David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Chart of the week - Are insurers a worthwhile investment?

    04 August 2023

    Insurers themselves seem to think 'largely not', as relative stock performance proves variable

  • After 15 years, student-actuary to become PIC's next head originator

    03 August 2023

    Mitul Magudia will replace Jay Shah, who is retiring after just as long at PIC

  • Achmea acknowledges inflation "cratered" bond markets in 2022

    02 August 2023

    Equities and fixed income pain was felt across Dutch group

  • French units go 'lite' on solvency reporting in truncated reports

    02 August 2023

    SFCRs are already not all uniform in their length or format, Insurance Risk Data finds

  • Paper losses swipe over 20 percentage points from European lifers' investment results

    01 August 2023

    Sector was 25% short of meeting its promises, based on all-in investment result

  • German affiliated managers push further into real assets

    31 July 2023

    Munich Re and Signal Iduna managers announce deals and recruitment

  • Comment - In a time of climate crisis, what might the superhero Captain Hindsight tell Europe's CIOs?

    28 July 2023

    CIOs and CUOs need to start twisting thumbscrews on fossil fuel, if the worst is still to come

  • Chart of the Week - Breakdown of market risk SCR of AEMA group subsidiaries, 2022 (%)

    28 July 2023

    A 'group market risk SCR' can mask very divergent risk-taking at subsidiaries

  • Differing readings of IFRS risk creating a "Tower of Babel" for insurers, Compensa Life says

    27 July 2023

    Same contract can be classed as life or unit-linked, depending on underwriter's interpretation

  • Robert Oppenheimer's world already being used in investment optimisation, German actuaries say

    26 July 2023

    Nexinsur says similar maths that quantum computing uses to optimise portfolios helps investigate energy in atomic systems