David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Swiss Re to elect women to board enriching investment, regulation and activism expertise

    08 December 2017

    More women to inject digitalisation experience to senior echelons

  • AllianceBernstein counsels insurers to be alternatives-ready

    07 December 2017

    Even when yields are unattractive, insurers can do important groundwork, says Axa affiliate

  • German life firms running out paper gains to finance reserves

    07 December 2017

    Unrealised investment gains outweigh reserve requirements, for now…

  • The Hartford eases concerns about asset manager fortunes after M&A

    05 December 2017

    Insurer sells life and annuities run-off book for $2bn

  • Talanx hybrid bond rated on boundary of what its own life insurers might buy

    29 November 2017

    Talanx has issued a hybrid bond rated BBB, shortly after voicing its opinion that this is the outer boundary of what a life insurer would consider investing in to cover very long-dated liabilities.

  • Legal & General says it can accelerate UK house building by half

    27 November 2017

    Insurer buys site in Wokingham for development

  • A fight to the death - Talanx executive bemoans no-yield environment

    27 November 2017

    Insurer is fighting Mario Draghi to offset effects of nil-yield assets

  • German insurers warn: 'don't push sustainability, for investing' as Bernardino welcomes it for regulating

    23 November 2017

    German underwriters resist enforcing ecological considerations on their investing

  • Eiopa to review capital charges on equity and spread sub-modules of Solvency II

    22 November 2017

    Insurers making non-mainstream investments deserve regulatory attention, authority says

  • Italian regulator pushes renaissance of with-profits phenomenon

    21 November 2017

    Rule changes would allow for multi-year profits smoothing in hybrid product