Capital/Financing Update • Oct 7, 2010
Capital/Financing Update
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Press Release (p.1/2) 07 October 2010 N° 30 – 2010
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Moody's raised the outlook on the "A2" Insurer Financial Strength Rating (IFSR) of SCOR SE and its main subsidiaries from "stable" to "positive" today.
According to the rating agency, this decision reflects "SCOR's good franchise, diverse book of reinsurance business, excellent asset quality, and relatively low financial leverage. Furthermore, the Group's senior management has demonstrated a consistent business strategy."
Moody's had previously upgraded SCOR SE's rating to "A2" on 4 December 2008.
As a reminder, Fitch raised the outlook on the "A" rating of SCOR SE and its main subsidiaries from "stable" to "positive" on 24 August 2010, AM Best upgraded the Insurer Financial Strength rating of SCOR SE and its main subsidiaries from "A-" to "A" (Excellent) on 10 September 2010, and Standard & Poor's raised the outlook on the "A" rating of SCOR SE and its main subsidiaries to "positive" on 1 October 2010.
Denis Kessler, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of SCOR, commented: "For SCOR, this decision by Moody's is further recognition of the Group's performance and strength. The four agencies following SCOR have each made positive decisions on our rating in barely one and a half months. This exceptional succession of positive assessments by the rating agencies notably bears witness to SCOR's high level of solvency. These rating upgrades will encourage SCOR to resolutely implement the strategic "Strong Momentum" plan, which will cover the next three years. One of the plan's objectives is to provide an "AA" level of solvency".
The Moody's press release is available on the rating agency's website: http://www.moodys.com
SCOR SE 1, av. du Général de Gaulle 92074 Paris La Défense Cdx France Tél + 33 (0) 1 46 98 70 00 Fax + 33 (0) 1 47 67 04 09 www.scor.com RCS Nanterre B 562 033 357 Siret 562 033 357 00020 Société européenne au capital de 1 478 740 032 euros
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SCOR does not communicate "profit forecasts" in the sense of Article 2 of (EC) Regulation n°809/2004 of the European Commission. Thus, any forward-.looking statements contained in this communication should not be held as corresponding to such profit forecasts. Information in this communication may include "forward-looking statements", including but not limited to statements that are predictions of or indicate future events, trends, plans or objectives, based on certain assumptions and include any statement which does not directly relate to a historical fact or current fact. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as, without limitation, "anticipate", "assume", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "foresee", "intend", "may increase" and "may fluctuate" and similar expressions or by future or conditional verbs such as, without limitations, "will", "should", "would" and "could." Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements, because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, on the one hand, to differ from any results expressed or implied by the present communication, on the other hand.
Please refer to SCOR's document de référence filed with the AMF on 3 March 2010 under number D.10-00085 (the "Document de Référence"), for a description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties that may affect the business of the SCOR Group. As a result of the extreme and unprecedented volatility and disruption of the current global financial crisis, SCOR is exposed to significant financial, capital market and other risks, including movements in interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices, and currency movements, changes in rating agency policies or practices, and the lowering or loss of financial strength or other ratings.
1, av. du Général de Gaulle 92074 Paris La Défense Cdx France Tél + 33 (0) 1 46 98 70 00 Fax + 33 (0) 1 47 67 04 09 www.scor.com RCS Nanterre B 562 033 357 Siret 562 033 357 00020 Société européenne au capital de 1 478 740 032 euros
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