Swiss Re (the group) intends to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of its subordinated debt in issuance. We do not expect this to have a significant impact on the group's capital adequacy under our risk-based model and we therefore continue to assess intermediate equity content for the group's remaining hybrid instruments. We have affirmed the 'AA-' ratings on the group's core entities. The stable outlook reflects our expectations that Swiss Re will continue to post strong and improving underwriting results in 2023-2024, with combined ratios below 95% and capital maintained at the 'AA' level. On Oct. 5, 2023, S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'AA-' financial strength and issuer credit ratings on Switzerland-based Swiss Re Ltd.'s core subsidiaries (collectively the group