SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Form 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
February 14, 2005
SCOR
1, Avenue du Général de Gaulle
92074 Paris La Défense Cedex, France
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 14, 2005
SCOR (Registrant) |
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By: | /s/ MARCEL KAHN | |||
Marcel Kahn, | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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Press release of February 14, 2005
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2004 Premium income:
EUR 2,528 million at current exchange rates
(EUR 2,578 million at constant exchange rates)
| Premium income in line with Group company forecasts at the beginning of 2004. | |||
| Gross written premiums in Life & Accident Reinsurance down 17%. | |||
| Gross written premiums in Non-Life Reinsurance down 41%. | |||
| Continued geographic rebalancing of business: 54% in Europe, 25% in North America; 9% in Asia Pacific; 12% in the rest of the world. | |||
| The quota-share between SCOR and IRP has not been renewed in 2005. |
The SCOR groups gross written premiums for the 2004 financial year amounted to EUR 2,528 million at constant exchange rates, down 30.2% compared to 2003.
At current exchange rates, gross written premiums by the SCOR group amounted to EUR 2,528 million, down 31.5% compared to 2003.
This decline in premium income is notably due to the reduction indicated in lines written in the Large Corporate Risks sector, itself a function of rigorous business selection and SCORs rating in 2004.
The contraction in Life & Accident Reinsurance premium income is mainly due to the fact that there was an exceptional transaction in the first quarter of 2003.
General portfolio distribution:
(Millions of Euros, at current exchange rates)
Premium Income 2004 |
Premium Income 2003 |
Difference |
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Current | Constant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | % | 2003 | % | exchange rates |
exchange rates |
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Non-Life Reinsurance |
1 321 | 52% | 2 229 | 60% | -41% | -40% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Life & Accident Reinsurance |
1 207 | 48% | 1 462 | 40% | -17% | -16% | |||||||||||||||||||||
TOTAL |
2 528 | 100 | 3 691 | 100 | -32% | -30% | |||||||||||||||||||||
In Non-Life Reinsurance (Property treaties, Large Corporate Accounts and Credit & Surety), premium income reached EUR 1,321 million, down 41% compared to 2003. This decline is principally due to rigorous business selection and the impact of the rating in 2004.
In Life & Accident Reinsurance (individual and group life, long-term care, finance, accidents, disability and unemployment), premium income reached EUR 1,207 million. This is down 17% compared to 2003. Excluding an exceptional contract written in the first quarter of 2003 for EUR 167 million, premium income for the Life &
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Accident Reinsurance business is down only 6.8% compared to premium income recorded for the 2003 financial year.
General geographic premium income distribution:
(Millions of Euros, at current exchange rates)
2004 | % | 2003 | % | |||||||||||||||
Europe | 1 373 | 54 | % | 1 933 | 52 | % | ||||||||||||
North America | 641 | 25 | % | 1014 | 27 | % | ||||||||||||
Asia-Pacific | 229 | 9 | % | 345 | 9 | % | ||||||||||||
Rest of the World | 285 | 12 | % | 399 | 12 | % | ||||||||||||
TOTAL |
2 528 | 100 | 3 691 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
The quota-share between SCOR and IRP has not been renewed in 2005
The quota-share in place since 1 January 2002 between Irish Reinsurance Partners (IRP) and SCOR in Non-Life Reinsurance was not renewed on 1 January 2005. Henceforth no premiums will be ceded to IRP.
2005 timetable
2004 Annual Results 24 March 2005
Data in this press release relating to premium income have not been audited.
Certain statements contained in this press release relating to SCORs plans, strategies and beliefs are forward-looking in nature and are based on managements assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those in such statements. Additional information regarding risks and uncertainties is set forth in the current annual report of the company.
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