David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Aviva reveals make-up of MA investment portfolio

    16 April 2024

    MA assets now represent about 42% of general account

  • Insurance Risk Data collecting key data and reports from breadth and width of Europe's insurance industry

    12 April 2024

    Undertakings have published their annual solvency filings for 2023

  • Chart of the Week - Do PE-linked Lloyd's syndicates take more investment risk?

    12 April 2024

    With PE links to insurers in the sights of regulators worldwide, we investigate the fair value hierarchy of some at Lloyd's

  • New research unpicks shortcomings in LDI industry during 2022 gilts crisis

    11 April 2024

    Researchers say Bank of England intervention "offset dysfunction" in gilts market

  • Syndicate linked to hedgie David Einhorn halves losses in 2023

    11 April 2024

    Lloyd's syndicate backs fintechs backed by Einhorn's reinsurer

  • What lurks below - Lloyd's syndicates shine a light on 'level 3' illiquid holdings

    11 April 2024

    While liquid bonds dominate syndicates' general accounts, liquidity analysis reveals there is more to investment portfolios at Lloyd's

  • Dai-ichi Life makes first sustainability-linked loans worth JPY 12bn

    10 April 2024

    Lifer plans more such lending "as a responsible institutional investor"

  • Apollo CFO appointed to Lloyd's syndicate executive directorships

    09 April 2024

    Appointments were pending regulatory nods last week

  • MS Amlin syndicate rings changes in outsourcing arrangements

    09 April 2024

    PE secondaries were on syndicate 2001's buy-list, in 2023

  • Comment: Tokio Marine's general account gets set to cover Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos

    09 April 2024

    Japanese CIO is investing to insure some very long-haul travel policies