David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • German Gothaer's investment result falls as ZZR slowly unwinds

    03 April 2023

    Composite reveals only Hamburg disaster over a century ago left bigger property bill than storm Bernd

  • Chart of the Week - Real rates still negative, in 2050

    31 March 2023

    German academics predict 'lower for longer' might not have gone away

  • Asia's insurers cut FX hedging to "maintain profitability," says S&P Global

    31 March 2023

    Costs of FX protection could erode earnings, and capital of some

  • HansaInvest Real Assets welcomes rates "great normalisation"

    29 March 2023

    Exit from ultra-low rates spells "return to sensible times", Nicholas Brinkmann says

  • Comment: How filling in 'underwriting climate data gaps' will help CIOs, too

    29 March 2023

    IAG has divulged significant anonymised exposure data for natcats

  • Provinzial boosts property expertise

    28 March 2023

    Jan Schlüter brings local and global experience in asset class

  • The many forking paths in Asia's net-zero transition

    27 March 2023

    Financing the energy transition across Asia is often described as one uniform path whose trajectory differs from Europe's and North America's due to APAC's fossil fuel reliance. But there may be as many paths taken within APAC as there are nations involved, David Walker finds

  • Comment: What's in a name? How investors are a 'proxy-SCR' for insurers' reputation risk

    27 March 2023

    Reputations contain much value quickly lost, especially in the financial sector reliant on trust

  • Chart of the Week - China's insurance solvency under C-Ross Phase II

    24 March 2023

    Solvency has headed mainly downwards, as expected, under China's revised regulations

  • Helvetia adds CHF 170m to property fund in asset raising

    23 March 2023

    Proceeds plus leverage will buy CHF 230m worth of properties