David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • European lapses hit five-year high - but insurers trim cash and liquid assets

    16 May 2023

    Median insurer's bank investments rose to 13.5% of assets in Q4, EIOPA finds

  • Talanx plays it safe with "low beta" portfolio

    15 May 2023

    Green investments retraced in value, mildly, from €8bn in December

  • Northern exposure - equities bestow mixed blessings on Nordic/Scandinavian insurers in 2022

    15 May 2023

    Markets may have dived as rates, geopolitical tension and inflation rocketed, but Scandinavian and Nordic insurers' faith in equities was not always misplaced. David Walker reports

  • FWD seeks new CFO as Jon Nielsen announces move

    15 May 2023

    Nielsen will stay with FWD until August

  • Rates-induced corrosion hit govvies and credit in Europe's GA throughout 2022

    15 May 2023

    Direct debt and credit holdings have contacted for eight quarters running

  • Third parties flow €5bn into AXA's asset management in Q1 - while parent retrieved €3bn

    15 May 2023

    Unit-linked flows fall 17% including 14% in France

  • AllianzGI and PIMCO's returns decline to €723m

    12 May 2023

    Allianz confident in US asset exposures amid asset managers' lowered operating profits

  • Chart of the Week - Will new MA liabilities give UK CIOs fresh investment opportunities?

    12 May 2023

    Whitehall has mooted income protection and with-profits - a £6.6bn market - for MA inclusion

  • German life insurers' returns fall sharply in 2022

    11 May 2023

    According to BaFin, who said most losses need not be realised

  • German lifers reveal liquid GAs as lapse risk rises

    10 May 2023

    BaFin last week warned insurers to be vigilant about tackling surrender rates as interest rates increase