David Walker

• IVASS warns insurers lack tools for complex investments

  05 August 2021

  Regulator also forewarns volatility adjustment reform may be "imperfect"

• Impairments fall as Hannover Re investment income hits $1bn

  05 August 2021

  Chairman vows to increase sustainable infrastructure investment to counter climate threat

• Chart of the week: Net zero poses difficult question of dividends

  05 August 2021

  Insurers value equities, and utilities/resources, for their income streams. CIOs must square that, somehow, with net zero

• German insurers reveal investment exposures to regions devastated by floods

  04 August 2021

  SFCRs from Nürnberger, HUK-Coburg and Helvetia Deutschland among those exposed

• Axa reveals share of general account not held by affiliate

  02 August 2021

  Some €118bn is not in hands of AXA IM

• BaFin picks Cambridge-educated Briton as new president

  02 August 2021

  Mark Branson replaces Felix Hufeld

• US government seeks investment documents from Allianz

  02 August 2021

  AllianzGI's Structured Alpha funds at centre of investigation and litigation

• Attention all shipping - CIOs park boats in their general accounts

  02 August 2021

  From fishing rights to 'a Danish ship', maritime investments navigate way into CIOs' hearts

• Swiss Re admits investments alone cannot sustain adequate business margins

  30 July 2021

  CEO says "more optimistic than ever" on net zero moves, "but I just hope it's not too late"

• Chart of the week: X-ray vision - the power of superheroes... and CIOs

  30 July 2021

  Without look-through, CIOs often don't invest in funds. One French insurer's SFCR shows why