David Walker

• Chart of the Week - How hiccups emerged in property risk-taking in Swiss Life's business

  29 March 2024

  Swiss Life's recent annual results showed how problematic property investments can be for insurers these days

• South Korean insurers generate nearly KRW 3trn investment income in 2023

  28 March 2024

  Aggregated assets of insurance companies down 6.5% from end of 2022

• Meiji Yasuda reveals distributing JPY 200bn more in decarbonisation finance than originally proposed

  28 March 2024

  President Hideki Nagashima has strengthened emissions goals "as the effects of climate change are becoming more serious"

• Upside remains for Japanese lifers if JGB yields rise further, Fitch says

  28 March 2024

  A new macroeconomic landscape has dawned in Japan after central bank abandoned key policies

• Tokio Marine outsources impact investment to Macquarie fund

  28 March 2024

  Japanese insurer is expanding its two-year old impact investment programme

• Mitsui Sumitomo's managers to ring the home bell bang at 5pm - and check staff leave

  27 March 2024

  The new aim, to foster skills and help recruiting, replaces "leave before 7pm" rule in force since 2017

• Aioi Nissay Dowa and Nippon Life partner with Nordea AM on global equity fund

  27 March 2024

  Two insurers put JPY 25bn in new natural capital-focused fund for Japan's institutional investors

• Japan Post Insurance establishes real estate and responsible investment offices

  27 March 2024

  As part of its medium-term plan to 2025

• Moody's concerned at local-government exposures among some Chinese insurers

  26 March 2024

  Credit conditions for local government funding vehicles are "under stress", ratings agency says

• Japan's FSA may increase focus on PE-backed deals with insurers in future, says Moody's

  26 March 2024

  Alternatives managers "more interested in doing business with Japanese companies," says Moody's