David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Chart of the Week - Is Thomas Buberl's pivot at AXA paying off, in solvency terms?

    28 February 2025

    Since 2018, when Buberl bought XL Group, AXA's CEO wanted to de-emphasise financial market risks

  • Comment - 'Live by the sword, die by the sword' - Californian insurer hauled over coals for fossil fuel shareholdings in GA

    28 February 2025

    Consumer Watchdog has 'drilled baby drilled' into beleaguered group's GA exposures

  • PIMCO drives Allianz's third-party flows agonizingly close to €2trn in 2024

    28 February 2025

    All but €400m of €84.8bn external subscriptions went to PIMCO

  • Japan Post Insurance plans reinsurance investment worth up to $2bn with KKR unit

    28 February 2025

    Global Atlantic would establish a new reinsurer for JPI's backing

  • Consumer Watchdog cites State Farm's old energy stocks in heated rate-hike battle

    27 February 2025

    State Farm wants regulator's nod for 22% higher home premiums in California

  • Dai-ichi Life merges local and foreign bond operations into "global bond structure"

    27 February 2025

    Japanese lifer wants better investment returns from its move

  • Japan Post Insurance set for first emerging manager allocation next month

    27 February 2025

    Life firm has launched an emerging manager programme with Daiwa AM

  • MS&AD units invest in Oxford University-born natural capital analysts

    27 February 2025

    Partnership plans to offer natural capital and biodiversity risk disclosure support services from June

  • Meiji Yasuda inks partnership with Man Group to grow private assets to JPY 600bn

    26 February 2025

    Deal will also involve joint research, Japanese insurer says

  • APAC Weekly - Funded Re and AM partnerships to evolve in APAC, says Man Group

    25 February 2025

    In APAC funded re has begun in Japan, but Man Group says it has further to spread