David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • South Korean watchdog details insurers' foreign property exposures

    13 January 2025

    Underwriters had 55% of financial sector's total allocation by mid-2024, FSS says

  • PGF Life widens scope of stewardship to local shares

    13 January 2025

    Previously domestic bonds were in scope for Japan's ESG-focused Stewardship Code

  • Comment - Trial by fire: What LA's failing fire hydrants could mean for insurers

    10 January 2025

    Underwriters are testing governments' responsibility to create the conditions needed for insurance

  • Comment - APAC's biggest prize for life insurers? Wealthy, nervous investors

    07 January 2025

    Asian customers were highlighted by MetLife among rationales for PineBridge M&A

  • Tokio Marine launches delisting M&A deal for local business consultancy

    06 January 2025

    Integrated Design & Engineering's shares now trade just JPY 10 below offer price

  • Embattled Thai insurer gets M&A offer for affiliated manager

    03 January 2025

    M&A would raise much-needed capital that its regulator demands

  • Nippon Life makes first green loan to local financial firm

    03 January 2025

    The JPY 300m facility was lifer's first such loan

  • Nippon Life and AXA Life team up on unit-linked policy sales

    03 January 2025

    Japanese insurers have collaborated on health business for 10 years

  • Chart of the Week - What Solvency UK means for the UK General Account

    03 January 2025

    Last year the PRA announced raised thresholds for UK insurers to be subject to 'Solvency UK'

  • Japanese insurers flock to country's Asset Owner Principles

    02 January 2025

    Government distributed precepts for institutional investors in August