David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Prudential affiliate joins Allianz in emerging markets infrastructure foray

    30 June 2017

    Eastspring Investments commits $500m to World Bank programme

  • Why Aegon, Allianz, Aviva and NN are well prepared for rising rates

    30 June 2017

    Many loans and mortgages offer resilience to interest rate volatility, and with talk of rising rates becoming more frequent – whether through optimism or anticipation – IAR unmasks the largest life insurers' allocations to the lesser-used asset classes. David Walker Reports

  • Solvency II filings reveal extent of life insurers' illiquid investments

    28 June 2017

    Insurance Risk Data, the data service offered by the publishers of IAR, examined the QRTs of Europe's largest life companies that together run €1trn of investments and found they had allocated €375.7bn to five illiquid asset classes. David Walker reports

  • Market risk accounts for almost half of German non-life sector's SCR

    16 June 2017

    Exclusive analysis by Insurance Risk Data shows the German life sector is not alone in facing investment challenges

  • Issues around investment data disappoint insurers and regulators alike

    14 June 2017

    Eiopa expresses surprise at quality of data on mainstream investments

  • Industry surprised by regulators' lack of knowledge about private debt

    13 June 2017

    But practitioners say underwriters need to familiarise themselves, too

  • BaFin reveals market risk exposure of German life insurers

    09 June 2017

    Market risk makes up almost 80% of SCR for life insurers on the standard formula

  • Breadth of ESG screening at Talanx touches €100bn mark

    01 June 2017

    German insurer updates on size of infrastructure investment programme

  • Extent of German insurers' market risk revealed in SFCRs

    30 May 2017

    Industry exposure unveiled as Gothaer plans investments in property and renewables

  • Gothaer combines responsibility for life and investment products

    26 May 2017

    Challenges brought by low interest rate climate and Solvency II require 'realignment of business model'