French reinsurer SCOR has cited the benefits of early issuance as being a key factor behind the successful placement of its latest catastrophe bond, saying this helped them access currently favourable market conditions with the recent $240 million Atlas Capital DAC (Series 2025-1).SCOR returned to the catastrophe bond market in March with its latest Atlas … Read more
Global reinsurance company SCOR has now secured the 20% upsized target for $240 million in fully-collateralized retrocession from its new Atlas Capital DAC (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond, with the notes now priced 6.5% below the mid-point of initial spread guidance, Artemis has learned.SCOR returned to the cat bond market in March, with an initial target … Read more
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at SCOR and AXIS Capital Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. SCOR Taps Allianz’s Schaefer as Global Head of Casualty & EIL, Succeeding Carerras SCOR announced the appointment of Holger Schaefer as global head of Casualty & EIL, within SCOR Business Solutions, effective March … Read more
Through its corporate foundation, France-headquartered global reinsurance company SCOR is backing a climate prediction market initiative named CRUCIAL (The Climate Risk and Uncertainty Collective Intelligence Laboratory) that looks to produce collective expert forecasts of climate-related risks.The initiative is being led by Lancaster University Management School and, through the use of prediction markets, it aims to … Read more