David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • 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

  • 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