Aetna’s claim ratio well-below Vitality Re ILS trigger in Q1 despite Covid-19

Despite the impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the medical benefit claims ratio reported by insurer Aetna for the first-quarter of 2020 has remained well-below the levels where its Vitality Re series of health insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions could be triggered, we can report. As we’d explained previously, the Vitality Re health insurance ILS transactions,…

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Vitality Re health ILS all discounted in secondary market on Covid-19

The secondary market prices for the Vitality Re series of health insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions have all been discounted on the potential for the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic to drive an elevated level of medical benefit claims through to insurer and sponsor Aetna. As we explained more than a week ago, the Vitality Re health…

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Vitality Re health ILS at risk from coronavirus morbidity stress: S&P

The Vitality Re series of health insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions, which provide reinsurance protection to health insurer Aetna, are exposed to potential triggering by the coronavirus pandemic should it result in “severe morbidity stress”, rating agency S&P has said. The Vitality Re series of health ILS transactions are a way for Aetna to transfer peak…

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Health Insurance

It’s that time of the year!  You have under 6 weeks to shop health care insurance on the marketplace and request payment subsidies for 2020.  You can still buy insurance after the December 15 deadline, but it may not start by January 1, 2020, resulting in a coverage gap.  While we all hope health insurance…

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