health insurance

A few weeks ago in January we wrote that ratings agency Standard & Poor’s had placed the notes issued by Vitality Re Ltd. and Vitality Re II Ltd. on CreditWatch with positive implications. The two medical benefit ratio insurance-linked securities deals sponsored by Aetna had experienced positive claims trends and S&P wrote that they could […]

The variable rate note programme and securities issued by the Vitality Re III Ltd. special purpose vehicle have been admitted for listing to the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. The recently completed medical benefit linked insurance-linked security transaction provides insurer Aetna with a source of reinsurance cover against medical benefit claims breaching pre-defined trigger points on […]

Aetna have completed their third insurance-linked security transaction which allows them to transfer the risk of catastrophic levels of medical benefit claims hitting the firm. The $150m medical benefit linked ILS issued through Cayman Island domiciled Vitality Re III Ltd. provides catastrophe bond type cover to Aetna subsidiary Health Re Inc. against medical benefits claims […]

Hot on the heels of the launch of a third Vitality Re transaction which we covered here earlier, the two previous Vitality Re transactions issued by Aetna to cover health insurance risks linked to medical benefit claims ratios have both been placed on CreditWatch with positive implications by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. S&P cites […]

Aetna Life Insurance are returning to the insurance-linked security market to issue a third in their Vitality series of medical benefit linked securitizations. Vitality Re III Ltd. Series 2012-1, which is being issued through a Caymans Islands domiciled SPV, is seeking to issue $150m of medical benefit linked notes to investors in two tranches. The […]

Standard & Poor’s has issued a press release which provides commentary on their approach to rating medical benefit linked securitization transactions such as the Vitality Re Ltd. and Vitality Re II Ltd. deals which were issued on behalf of insurer Aetna. The commentary provides some information on the factors that S&P consider during their analysis […]

Aetna have completed their latest insurance-linked security transaction with a successful issuance under their Vitality Re II Ltd. Cayman Islands SPV. They’ve secured $150m of catastrophe bond type cover for their Health Re Inc. subsidiary making this their second medical benefit insurance-linked security transaction.

After the success of their first medical benefit insurance-linked security transaction Vitality Re which came to market in December last year, Aetna are seeking to secure additional catastrophe bond type cover for their Health Re Inc. subsidiary through a second transaction.

The Vitality Re Ltd. insurance-linked security transaction issued on behalf of Aetna in December was a groundbreaking transaction in many ways. It allowed Aetna to transfer the risks of medical benefit claims exceeding pre-defined attachment points to the capital markets in a way previously not attempted, using a catastrophe bond type ILS structure.

An innovative new insurance-linked securities deal is being marketed by Goldman Sachs. Vitality Re Ltd. (a Cayman Islands based SPV) is the first ILS transaction seeking to transfer the risks of medical benefit claims exceeding pre-defined attachment points. This marks a new stage in the development of the insurance-linked securities market as confidence increases and […]