David Walker

• More than 10% of bonds held by German insurers downgraded in 2020

  21 April 2021

  Frank Grund says one-third of bonds still on negative ratings watch

• The Gospel on Insurance CIO Investing, as told to GSAM

  21 April 2021

  Goldman Sachs Asset Management's annual survey of insurer investors is an eagerly awaited barometer of the economic expectations, investment and outsourcing plans, and risk-assessments of CIOs worldwide. David Walker reports on the findings

  

• EIOPA lays down the law on climate change risk scenarios in ORSAs

  20 April 2021

  At most 13% of ORSAs reference climate change scenarios

• Euler Hermes wields axe on shareholdings

  19 April 2021

  Trade insurer admits not enough positive-yielding covered bonds to buy

• Canopius reveals new outsourcing relationship for alternatives strategy

  19 April 2021

  Specialist insurer added four managers to Lloyd's syndicate delegation roster in 2020

• Generali reveals investment fortunes, and losses, at key European units

  19 April 2021

  Figures unveiled for Italian, German and French operations

• German life insurers reveal depleted net investment yields for 2020

  19 April 2021

  Only two exceed 5%, while Allianz Leben places well outside top five

• Amissima among Italian insurers hedging out BTP volatility to 2022

  16 April 2021

  Hedging and culling top list of must-do's in Italian underwriters' SFCRs

• UK firms reveal MA portfolios

  16 April 2021

  Lifetime mortgages figure highly in SFCR descriptions

• European and Bermuda insurance investment report launched by Insurance Risk Data

  13 April 2021

  Research details investment performance and allocation plans for more than 200 insurers in Europe and Bermuda