David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • French regulator calls on insurers 'to sharpen up' their climate risk strategies

    11 April 2019

    The ACPR has also been scrutinising insurers’ investment strategies, in relation to climate risk

  • Lloyd's syndicates open up about investment outsourcing

    11 April 2019

    Research by Insurance Risk Data reveals the 2018 winners and losers of the mandated asset managers for Lloyd's syndicates. David Walker reports on who won which mandates, who received applause and who wasn't that lucky.

  • Talanx CRO: Insurers should insure, not invest, for a living

    08 April 2019

    Gerhard Stahl explains why German group adheres to internal 50% market risk ceiling

  • Poor ESG data hinders investment decisions, says SSgA

    25 March 2019

    But State Street Global Advisors praises underwriters as forerunners of climate change modelling

  • NN Group reveals €600m of mortgage origination for Belgian and non-life units

    20 March 2019

    Market risk falls as Dutch group calculates more by internal model

  • Japan Post Insurance boosts ESG equities investing

    19 March 2019

    And vouch to insource 20% of its overall equity investments

  • Generali's M&A path pays off in investment profits

    14 March 2019

    Italian now earns 174bps more on investments than average policy guarantee

  • Italian supervisor demands more severe scenario testing

    13 March 2019

    Ivass details severity of stressors in latest own risk and solvency assessments

  • Hannover Re undershoots 2017 investment result with 3.2%

    07 March 2019

    Group sets yet lower target for 2019

  • At the helm of Europe's giant general account

    26 February 2019

    Pascal Christory, chief investment officer at Axa Group, describes the difficult balance between centralisation and flexibility in an international group's investment strategy. Interview by David Walker