Learn Italian: Ammesso che non sia fraudolento, l'assicurazione pagherà. - Assuming that it is not fraudulent, the insurance will pay.

The phrase ammesso che (assuming that / granted that) sets up a hypothetical premise. Conjunctions of assumption like this one introduce a condition that isn't confirmed yet, so they always trigger the subjunctive mood. Here, sia is the present subjunctive of essere.

Could l'assicurazione be the subject of the first part of the sentence?

No, because the adjective fraudolento ends in -o, making it masculine singular. L'assicurazione (the insurance) is feminine. The implied subject of sia must be a masculine noun understood from context, such as a claim (il reclamo or il sinistro).

Why is the present subjunctive (sia) used when the main verb (pagherà) is in the future tense?

The present subjunctive is used because the assumption is about the current, ongoing state of the claim (assuming it is not currently fraudulent). It is completely normal in Italian to pair a present subjunctive in the dependent clause with a future tense in the main clause when the premise is in the present but the result is in the future.

What are some other conjunctions that work exactly like ammesso che?