David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • "Phenomenal" change predicted in insurance investments from Indian budget

    03 February 2025

    Finance minister announced country's 2025/2026 budget on weekend

  • Meiji Yasuda AM adds bite to local stock voting plans

    03 February 2025

    Japanese affiliate intends applying changes to its voting after April

  • St James's Place surrenders ticked up in 2024, but FuM hit record high

    03 February 2025

    Wealth manager cut alternatives, grew North American shareholdings, last year

  • Chart of the Week - IVASS spells out the lay of the land in lifers' GAs, as lapse risk came to Italy

    31 January 2025

    Researchers at the regulator analysed portfolio positioning and likely gains/losses to meet surrenders, in 2023

  • Lapse rates generally decreased among life insurers with better solvency in 2023

    30 January 2025

    Insurance Risk Data found this trend, with a few exceptions, using solvency data

  • Secret Actuary - How far from 'midnight' is the 'Insurance Doomsday Clock'?

    29 January 2025

    Actuaries tell us what metrics a Doomsday Clock for insurance would probably need - and how close to Underwriting Armageddon we really are

  • APAC Weekly - The importance of 'spirit of place' in APAC insurers' altruism

    28 January 2025

    Across the region, and beyond it, insurers are benefitting locations important to them - and not just for commercial ends

  • Chinese insurers' investment returns topped 3% by Q3 2024

    28 January 2025

    China Life Insurance AM attributed the performance to a 'bond bull market'

  • WR Berkley posts record $1.3bn annual net investment income

    28 January 2025

    CFO Richard Baio flags better to come as reinvestment rate tops book yield

  • Asia Investor Group on Climate Change appoints energy transition manager

    27 January 2025

    Minako Takaba will oversee alliance's energy transition activities from Tokyo