SCOR Reinsurance Japan Branch (スコール再保険日本支店)
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This entry sits under non-life-insurers INDEX. Read it against Hannover Re Japan Branch as a fellow “European third-tier” reinsurer, and the “Big 2” peers Munich Re Japan Branch and Swiss Re Japan Branch. The system anchor is nat-cat reinsurance Japan, with domestic contrast Toa Reinsurance.
TL;DR
The Japan branch of SCOR SE (a major European reinsurer listed in Paris, France). One corner of the 4 major European reinsurers (Munich Re / Swiss Re / Hannover Re / SCOR), it is a France-origin global reinsurance player. Listed on the FSA’s non-life insurance company license list (foreign non-life insurance companies, etc.), it covers the Japanese market in both the P&C and Life & Health segments.
1. License / group boundary
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Legal name | SCOR SE Japan Branch(スコール再保険会社 日本支店) |
| Parent | SCOR SE(仏 Paris、Euronext Paris 上場) |
| License route | Insurance Business Act 外国損害保険会社等 / FSA 外国損保免許枠 |
| Protection scheme | 再保険専業のため Non-Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation 対象外 |
| Business type | SCOR P&C(損保再保険)+ SCOR L&H(生保・医療再保険) |
| Wiki role | Foreign reinsurer Japan branch — European fourth pillar |
2. Business lines in Japan
- P&C Treaty Reinsurance — treaty reinsurance for earthquake / typhoon catastrophe / property / liability
- Specialty Insurance Reinsurance — Marine, Aviation, Energy, Credit & Surety, Engineering, Cyber
- L&H Reinsurance — life reinsurance for death / medical / long-term care / longevity risk
- Alternative Solutions — capital-market-linked products such as Insurance-Linked Securities and Sidecars
4. Why this page matters
- The last piece of the European “Big 4” reinsurers — completing the panel-structure map of the Japan reinsurance market
- Connects the natcat-reinsurance-japan system page with the primary mega non-life insurer cluster
- Together with munich-re-japan / swiss-re-japan / hannover-re-japan, forms the “foreign-capital reinsurance Big 4 in Japan” cluster
Related
- INDEX
- munich-re-japan
- swiss-re-japan
- hannover-re-japan
- toa-reinsurance
- japan-earthquake-reinsurance
- rga-japan
- natcat-reinsurance-japan
- INDEX
Sources
- SCOR official: SCOR Japan location page(https://www.scor.com/en/locations/scor-japan, 2026-05-24 参照)
- FSA: 保険会社免許一覧(https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/hoken.pdf, 2026-05 参照)
- FSA: 損害保険会社免許一覧(外国損保含む、https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/songai.pdf)
[!info] Verification status confidence: likely. SCOR’s position as one of Europe’s 4 major reinsurers is as per public information. The Japan branch’s underwriting scale and premiums are voluntarily disclosed, so this article concentrates on a structural overview.
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