The Panel

The Insurance Ombudsman (AAS) operates through one or more Panels.

Each AAS Panel is composed of five members, all appointed by IVASS:

  • the Chair and two members are selected by IVASS;
  • one member is selected by the trade associations representing undertakings and intermediaries respectively;
  • one member is selected by the National Council of Consumers and Users (CNCU) representing customers, and by the trade associations representing non-consumer customers respectively.

The Chair is appointed for five years, the other members for three years; the term may be renewed only once for the same position and only once in a different position.

Members appointed following nomination by IVASS

  • Chair
    Prof. Concetta Brescia Morra, born in Salerno on 10 September 1963
  • Effective Member
    Prof. Giovanni Stella, born in Como on 27 November 1966
  • Effective Member
    Prof. Enrico Camilleri, born in Palermo on 29 July 1976
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Maria Annunziata Astone, born in Patti (ME) on 21 September 1962
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Emilio Barucci, born in Florence on 30 April 1968
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Giovanni Maria Berti de Marinis, born in L’Aquila on 20 January 1985
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Nicola Soldati, born in Modena on 25 July 1967

Members appointed following nomination by the most representative trade association of undertakings at the national level

  • Effective Member
    Lawyer Francesco Alessandro Magni, born in Rome on 15 February 1969
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Emanuele Bilotti, born in Rome on 5 May 1976
  • Alternate Member
    Lawyer Rosaria Limonciello, born in Naples on 27 July 1958

Members selected by IVASS pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 6 of the Decree, representing the most representative associations of intermediaries at the national level

  • Effective Member
    Prof. Ernesto Capobianco, born in Bari on 3 February 1959
  • Alternate Member
    Lawyer Claudia Bortolani, born in Bologna on 27 December 1964
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Ilaria Riva, born in Turin on 8 April 1974

Members appointed following nomination by the National Council of Consumers and Users (CNCU) – for consumer customers

  • Effective Member
    Prof. Stefano Cherti, born in Marino (RM) on 5 March 1976
  • Alternate Member
    Lawyer Bartolomeo Francesco Grippo, born in Turin on 17 January 1975
  • Alternate Member
    Lawyer Francesco Zampino, born in Potenza on 14 October 1980

Members appointed following nomination by the most representative trade association at the national level for non-consumer customers

  • Effective Member
    Prof. Claudio Colombo, born in Milan on 1 April 1966
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Lorenzo Mezzasoma, born in Perugia on 8 March 1965
  • Alternate Member
    Prof. Gianluca Romagnoli, born in Padua on 4 July 1963

All panel members must satisfy specific requirements of expertise, professionalism, impartiality and independence. They are chosen from among university professors, retired magistrates, professionals enrolled in professional rolls with seniority of at least twelve years, and employees of the Supervisory Authorities, including those in service, provided that they have ceased performing supervisory duties for at least two years.

The activities of the Technical Secretariat of the Panel are carried out by IVASS.

The Technical Secretariat checks that the documentation is complete, correct and meets the deadlines, and carries out the administrative activities necessary for the functioning of the Ombudsman, including the preparation of the file, communications to the parties concerned, verification of the implementation of decisions by undertakings and intermediaries.