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Back in December we wrote that reinsurer Swiss Re had planned to redeem two tranches of mortality catastrophe bond notes issued through its Vita Capital IV Ltd. vehicle. It turns out we’d jumped the gun on one of those and according to a clarification published by rating agency S&P the $75m Series I Class E […]

The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security investment community will be delighted that they have some new opportunities to put their funds to work in transactions offering diversification opportunities today. First, Munich Re began marketing their Queen Street III Capital European windstorm catastrophe bond today and now Swiss Re are returning to the market with two […]

Swiss Re’s Vita Capital IV Ltd. mortality risk insurance-linked securities have had their rating downgraded by Standard & Poor’s due to the perceived heightened exposure that tsunami’s present to the transaction. Vita Capital IV Ltd’s Series III is an insurance-linked securitization which is exposed to increases in mortality in the U.S. and Japan over a […]

The Series III notes of Swiss Re’s Vita Capital VI Ltd. mortality insurance-linked security transaction which was issued in October 2010 have been placed on CreditWatch negative by Standard & Poor’s as they have exposure to increased mortality levels in Japan.

Swiss Re have now completed their latest life insurance securitization, Vita Capital IV Ltd. The mortality bond transaction provides Swiss Re with $75m of cover against severe population mortality in the U.S. or the UK. The deal covers a five-year risk period ending in 2014. The notes issued by Vita Capital have been rated ‘BB+’ […]

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Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re is continuing its habit of redeeming mortality catastrophe bond notes the reinsurer had issued through its Vita Capital IV Ltd. vehicle, with two more tranches redeemed recently.

Standard & Poor’s (S&P), the global credit rating agency, has affirmed the ratings on seven tranches of insurance-linked securities (ILS) from transactions which transferred mortality, longevity and life insurance risks to the capital markets.

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Reinsurer Swiss Re is to utilise an early redemption clause on two more tranches of mortality catastrophe bond notes issued through Vita Capital IV Ltd. This will take the number of tranches redeemed to four out of the six issued under this mortality cat bond program.