David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Mapfre's solvency ratio falls half as sharply as key rivals in Q1

    08 June 2020

    Spaniard's coverage still shed 5% of its value, despite cutting shares and duration

  • Gothaer joins UN PRI as part of ESG push

    04 June 2020

    Affiliate to conduct UN PRI reporting for whole group

  • Axa and Ageas put SCR through landmark investment crises in latest stress tests

    04 June 2020

    Both insurance giants emerge with ratios intact though not unscathed, Insurance Risk Data research finds

  • Assets and investment fees grow at German insurer Continentale

    03 June 2020

    Signal Iduna increases assets as well while outsourced managers crystallise gains for ZZR

  • Aviva stress-tests investment outsourcing costs

    03 June 2020

    Aviva plc subsidiaries are stress-testing investment outsourcing fees as part of reckoning how sensitive their solvency coverage is to undesirable scenarios

  • New white paper examines insurance asset management in light of COVID-19

    02 June 2020

    Insurance Risk Data publishes analytical white paper on how the relationships between CIOs and asset managers have changed

  • IVASS orders Cattolica to increase capital by €500m

    02 June 2020

    Solvency ratios at two of Cattolica's life subsidiaries, BCC Vita and Vera Vita, fell below the minimum requirement

  • Comment: from Italy to Germany to the UK, it's all about the pain

    01 June 2020

    Rates are low, and they will remain low for decades, even the Bank of England says so

  • Italian insurer assets fell almost 10% in Q1 as BTP spreads widened

    29 May 2020

    Regulator reassures industry solvency still held above 200%

  • Australian insurers lick Q1 investment wounds worth A$10.8bn

    28 May 2020

    Regulator praises industry for deferring dividends, or re-stocking with capital raisings