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Generali Headquarters & offices · Trieste, Italy
Generali · Trieste, Italy
Generali has run the group from the same stone palazzo in Trieste since 1886 — and in 2024 it bought back the building where it was founded in 1831.
The palazzo, the welfare plan and 195 years of moves around one harbour city — then the business. Every fact from Generali's own heritage site, press releases and careers pages.
- 1886same headquarters building since
- 70+benefits in Generali Italia's welfare plan
- 85%employee engagement rate, 2025
- 88,000+employees, end of 2025
Sources: Generali Heritage (Palazzo Geiringer, 2019) · generali.com At a Glance (Dec 31, 2025) · Responsible Employer page · Generali Italia careers (Welfare)
Companies / Italy / Insurance / Generali
THE HEADQUARTERS · PALAZZO GEIRINGER · 1886
A Renaissance-style courtyard palazzo with a glass-ceilinged Assembly Hall
Generali's headquarters in Trieste was built from 1884 to 1886 under the engineer Eugenio Geiringer, after whom it is named. It mixes Italian and Viennese design: a square plan around an inner courtyard, eclectic Viennese decoration carved in limestone, and stone floors and wall cladding. It was the first building in Trieste to light its offices with electricity. The central part of the main floor is now the Assembly Hall, under a plate-glass ceiling of Austrian craftsmanship from the original building, watched over by Ivan Rendić's 1888 statue “Allegory of Insurance”.
- Built 1884–1886
- Engineer: Eugenio Geiringer
- Courtyard plan, limestone decoration
- First electric office lighting in Trieste
- Fills the whole block: via Torrebianca, via Machiavelli, via Trento
- Main floor opened to 1,500+ visitors on FAI Spring Days 2019
Palazzo Geiringer, the headquarters since 1886
Built from 1884 to 1886 under the engineer Eugenio Geiringer, the headquarters mixes Italian and Viennese design around an inner courtyard. The Assembly Hall sits under a plate-glass ceiling, watched over by Ivan Rendić's 1888 statue “Allegory of Insurance”.
Palazzo Stratti on Piazza Unità
Generali bought Palazzo Stratti on today's Piazza Unità d'Italia in 1846; it holds offices and executive spaces.
Facts: Generali Heritage, “Spring is in the Air at Palazzo Geiringer” (Apr 2, 2019) and “Geiringer & Gairinger. An Engineer with a Passion for Architecture” (Feb 8, 2019)
Generali's buildings in Trieste
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Palazzo Geiringer (headquarters) | Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi 2, 34132 Trieste, Italy |
| Palazzo Stratti (offices and executive spaces) | Piazza Unità d'Italia, Trieste, Italy |
| Palazzo Berlam (Group Academy and Historical Archive) | Between Palazzo Carciotti and Palazzo Geiringer, Trieste, Italy |
| Palazzo Carciotti (future Agorai Innovation Hub) | On the Rive, Borgo Teresiano, Trieste, Italy |
Source: SEC EDGAR company record (HQ address) · Generali Heritage (Palazzo Stratti, 2026) · Palazzo Berlam press release (2019) · Palazzo Carciotti press release (2024) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Generali Heritage (2019) · Palazzo Berlam press release (2019) · Generali Bollettino, “Palazzo Carciotti Begins a New Chapter” (Dec 2025). The floor area of Palazzo Geiringer is not published.
Benefits (Italy · Generali Italia)
More than 70 benefits for the wellbeing and health of people working at Generali, grouped in 12 areas.
Generali fully tops up statutory maternity leave pay; part-time options and parking for expectant mothers.
Company nurseries (asili nido aziendali), plus scholarships and education-cost refunds for employees' children.
Supplementary pension contributions higher than the market average.
Supplementary health cover (surgery, childbirth, dental, specialist visits, cancer care) and on-site multi-service nursing centres, physiotherapy and wellness programmes.
We SHARE 3 (launching Oct 2026): buy Generali shares monthly with capital protection; free Matching Shares of 20% if the price rises, plus Sustainability Shares tied to CO₂ cuts.
Loans to buy a first home or renovate, a company restaurant and public-transport discounts.
Paid study leave for working students, an English Club and creative-writing courses.
Source: Generali Italia careers, “Welfare: tantissimi benefit” (12 areas) · generali.com “We SHARE – the Share Plan for Group Employees” (2026). Group-wide parental-leave length is not published on Generali's public pages.
Why people stay: what Generali itself says
Up 2 points on 2024; the goal for 2027 is to be at or above the market benchmark.
Joined We SHARE 2.0 in 30+ countries; the share price more than doubled over the plan (€16.45 → €36.74).
Office days for collaboration, remote days for focus, guided by Group Golden Rules and adapted country by country.
Generali Group Academy, the global training centre, works out of the restored Palazzo Berlam in Trieste.
Employee Resource Groups for women and for LGBTQI+ colleagues, plus a NextGen Council of younger employees.
From unconscious-bias training to disability awareness and mental-health programmes.
Source: generali.com Responsible Employer (2025 KPIs) · We SHARE page · Hybrid Forward · Diversity Equity and Inclusion · Palazzo Berlam press release (2019)
Who works here
employees (Dec 31, 2025)
of the workforce is Italian; 12% German, 9% French
agents and advisors
customers
Source: generali.com At a Glance (figures as at December 31, 2025; nationality split covers about 90% of the workforce)
Office history: 195 years within a few hundred metres of Trieste's harbour
- 1831 Palazzo Carciotti — where Generali was founded
The “Imperial Royal Privileged Company of Austro-Italian General Insurance” was founded in 1831 in Palazzo Carciotti on Trieste's waterfront, a neoclassical palace designed in 1798 by Matteo Pertsch for the Greek merchant Demetrio Carciotti. Fourteen employees worked there; it housed the first headquarters from 1832 to 1865.
Source: Generali Bollettino, Dec 2025 · Palazzo Carciotti press release, Dec 9, 2024
Palazzo Carciotti · SIG SG 510 / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1832 A second seat in Venice's Procuratie
From the start the company had two main seats: Trieste and Venice. Ten colleagues worked in the Procuratie on Piazza San Marco alongside the fourteen in Trieste.
Source: Generali Heritage, “1831: Giuseppe Lazzaro Morpurgo” · Generali Bollettino, Dec 2025
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1846 Palazzo Stratti on the main square
Generali bought Palazzo Stratti, built in 1839 on today's Piazza Unità d'Italia, and reshaped it with extra storeys and a new entrance on the square. In the 1870s Eugenio Geiringer and Domenico Righetti redesigned its façade; it then served as the headquarters of the Central Head Office.
Source: Generali Heritage, Palazzo Stratti (2026) and Geiringer article (2019)
Palazzo Stratti · Andrzej Otrębski / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1886 Palazzo Geiringer — the headquarters ever since
Built from 1884 to 1886 under Eugenio Geiringer, the new head office was the first building in Trieste to light its offices with electricity. Around 1900 it was enlarged to fill the whole block between via Torrebianca, via Machiavelli and via Trento.
Source: Generali Heritage, “Spring is in the Air at Palazzo Geiringer” (2019)
Palazzo Geiringer in an 1893 engraving · Unknown author / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 1932 Palazzo Berlam joins the group
Generali bought Palazzo Berlam, a 1926–28 modernist building by Arduino Berlam between Palazzo Carciotti and Palazzo Geiringer, as an office building. After work by Mario Bellini from 2015, it reopened in 2019 as the Generali Group Academy and Historical Archive.
Source: Palazzo Berlam press release, 2019
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2015 The Generali Tower in Milan
At CityLife in Milan, Generali's logo was placed on the top of a skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid, rising to 170 metres when complete. Generali staff work in the tower today.
Source: CityLife press release, Oct 15, 2015 · “Generali Tower reopens”, generali.com (2025)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2024 Back to Palazzo Carciotti
On December 9, 2024 Generali won the Municipality of Trieste's tender for Palazzo Carciotti, 193 years after it was founded there. Renovated by Generali Real Estate and architect Carlo Ratti, it will host Agorai Innovation Hub, a research centre for data science and AI.
Source: Palazzo Carciotti press release, Dec 9, 2024 · Generali Bollettino, Dec 2025
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
Apart from a second seat in Venice, Generali's head office has only moved between a handful of palazzi in central Trieste, a few minutes' walk apart, since 1831.
- 1 · 1831Palazzo Carciotti, Trieste — Founded here; first headquarters 1832–1865
- 2 · 1832Procuratie Vecchie, Venice — Second seat on Piazza San Marco
- 3 · 1846Palazzo Stratti, Trieste — Bought in 1846 on today's Piazza Unità d'Italia
- 4 · 1886Palazzo Geiringer, Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi 2, Trieste — Headquarters since 1886
Places: Generali Heritage · Generali Bollettino (Dec 2025) · SEC EDGAR (HQ address) · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What Generali does
Generali is one of the largest integrated insurance and asset management groups in the world: life and property & casualty insurance plus asset and wealth management, with a leading position in Europe and a growing presence in Asia and America.
Three business segments: Life, Property & Casualty, and Asset & Wealth Management (plus Holding and other businesses).
Where the money came from · Operating result by segment, 2025
Source: Generali Group consolidated results as at 31 December 2025 (press release, March 2026)
Source: Generali Group consolidated results as at 31 December 2025 (press release, March 2026)
Growth: revenue vs. people
€69.8B → €98.1B
Gross written premiums from Generali's consolidated results press releases for 2019–2025 (2024 and 2025 from generali.com At a Glance). Employees: “over 88,000” at Dec 31, 2025; earlier headcounts are published only in PDF reports. Multiple calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Group CEO since March 17, 2016. Joined Generali in October 2013 as Country Manager Italy and CEO of Generali Italia.
Group CEO at the 2015 unveiling of the Generali Tower in Milan.
Founded in Trieste in 1831; Giuseppe Lazzaro Morpurgo established the Assicurazioni Generali Austro-Italiche. Chairman today: Andrea Sironi.
Source: generali.com management biography (Philippe Donnet) · CityLife press release (2015) · Generali Heritage (1831) · Palazzo Carciotti press release (2024)
Generali: questions people ask
Where is Generali's headquarters?
In Trieste, Italy, at Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi 2 — Palazzo Geiringer, which has been the company's headquarters since 1886.
Source: SEC EDGAR company record · Generali Heritage (2019)
Who designed Generali's headquarters?
The engineer Eugenio Geiringer, a long-time consultant to Generali, oversaw its construction from 1884 to 1886. The building is named after him.
Source: Generali Heritage (2019)
Can you visit Generali's headquarters in Trieste?
The main floor is normally closed to the public. It opened for the FAI Spring Days on March 23–24, 2019, when more than 1,500 people toured it.
Source: Generali Heritage, “Spring is in the Air at Palazzo Geiringer” (2019)
Where was Generali founded?
In Palazzo Carciotti on the Trieste waterfront in 1831. Generali bought the building back in December 2024 and plans to open the Agorai Innovation Hub there.
Source: Palazzo Carciotti press release (Dec 9, 2024) · Generali Bollettino (Dec 2025)
Is the Generali Tower in Milan the headquarters?
No. The registered headquarters is in Trieste. The Generali Tower at CityLife in Milan, designed by Zaha Hadid, is a Generali office building where Generali staff work.
Source: SEC EDGAR · CityLife press release (2015) · “Generali Tower reopens” (2025)
How many people work at Generali?
More than 88,000 employees at the end of 2025, plus 163,000 agents, serving 75 million customers. Italians make up 24% of the workforce, Germans 12% and French 9%.
Source: generali.com At a Glance (Dec 31, 2025)
What benefits does Generali offer?
In Italy, Generali Italia's welfare plan lists more than 70 benefits in 12 areas, including a full top-up of maternity leave, company nurseries, supplementary pension and health cover, and home-purchase loans. Group-wide, the We SHARE plan lets employees buy shares with free matching shares.
Source: Generali Italia careers (Welfare) · generali.com We SHARE
Does Generali allow hybrid or remote work?
Yes. Generali's “Hybrid Forward” model combines in-office collaboration with remote work, guided by Group Golden Rules and adapted to each country and business.
Source: generali.com, Hybrid Forward
Who is Generali's CEO?
Philippe Donnet, Group CEO since March 17, 2016. The chairman is Andrea Sironi.
Source: generali.com management biography · Palazzo Carciotti press release (2024)
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