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Munich Re’s Queen Street Ltd. cat bond matures and delisted

News 14th April 2011

The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange has delisted the two tranches of Munich Re’s $267.7m (€170m) catastrophe bond Queen Street Ltd. after the deal matured without any losses. Maturities are a feature of the first half of this year with a total of $4 billion of cat bonds scheduled to mature by the end of Q2.

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Munich Re brings Queen Street VI Re Ltd. catastrophe bond to market

News 29th June 2012

Just when we thought the primary market for catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities issuance was getting quiet a transaction comes along in the form of reinsurer Munich Re’s latest Queen Street deal. Queen Street VI Re Ltd. has just begun marketing and with this, their sixth Queen Street cat bond Munich Re are seeking cover […]

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Queen Street V Re Ltd. cat bond notes list on Bermuda Stock Exchange

News 1st March 2012

The notes from the recently completed Queen Street V Re Ltd. catastrophe bond transaction have been approved for listing on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX). The fifth cat bond from Munich Re in their Queen Street series of transactions, provides them with $75m of cover for U.S. hurricanes and European windstorms. It’s the third new […]

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Munich Re successfully closes Queen Street V Re Ltd. catastrophe bond

News 28th February 2012

German reinsurer Munich Re has successfully completed their latest catastrophe bond through newly established Bermuda SPV Queen Street V Re Ltd. This is Munich Re’s fifth cat bond in the Queen Street series and their twelfth cat bond they have sponsored according to our Deal Directory listings. Queen Street V Re will provide Munich re […]

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Munich Re brings Queen Street V Re Ltd. cat bond to market

News 13th February 2012

German reinsurance firm Munich Re is returning to the insurance-linked securities market with another transaction in their Queen Street series of catastrophe bond transactions. Munich Re are a regular participant in the ILS and cat bond markets, and this latest cat bond will be their fifth Queen Street deal, but we actually have Munich Re […]

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Queen Street IV Capital Ltd. catastrophe bond completes upsized at $100m

News 27th October 2011

Munich Re’s latest catastrophe bond issuance Queen Street IV Capital Ltd. has closed successfully, providing them with an additional layer of reinsurance protection for certain of their U.S. hurricane and European windstorm risks. The fourth Queen Street cat bond from Munich Re started life as a $75m deal but at close today, according to sources, […]

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S&P suspends rating on Queen Street III Capital Ltd.

News 15th August 2011

Standard & Poor’s have published an announcement stating that they have suspended the rating on the recent Queen Street III Capital Ltd. catastrophe bond which provides Munich Re with protection amounting to $150m of their European windstorm risks. The reason for the suspension is the same as the reason that another recent cat bond, Pylon […]

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