Press release
30 May 2024 - N 09
SCOR successfully sponsors a new catastrophe bond, Atlas Capital DAC Series
2024-1
SCOR has successfully sponsored a new catastrophe bond ("cat bond"), Atlas
Capital DAC Series 2024-1, which will provide the Group with multi-year risk
transfer capacity of USD 175 million to protect itself against named storms in
the US and earthquakes in the US and Canada. The risk period for Atlas Capital
DAC Series 2024-1 will run from 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2027. The transaction has
received the approval of the Irish regulatory authorities. The cat bond offering
integrates ESG related considerations to support investors' due diligence.
The cat bond was priced on 24 May 2024 and issued on 30 May 2024. Atlas Capital
DAC Series 2024-1 was well received and benefited from high investor demand. GC
Securities(1) acted as Sole Structuring Agent and Sole Bookrunner for the deal.
Willkie Farr and Walkers advised SCOR as legal counsels.
Atlas Capital DAC Series 2024-1 is an aggregate, index-based trigger cat bond
issued by Atlas Capital DAC, a multi-arrangement special purpose vehicle
approved in Ireland under Solvency II. This vehicle was created in 2023 for the
Series 2023-1 cat bond issuance, and it may be utilized by the Group to sponsor
cat bonds covering various perils in both L&H and P&C. The benefits of this
vehicle were visible this year, as it allowed for a faster and more cost-
effective issuance process.
The size of the Series 2024-1 issuance is in line with the Group's cat exposures
and with its retrocession strategy under the Forward 2026 strategic plan, which
identifies risk partnerships - including capital market solutions like cat bonds
- as one of the Group's levers for value creation.
François de Varenne, Group CFO and Deputy CEO of SCOR, comments: "SCOR is
pleased to sponsor a new cat bond this year, securing multi-year protection
against peak natural perils from the ILS market. We are delighted by the strong
investor demand, as cat bonds remain an integral part of SCOR's capital
protection under the Forward 2026 strategic plan. We are also very pleased with
the efficiency gains made by reusing Atlas Capital DAC for a second year."
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results in significant accounting changes for SCOR.
Information regarding risks and uncertainties that may affect SCOR's business is
set forth in the 2023 Universal Registration Document filed on 20 March 2024,
under number D.24-0142 with the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
posted on SCOR's website www.scor.com.
In addition, such forward-looking statements, assumptions and information are
not "profit forecasts" within the meaning of Article 1 of Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2019/980.
SCOR has no intention and does not undertake to complete, update, revise or
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a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Disclaimer
This communication does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation
to sell or issue or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for
the securities mentioned herein in any jurisdiction. The securities mentioned
herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, and
may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Atlas Capital DAC and
the securities mentioned are not and will not be registered under the U.S.
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Rule 144A offerings are offerings of securities conducted on a private placement
basis for the purposes of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") and that limit initial distribution and secondary sales of the
securities to entities that are Qualified Institutional Buyers as defined in
Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The offering of securities in a Rule 144A
offering does not require registration of the issuer or the securities with the
U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.
Catastrophe bond transactions provide sponsoring insurers and reinsurers
protection against catastrophe risks through the release to the sponsor of a
portion or the whole principal amount upon the occurrence of pre-defined events
(namely triggers). Triggers can be determined in different ways: an industry
loss trigger provides for payment once the losses to the industry generated by
specific natural events (typically) are higher than a certain specified amount
provided for in the terms of the transaction
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(1) GC Securities is a division of MMC Securities LLC, a US registered broker-
dealer and member of FINRA/NFA/SIPC.
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