Unipol Group and Unipol Assicurazioni - Approved by the Board of Directors the 2005 financial year results and Embedded Value

Unipol Group – 2005 consolidated net profit at €283m (+6.4%), €254m of which pertaining to the Group (+5.2%).
Proposed ordinary and extraordinary dividend distribution for a total of €287.9m (+117.3%).

• 2005 direct aggregate income from insurance business for the companies of the Unipol Group reached €10,730m (+12%).
• IAS/IFRS-compliant consolidated income from insurance business was €8,885m (+12.1% over 20041), €3,974m of which were from Non-Life premiums (+1.9%), €4,242m from Life premiums (+45.6%) and €669m from Investment Products (-39.8%).