Michel Blanc to retire as SCOR reinsurance chief executive

Stuart McMurdo to take the helm

Hemma Visavadia
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Reinsurer SCOR has announced that its chief executive of reinsurance, Michel Blanc, will retire in January 2023 after 31 years with the company.

Blanc will be succeeded by Stuart McMurdo who is currently chief executive for the reinsurer's P&C business for EMEA, across both reinsurance and specialty insurance. Ahead of his departure, Blanc will begin working with McMurdo to ensure a "smooth transition" into the role. SCOR noted that a recruitment process to replace McMurdo as chief executive of the SCOR Syndicate and SCOR UK has begun, with him remaining chief executive of these two entities until the end of the recruitment process. Meanwhile, the reinsurer stated that Catherine Fassi will replace McMurdo as regional chief ...

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