Barclays Dragged into Bitter Feud Between SCOR and Covéa over Failed Hostile Takeover May 24, 2021 By Ellen Milligan Barclays Plc has been dragged into a bitter feud between two French insurers over its role in a failed hostile...
Rousseau to Replace Kessler as CEO of SCOR, in Change to Succession Plan May 18, 2021 Denis Kessler, SCOR’s chairman and chief executive officer, has decided to step down, for personal reasons, from his role as...
Insurers Seek to Find Ways to Make Pandemics Insurable May 10, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn LONDON – When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100...
SCOR Reports 4.3% Increase in Reinsurance Prices During April Renewals April 19, 2021 French reinsurer SCOR said it benefited strongly from continued improvements in pricing and terms and conditions, during the April 1,...
Insurer Tokio Marine Expects No Material Impact on 2021 Results from Greensill Collapse March 23, 2021 TOKYO – Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it currently expects no material impact on its results...
Greensill Capital Creditors, Led by Softbank, Submit More Than $1.4 Billion in Claims March 19, 2021 By Paulina Duran SYDNEY – Thirty-four creditors of Greensill Capital Pty, the Australian parent of the collapsed British supply chain financier, submitted over...
Tokio Marine Faces Larger-Than-Expected Exposure to Greensill Capital Meltdown March 19, 2021 By Patrick Winters and Taiga Uranaka Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is facing a larger-than-expected exposure to the Greensill Capital meltdown after finding that reinsurance contracts intended...
As Insurers Exit Coal Underwriting, They May Find It’s Good for Stock Valuations February 2, 2021 By Tim Quinson As far as climate groups like the Sunrise Project are concerned, getting insurers out of the coal underwriting business is...
Ribadeau-Dumas to Succeed Kessler as CEO of SCOR December 16, 2020 The SCOR board of directors has unanimously chosen Benoît Ribadeau-Dumas as the next chief executive officer of SCOR, succeeding Denis...
SCOR CEO Expects Double-Digit Reinsurance Rate Hikes in January Renewals November 25, 2020 Reinsurance rates are likely to rise in the double-digit percentage point range at key contract renewals in January, Denis Kessler,...