. for the plastic production technique styled as unipol see union carbide . unipol native name unipol gruppo finanziario s.p.a. formerly called unipol assicurazioni type societ per azioni holding company and listed company traded as bit uni industry financial services founded 1963 headquarters 45 via stalingrado bologna italy key people pierluigi stefanini president carlo cimbri ceo services insurance retail and corporate banking revenue 22.254 billion 2014 1 profit 192.3 million 2014 1 total assets 88.627 billion 2014 1 total equity 5.691 billion 2014 1 owner finsoe s.p.a. 31.404 % coop alleanza 3.0 s.c. 9.614 % novacoop s.c. 4.068 % 2 number of employees 14 223 2014 parent finsoe s.p.a. subsidiaries unipolsai 61.084 % 3 unipol banca 85.34 % 1 linear assicurazioni 100 % 1 linear life 100 % 1 unisalute 98.53 % 1 arca vita 63.39 % 1 capital ratio 18.5 % tier 1 1 website www.unipolgf.it unipol gruppo finanziario is an italian financial services holding operating in the insurance and banking fields with headquarters in the unipol tower bologna . as of 2009 it was ranked as the country s fourth largest insurer . 4 the company trades under a number of brands for insurance it uses the brands unipolsai assicurazioni linear assicurazioni linear life unisalute and arca vita ; the banks are unipol banca . contents 1 history 1.1 2000s 2 references 3 external links history edit unipol assicurazioni was founded in 1962 in bologna as a cooperative provider of non life insurance . the company was partnered with bank group casse emiliano romagnole in 1995 which unipol sold the products through their bank networks as well as complex deals in ownership . as at 31 december 1995 unipol owned 3.64 % shares of caer ; caer in turn owned 9.80 % shares of unipol s parent company finsoe . caer also owned banca dell economia cooperativa through 6.99 % shares owned by caer directly as well as and additional 13 % shares of the bank was owned by caer s subsidiary cassa di risparmio in bologna carisbo . through carisbo s subsidiary fincaer the bank group also purchased a minority ownership from unipol in unisalute 9.9 % and in noricum assicurazioni 34 % in 1996 fincaer had a minority ownership in linear assicurazioni 20 % as well as the ownership in noricum had increased to 44 % . since 1998 unipol started to build their own bank networks to sell their own product which gave birth of unipol banca . in the same year unipol found a 50 50 joint venture company quadrifoglio vita with banca agricola mantovana . on december 2000 unipol purchased 51 % shares of bnl vita a joint venture with banca nazionale del lavoro from assicurazioni generali . in 2001 unipol bought back the 9.9 % shares of unisalute and 20 % of linear assicurazioni . cardine banca ex caer also sold all the shares of unipol banca and finsoe to third parties . 2000s edit in december 2003 unipol subscribed the capital increases of reti bancarie a sub holding company of banca popolare italiana for 173.4 million . in return aurora assicurazioni got the rights to sell the product in the bank networks of reti bancarie . 5 bpi also involved in a failed takeover of antonveneta part of the bancopoli that was exposed in 2005 . in early 2006 unipol s takeover bid of banca nazionale del lavoro was rejected by banca d italia . bnl was acquired by bnp paribas instead which the french company also acquired 4.5 % shares of unipol s parent company finsoe . 6 after the failed takeover bid 7 unipol saw its ceo giovanni consorte resign in the midst of the bancopoli scandal . consorte was later convicted for insider trading . 8 under consorte s replacements pierluigi stefanini and carlo salvatori the company underwent extensive restructuring in 2007 . under the restructure scheme unipol assicurazioni also known as compagnia assicuratrice unipol was renamed into unipol gruppo finanziario and a new subsidiary unipol assicurazioni would be set up . as at 31 december 2007 the holding company controlled five insurance companies unipol assicurazioni 100 % aurora assicurazioni 100 % linear assicurazioni 100 % navale assicurazioni 99.83 % and unisalute 98.48 % . in 2008 quadrifoglio vita was sold to axa . in 2010 60 % stake of arca vita was bought from banca popolare dell emilia romagna bper and banca popolare di sondrio bpso ; 31.56 % minority stake of arca assicurazioni was acquired from bper bpso banca popolare di marostica credito siciliano and banca popolare sant angelo . in 2011 bnp paribas bought back bnl vita from unipol . in 2014 new unipol assicurazioni a subsidiary of unipol was merged with milano assicurazioni premafin a holding company related to fondiaria sai and fondiaria sai to form unipolsai . references edit a b c d e f g h i j 2014 consolidated financial statements pdf . unipol gruppo finanziario . 14 may 2015 . retrieved 16 february 2016 . azionisti rilevanti di unipol gruppo finanziario spa . consob . 15 february 2016 . retrieved 16 february 2016 . azionisti rilevanti di unipolsai assicurazioni spa . consob . 15 february 2016 . retrieved 16 february 2016 . cinelli francesa 24 february 2009 . italian stocks finmeccanica intesa mediobanca seat unipol . bloomberg . retrieved 2009 09 06 . 2003 consolidated accounts pdf . unipol assicurazioni . 23 june 2004 . retrieved 17 february 2016 . bnp paribas announces intent to acquire bnl . bnp paribas . 4 february 2006 . retrieved 23 february 2016 . city our 6 february 2006 . bnp paribas move on roman bank could spark consolidation . the times . london . retrieved 2009 09 06 . clark nick 26 october 2006 . unipol executives jailed for insider trading . financial news . retrieved 2009 09 06 . external links edit official website v t e major insurance and reinsurance companies insurance composite aegon ageas aig allianz allstate aon aviva axa china pacific insurance china taiping generali ing japan post insurance national mutual insurance federation of agricultural cooperatives ping an insurance 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