Race and Gender May Play a Role in Survival for the Smallest and Youngest Premature Babies

Survival rates reached
85 percent at 28 weeks gestation.org.com/peristats.

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March of Dimes Continues to Support Research to Prevent Premature Birth

WHITE PLAINS, N . Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of
research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies and in
2003 launched a campaign to address the increasing rate of premature birth.5% compared to 2003.

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SCOR: 2004 Premium Income: EUR 2 528 Million at Current Exchange Rates; EUR 2 578 Million at Constant Exchange Rates

General portfolio distribution:
(Millions of Euros, at current exchange rates)

Premium Income Premium Income Difference
2004 2003
Current Constant
exchange exchange
2004 % 2003 % rates rates
----- ---------------- ------ ------ ------- ------ --------- ---------
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.

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However, African-American baby girls
were 2.1 times as likely to survive as white boys.
For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site at
http://www.2% compared to 2003.

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The study also found that extremely premature baby girls were 1. "Racial and Gender Differences in the Viability of
Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Population-Based Study," appeared in the
January issue of Pediatrics, volume 117, number 1.

The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is
to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects , premature birth
and infant mortality. Additional information regarding risks and uncertainties
is set forth in the current annual report of the company.

The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to 2,100 in 2000) with substantial emigration to New Zealand.

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Continued geographic rebalancing of business: 54 % in Europe,
25% in North America; 9% in Asia Pacific; 12% in the rest of
the world .

separately substantial

Excluding an exceptional contract written in the first quarter
of 2003 for EUR 167 million, premium income for the Life + Accident
Reinsurance business is down only 6. Henceforth no premiums will be ceded to
IRP.

essays substantial

Morse, MD, MPH, of the University of Florida,
looked at the one-year survival rate of 5,076 ELBW babies born in Florida
between 1996 and 2000.

The quota-share between SCOR and IRP has not been renewed in
2005. This decline is principally due to
rigorous business selection and the impact of the rating in 2004.

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Also, about 60 percent of the ELBW babies ,
those that weighed two pounds or less, survived.marchofdimes.

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Premium income in line with Group company forecasts at the
beginning of 2004 .

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Quality of life or other outcomes, such as complications of
the developing brain or lungs, were not assessed.
At current exchange rates, gross written premiums by the SCOR
group amounted to EUR 2,528 million, down 31.
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 SCOR's 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 .

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In this study, 11 percent of babies born at 22 weeks gestation or less
survived, compared to 27 percent at 23 weeks gestation.7 times
more likely to survive than baby boys. The forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results,
performance or events to differ materially from those in such
statements.

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The study only reported on
infant mortality .

Gross written premiums in Life + Accident Reinsurance down
17%.

2005 timetable

2004 Annual Results 24 March 2005

Data in this press release relating to premium income have not
been audited.

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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%
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TOTAL 2 528 100 3 691 100
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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.

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For additional national, state , county and city level statistics related
to perinatal health visits March of Dimes PeriStats at
http://www.

Certain statements contained in this press release relating to
SCOR's plans , strategies and beliefs are forward-looking in nature and
are based on management's assumptions and beliefs in light of the
information currently available.

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The study, led by Steven B.

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, were born prematurely
in 2004, according to the latest government statistics.8% compared to premium income
recorded for the 2003 financial year.

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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.

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Gross written premiums in Non-Life Reinsurance down 41%.

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About 1 percent of
these babies are considered ELBW.

The SCOR group's gross written premiums for the 2004 financial
year amounted to EUR 2,578 million at constant exchange rates, down
30. This is down 17% compared to
2003.