Eastern’s staff and life planners in thecelebrations that evening. Gracing the event wasGuest-of-Honour, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Ministerof the Republic of Singapore. The Chairman of GreatEastern, Mrs Fang Ai Lian, and its Board of Directorswere present to host guests.GE Chairman , Mrs. Fang Ai Lian , GE CEO -Tan Beng Lee,Prime Minister- Mr Lee Hsien Loong (centre), OCBC CEO ,OCBC Chairman

Generali AsiaNews…letterFebruary 2008Communications Office – Generali AsiaSabrina Di GiorgioEmail: sabrina.digiorgio@generaliasia.comTel: +852 3187 6824October 2008Generali Employee Benefits Network (GEB) New Sub-regional Office in ShanghaiAfter setting up a sub-regional office in Singapore, GEB Asia Pacific has also established a new sub-regional office inShanghai in response to the high growth of the China market. The new office is headed by Mr. Ping Ren and will furtherstrengthen GEB’s support to the market in China.

Generali AsiaNews…letterCommunications Office – Generali AsiaSabrina Di GiorgioEmail: sabrina.digiorgio@generaliasia.comTel: +852 3187 6824February 2008 October 2008Our people: appointment announcementsJayant Khosla – CEO, Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Jayant joined Future Generali India LifeInsurance Company Ltd in July 2008 as the MD & CEO. Jayant is a Mechanical engineer from Delhi College of Engineeringand holds a Masters in Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he specialisedin Strategic Business Planning and Marketing. Jayant has a diverse work experience of 23+ years, in Multinationals bothin India and overseas. He started his career in 1986 in SmithKline Beecham. He then moved on to Gillette where he wasthe Area Business Manager, South Asia Markets. Jayant has worked as Country Head - India of DHL Worldwide Express,Continental Beverages - Moscow & Russia and Soulife Entertainment Holdings Inc - New York , USA , where he was ChiefOperating Officer. Later he moved to Coca Cola India as their Regional Vice President, Western Region. Prior to joining theFuture Group’s Future Generali India LIC Ltd he was the Executive Director, Western Region of Bharti Airtel Limited.Derek Chan – President and CEO, Generali Pilipinas Derek has more than 30 years of experience in the field of GroupLife Insurance business. He started his insurance career in American International Assurance (AIA) as Retirement FundAdministrator and moved to Everbest Insurance Services as Group Insurance Manager before joining the AXA Group in1979. He worked with AXA Group for 25 years holding various senior executive positions including Chief General Managerand Chief Executive Officer prior to his joining. He earned his BS Degree in Commerce, major in Economics from theUniversity of Wisconsin (USA). He is a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and a Life Member of Life Underwriters Associationof Hong Kong (LUAHK).Guan Han Oh – CFO and Executive Vice President of Finance & Office, Generali Pilipinas, started his career workingin the audit department of one the big four accounting firms for five years, then he joined several insurance companies inMalaysia headed the Finance Department of respective companies. Before joining GP, he was the CFO of Tahan InsuranceMalaysia Berhad, a subsidiary of a public listed company.Giovanni D’Egidio – Manager, Trade Credit Insurance Hong Kong Branch Giovanni (Gianni) will be in charge ofunderwriting and business development and he will also be responsible for the daily administration and operation of theTrade Credit Insurance team in Hong Kong. Gianni has more than 10 years of experience in trade credit insurance. Prior tojoining the branch, he worked with SACE BT and Euler Hermes in Italy as Policy Underwriter.Ren Ping – Area Manager, GEB Asia Pacific Prior to joining GEB, Ren Ping has worked with various multinational andlocal insurance corporations and brokers in the area of sales and marketing management. He is based in the Shanghaioffice of Generali China , and will be focusing on Sales and co-ordination of Marketing and Administrative services for GEBmarket in mainland China . Ren Ping will further enhance GEB’s level of services and strengthen the network in China.

Generali AsiaNews…letterFebruary 2008Communications Office – Generali AsiaSabrina Di GiorgioEmail: sabrina.digiorgio@generaliasia.comTel: +852 3187 6824October 2008Our ActivitiesGENSOCIETY GENCULTURE GENSPORTGENCULTUREThe new edition of “The Years of the Lion”“As all real travelers well know, the lure of travel lies in the voyage itself rather than in the destination. The same can be saidfor Generali: success has never been a point of arrival, but rather a stage along the path of constant growth”. This quotationfrom the The Years of the Lion well summarizes the journey of Assicurazioni Generali through almost two centuries. A newand updated edition of this book has been released by our HO. It can represent a means to enhance relations and friendship.It is, in fact, a stroll in the past from the XIX century to nowadays.Assicurazioni Generali’s Initial CapitalAssicurazioni Generali’s memorandum ofassociation, approved by the shareholders’meeting held on February 16,1832

Generali AsiaNews…letterCommunications Office – Generali AsiaSabrina Di GiorgioEmail: sabrina.digiorgio@generaliasia.comTel: +852 3187 6824February 2008 October 2008A new version has recently been launched. More space is dedicated to Asia in this new and updated version. In addition aspecial edition for Asia has been printed and will soon be available for distribution.GENCURIOSITY…did u know that…This section is and will be dedicated to curiosities related to our Group, to its past, people and achievementsDid you know that Generali Group first newsletter ever was…in German?The first publication distributed to Generali’s employees dates back to 128 years ago. In 1880 Generali published the firstissue of Mittheilungen, a German language bulletin for employees and agents operating in the territories of the AustrianEmpire. The publication provided data relating to the Company’s activity, market figures and technical articles. Thirteen yearslater in 1893 the first issue off the Il Bollettino was published in Italian for Italian employees.