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SCOR finalises the acquisition of 100% of Generali U.S. Holdings, Inc. (“Generali U.S.”), the holding company of Generali's U.S. life reinsurance operations, with effect from today.

SCOR finalises the acquisition of 100% of Generali U.S. Holdings, Inc. (“Generali U.S.”), the holding company of Generali's U.S. life reinsurance operations, with effect from today.

SCOR turns to the European authorities to contest the virtual monopoly of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance (CCR) on natural catastrophe reinsurance in France.

Last night SCOR received two prestigious awards, as part of the Reactions magazine Global Awards programme in New York.

SCOR issues a preliminary cost estimate for the series of Hailstorms in Germany of approximately EUR 50 million, after retrocession and reinstatements and before tax.

SCOR successfully places on the Swiss franc market perpetual subordinated notes with a first call date in November 30, 2018, for an aggregate total amount of CHF 250,000,000.

Hurricane is one of the most important perils to the insurance industry, representing 42% of all US insured catastrophe losses (Insurance Information Institute, 2013).

The notion of risk‐free rate is essential to pricing risk in insurance, but it has been put under critics particularly when it comes to choose a benchmark for the discounting yield curve.