David Walker

• 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

• US bond charge proposals could cost life sector $6bn

  20 November 2017

  Smaller underwriters to be hit hardest, says A.M. Best

• LV= to change role of senior executive as three functions converge

  15 November 2017

  Mark Laidlaw to head unified trio of internal teams, including investing

• Beazley trims exposure to investment grade credit

  09 November 2017

  Reinvests in sovereign debt