All the headlines from our SCOR SE Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 5 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B++” (Very Good) of French reinsurer SCOR and its core subsidiaries as well as the ratings on debt instruments issued or guaranteed...
Apr 1 2004 // France’s SCOR Group posted a net loss of 314 million euros ($384 million) for 2003, a distinct improvement over the 455 million euros ($556 million) loss the group reported in 2002.In addition the company reported...
Feb 13 2004 // French reinsurer SCOR Group announced a 26 percent drop in premium income for 2003 to 3.691 billion euros ($4.735 billion), compared to 5.016 billion ($6.435 billion) in 2002, following its decision to exit unprofitable...
Jan 6 2004 // France’s SCOR Group, the world’s seventh largest reinsurer, announced the successful completion of its capital raising initiative, launched on December 9, 2003.The company sold 682,724,225 new shares, raising...
Dec 12 2003 // France’s SCOR Group has issued an announcement indicating that its securities are once again “back on the security lists of the main brokers.” The company also said that the recent flooding in Southern...
Dec 3 2003 // Both A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services reacted positively to the news from France’s SCOR Group that it plans to raise an additional 750 million euros ($896 million) through a rights...
Dec 1 2003 // France’s SCOR Group will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly meeting today, conducted by Chairman Denis Kessler to confirm plans to raise additional capital.The announcement, which is not for publication in the...
Nov 25 2003 // The Board of Directors of the Paris-based SCOR Group has reaffirmed its unanimous support for the reinsurer’s planned capital increase.The affirmation came at a meeting held Nov. 21. The board also announced that...
Nov 20 2003 // France’s SCOR Group announced that Henry Klecan Jr. has been appointed President & CEO of SCOR US at a Board of Directors’ meeting held on November 18, 2003. The company also took issue with...
Nov 10 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has changed the under-review status of Paris-based SCOR’s financial strength rating of “B++” (very good) to negative from developing, which also applies to its core subsidiaries. Best also...
Nov 7 2003 // France’s SCOR Group, the world’s seventh largest reinsurer, announced a nine-month loss of 349 million euros ($400 million), prompting both A.M. Best and Moody’s to place their ratings on the company and...
Nov 3 2003 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength ratings to “B+” (very good) from “B++” (very good) of Commercial Risk Reinsurance Co. Ltd., based in Bermuda, and its U.S. subsidiary in Vermont,...
Oct 10 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a bulletin noting that its long-term ratings on French reinsurer SCOR and its subsidiaries—”including the ‘BBB+’ counterparty credit and insurer...
Sep 11 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Very Good) from A- (Excellent) of France’s SCOR Group and its guaranteed subsidiaries. The company reacted quickly with an...
Aug 28 2003 // The Board of Directors of French reinsurer SCOR met on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003 to approve the financial statements for the first half of 2003. The meeting, chaired by CEO Denis Kessler, formalized the results announced Aug....
Aug 13 2003 // France’s SCOR Group reported 2.069 million euros ($2.34 billion) in gross written premiums for the first half of 2003, compared to 2.51 billion euros ($2.84 billion) for the same period in 2002, almost an 18 percent...
Aug 8 2003 // Jim Root has joined SCOR Group as director of Investor Relations and Public Affairs. His duties will include Corporate Communication for the Group. Root comes to SCOR from Credit Lyonnais International Asset Management in...
Aug 4 2003 // As previously announced, SCOR has been negotiating the sale of Commercial Risk Partners (CRP), its Bermuda-based alternative risk reinsurance subsidiary, to a potential purchaser pursuant to a letter of intent executed on...
Jul 21 2003 // S&P’s placed all its long-term ratings, including its “A-” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings, on France-based reinsurer SCOR and subsidiaries on CreditWatch with negative...
Jul 21 2003 // S&P placed all its long-term ratings, including its “A-” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings, on France-based reinsurer SCOR and subsidiaries on CreditWatch with negative...