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...Denis Kessler, one of the most influential figures in the global reinsurance industry over the past 20 years, has died at the age of 71....
...Denis Kessler is to step down from the helm of Scor, the French reinsurance company he has led for the past 18 years, but will remain as chairman following calls from the financial regulator to split the...
...About 44 per cent of shareholders opposed chair and chief executive Denis Kessler’s remuneration at its last annual meeting. But its board is not likely to feel under the same pressure as AstraZeneca....
...Denis Kessler, Scor chief executive, reacted with fury to the approach....
...In the midst of a long governance-focused campaign from CIAM, French reinsurer Scor’s chief executive Denis Kessler decided last year to step down....
...Kessler and Covéa’s Thierry Derez....
...Job moves Denis Kessler will step down as chief executive of French reinsurer Scor but will remain as chairman following calls from the French insurance regulator to split the top jobs....
...However, Denis Kessler, chief executive of Scor, disagreed and Covéa’s approach was rebuffed in 2012. Mr Derez pulled back but built up the stake in Scor and made a takeover offer in 2018....
...No matter the cases’ outcomes, the legal backlash prompted against Covéa by Scor and its chief executive Denis Kessler, known as a charismatic and larger than life figure in Parisian business circles, makes...
...CIAM, which owns 0.94 per cent of Scor, said on Monday that “Denis Kessler is an ubiquitous leader, without any opponent”....
...Last year was rough for Denis Kessler, who runs French reinsurer Scor. Hurricanes and wildfires increased in frequency but policy prices remained weak....
...In an interview with French business newspaper Les Echos, Scor chief executive Denis Kessler said the decision was down to Mr Thiam himself....
...Covéa, which is Scor’s largest shareholder with an 8 per cent stake, first made its takeover interest public in September but the move was forcefully rejected by Denis Kessler, the reinsurer’s long standing...
...The disclosure shed light on the acrimonious fight that pits Denis Kessler, Scor’s longstanding chief executive, against Thierry Derez, CEO of the French mutual insurer Covéa which, until Tuesday, had said...
...Chief executive Denis Kessler said: “we are now actively preparing the Group’s next strategic plan, which will be presented at the beginning of September....
...Scor’s charismatic chief executive Denis Kessler has launched a passionate defence of the company’s independence at the company’s investor day with a series of subtle — and not so subtle — attacks on Covéa...
...Denis Kessler, boss of French reinsurance group Scor, appealed for investors’ sympathy on Wednesday....
...One of Scor’s longest-standing shareholders has backed to chief executive Denis Kessler, saying that he was right to ignore a takeover approach from Covéa....
...In an interview with French daily Les Echos last month, Denis Kessler, Scor’s chief executive, said Tidjane Thiam, chief executive of Credit Suisse, intervened personally to stop the bank advising Covéa....
...CIAM, which bought 0.77 per cent of Scor this month, according to people familiar with the matter, has taken exception to the manner of the rejection, saying in a letter to Denis Kessler, chairman and chief...
...Scor and its charismatic chief executive, Denis Kessler, pictured, forcefully rejected it. Among all the rancour, Derez left the Scor board in November. Fast forward to Tuesday....
...However, Denis Kessler, chief executive of Scor, said he was optimistic about the medium and long-term future of the industry. “We believe there’s a large untapped gap in protection....
...Axa’s Denis Duverne and Scor’s Denis Kessler are also in the group, as are the chief executives of brokers Willis Towers Watson and Aon....
...Denis Kessler, chief executive of Scor, the world’s fifth largest reinsurer by premium value, claimed on Tuesday that the sector had been a “collateral victim” of policy makers’ decisions....
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