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Aviva is a multiline insurer listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company traces its roots back to the 17th century with the establishment of Hand-in-Hand. After the Great Fire of London, this mutual was formed to provide protection against fires. Hand-in-Hand was then acquired by Commercial Union in 1905. Over the years, Hand-in-Hand insured London landmarks such as London Bridge, the British Museum, and the Palace in Lambeth. The life insurance part of Aviva began in the early part of the 18th century with the establishment of Amicable, again a mutual but this time to protect widows and children against the loss of life.

Scor is the world’s sixth-largest reinsurer, selling nonlife and life reinsurance. Scor global life insures life insurance and annuities. This means in its co-insurance agreements Scor shares in premiums and claims of life insurance contracts that have been sold by a primary insurer. In its excess of loss agreements, Scor reimburses a primary insurer for claims that are filed above an agreed amount. Scor also sells property and casualty reinsurance in coinsurance and excess of loss. Historically, Scor has been better in specialist lines and not as good in lines where there is a large potential for loss. Having recently grown in natural catastrophe, standards of underwriting have not been good. The business has subsequently decided to move back to less volatile lines.

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