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2010 Annual Review: Life market revival

12 January 2011

On the surface, there was nothing to suggest that 2010 changed anything for the life ILS market, which was brought to a skidding halt by the financial crisis.

Public life ILS issuance for 2010 was just $225mn, compared to annual sales of $5bn-$6bn in 2006 and 2007.

All of the 2010 sales came from Swiss Re extreme mortality bonds under its Vita series, providing protection against pandemics.

The Vita bonds fit in neatly with the short term, catastrophic type of...

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