David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • CIOs start assessing 'what next', despite continued volatility

    13 April 2020

    Investment markets look for brighter days even while the gloomiest persist. Some insurers' chief investment officers are doing the same, as David Walker reports

  • Third Swiss insurer alleviates investment property tenants

    09 April 2020

    Lausanne-based underwriter donated masks to hospitals last month

  • Pandemics come and go, climate risk here to stay, Swiss Re warns

    08 April 2020

    Infrastructure and credit at risk from global warming, reinsurer says

  • Allianz reveals Covid-19 market impact in lengthy SFCR discussions

    08 April 2020

    But German's subsidiaries decide against publishing updated figures on market risk

  • Shareholders brace for dividend cuts that gave them €25.5bn last year

    07 April 2020

    Europe's most generous payers mainly vow to honour stated payout plans

  • No yield, too few bunds - what investment trials mean for 2020 Review

    03 April 2020

    Frank Schiller, board member of the DAV, tells David Walker in a far ranging interview his thoughts on the 2020 Solvency II review and where he believes EIOPA needs to step up its work.

  • SII reporting delays: thanks but no thanks

    01 April 2020

    As European regulators offer some leeway on Solvency II regulatory reporting deadlines, insurers seem inclined to follow the original schedule. Begging the question of how to account for the COVID-19 impact. David Walker reports

  • Coronavirus - a tragedy and challenge

    31 March 2020

    A visual summary of how the industry is responding globally, compiled by Insurance Risk Data

  • China Re targets global market as local economy under huge pressure

    31 March 2020

    Investment risk management another key focus for 2020

  • China's insurance giants divulge the finer details of investment outsourcing

    30 March 2020

    Could European underwriters have a thing or two to learn from their Chinese counterparts when it comes to transparency in their reporting? David Walker takes a closer look