Philippe Trainar as CRO and Michel Dacorogna as deputy

French reinsurer Scor has named its chief economist Philippe Trainar has chief risk officer. He will join Scor’s executive committee.

He will assume the responsibility of Solvency 2 and will replace Jean-Luc Besson, who is due to retire.

Scor appointed Michel Dacorogna, head of group financial analysis and risk modelling as deputy chief risk officer.

Frieder Knupling will join the group's executive committee from 1 July 2010 as deputy CEO of SCOR Global Life. He is currently head of SCOR Global Life Actuarial and Finance. Knupling will replace Norbert Pyhel, who is to become CEO of the Cologne Hub on 1 July 2010, replacing Dietmar Zietsch.

Solvency II preparations

Scor CEO Denis Kessler said: "The Group's executive committee is pleased to be able to count on the expertise and experience of Philippe Trainar, Frieder Knupling and Michel Dacorogna, whose common objective for the years to come will be to prepare the SCOR group for the Solvency II standards.

“With these three nominations, SCOR is demonstrating its capacity to ensure continuity with its own resources, whilst integrating its various components."

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