September 8, 2011
French reinsurer SCOR confirmed the targets of its strategic plan -‘Strong Momentum’ – at its annual Investors’ Day, held on Wednesday in Paris. An updated version of the ‘Strong Momentum’ plan, first established in 2010, “has been prepared to take …
August 22, 2011
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on AEGON N.V. and its operating subsidiaries to stable from negative, and has affirmed the ‘AA-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on AEGON’s core subsidiaries and the ‘A-/A-2’ …
August 10, 2011
France’s SCOR Group announced that it has finalized the acquisition of the mortality portfolio, including the operational assets and personnel, of Transamerica Re, a division of The Netherlands-based AEGON. SCOR said it “has obtained all the necessary approvals from the …
July 19, 2011
French reinsurer SCOR announced that it has finalized the sale of its subsidiary Investors Insurance Corporation (IIC) to Athene Holding Ltd., as initially announced on February 16, 2011. SCOR said the sale, for $55 million, “is in line with the …
April 28, 2011
A.M. Best Europe – Ratings Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of French reinsurer SCOR SE and its subsidiaries. Best also affirmed the subordinated debt ratings …
April 26, 2011
French reinsurer SCOR is set to pay $913 million for most of Dutch insurer Aegon’s Transamerica Reinsurance operations. When concluded, the combined companies would become the second largest life reinsurer in the U.S. Aegon, which has been winding down and …
April 18, 2011
Lloyd’s Channel Syndicate 2015 has appointed Iain Macleod as Head of its Marine Division. He has worked in the London Market for over 25 years and has built a Marine account for previous companies. He “will be joined by an …
March 8, 2011
French reinsurer SCOR Group continued to strengthen its financial position in 2010, posting net income of €418 million [$582.5 million] up 13 percent from 2009, and premium income of €6.7 billion [$9.34 billion], up 5 percent from 2009. As a …