David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Impact Capital gets JPY 3bn outsourcing deal from Japan Post Insurance

    03 June 2024

    Allocation follows MOU between insurer and local university

  • Round the World with SFCRs - Italy's lapse risk shows no sign of surrendering

    03 June 2024

    A lot of Italians holding life policies made for the exit, early, in 2022, and the pressure on lifers seemed not to ease much in 2023

  • Chart of the Week: Around the world with SFCRs - MA delivers capital benefits to UK lifers

    31 May 2024

    As MA reform nears, the adjustment is delivering significant capital benefits to UK insurers

  • Japan's FSA updates market on progress towards forthcoming solvency regime

    31 May 2024

    Field-testing results from 2023 were also published today

  • Interest reserve unwind continues at German life insurers as rates rose in 2023

    31 May 2024

    Some life firms had to sell down assets in previous years to fund the ZZR

  • Aegon shed significant market risk capital in asr deal, but gets €1bn capital bill for stake in rival

    30 May 2024

    The Dutch/Bermudian composite has published its inaugural Bermuda financial condition report

  • MAIF outlines €150m outsourcing push for biodiversity, and new fund for affordable housing

    30 May 2024

    French group's move follows previous €140m investments in Swen Blue Ocean, MAIF Transition and MAIF Forêts funds since 2019

  • AM Best heralds end to US P&C firms needing to take risk for investment yield

    30 May 2024

    Non-life sector in US posted record net investment income in 2023, rating agency finds

  • CCR uses cash from reinsurer sale to triple bond portfolio's yield to maturity

    29 May 2024

    French property re/insurer's real estate withstands "exceptionally poor year" in sector, its SFCR says

  • Tokio Marine spells out green bond and impact fund plans

    28 May 2024

    Some 30% of assets at affiliated AM are alternative