David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Aegon Asset Management made €8.4bn impact investment in 2018

    17 May 2019

    Affordable housing comprised the lion’s share of the firm’s impact investments

  • German life insurers 'happy' about lower investment results

    14 May 2019

    Less onerous requirement to fuel interest rate reserves in 2018 relieved pressure to encash profitable investments, David Walker reports.

  • Unipol widens gap between promise and investment yield

    10 May 2019

    Italian insurer also spelled out investment plans in Q1 results

  • Low bond yields produce mixed news for Europe’s insurers

    09 May 2019

    Talanx benefits from lower ZZR payments, while RSA and Swiss Life struggle

  • Less onerous ZZR reserving relieves pressure to encash investments

    02 May 2019

    German life insurers welcome rule change which lower their contributions to their interest rate reserve

  • Moody’s issues poor outlook for Uruguayan insurers

    01 May 2019

    Earnings take hit from price competition, natcats and agricultural claims

  • European insurers vent anger over Brexit in SFCRs

    23 April 2019

    From Austria to Gibraltar underwriters are trying to keep calm and carry on

  • Lloyd's syndicates $100m outsourcing treasure

    18 April 2019

    In the second part of our two-part series on Lloyd's syndicates and their investments, David Walker analyses their portfolio allocations and performance, uncovering a treasure most asset managers would want a map to.

  • Folksam Life reassures policyholders that it can withstand any collapse of Swedbank

    15 April 2019

    Swedish life insurer would see its SCR decline by 2 percentage points in the event of Swedbank shares becoming worthless

  • Early SFCRs reveal jump in investment risk-taking

    11 April 2019

    Insurance Risk Data analysis reveals greater investment risk-taking