David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Allianz takes crown as Europe's most complex insurance group

    24 May 2023

    Aviva Investors funds contribute significantly to parent's 700 Solvency II entities

  • MS&AD outlines domestic bond fluctuations in year to March

    23 May 2023

    Changes did not necessarily reflect local yields improving

  • Groupama Assicurazioni spells out asset liquidity for each life product

    22 May 2023

    Italian insurers increasingly focus on liquidity as interest rates rise

  • Poste Vita trimmed BTPs to 48.3% of portfolio in 2022

    22 May 2023

    Italian giant also bought reinsurance for 'mass lapse' underwriting risk

  • ITAS emphasises liquidity management as lapse risk jumps

    22 May 2023

    Italian group revealed yield on four main life products in SFCR

  • Chart of the week - how Italian lifers use GAs for lapse risk

    19 May 2023

    Italian SFCRs explain their liquidity planning, and its various methods, to meet a startling leap in lapse risk

  • Australia's MLC Life appoints new CIO

    19 May 2023

    Incumbent moving to AM in India with lifer's parent, Nippon Life

  • Benelux insurers' investment capital bills gyrate, in time with markets, in 2022

    18 May 2023

    Some insurers faced triple-digit hikes in interest rates SCRs as equities and spread risks dramatically gave way, David Walker reports

  • "Don't bet interest rates will stay high forever", Zurich CFO warns

    17 May 2023

    Zurich has inked $1.8bn reinsurance deal with Resolution for US life policies, as part of investment pivot

  • Conduit Re says 'short duration' means 'reinvestment opportunity'

    17 May 2023

    Revealing a 2.4-year average duration in its investment portfolio in Q1