David Walker

• Aviva unit puts some MA investments through full-letter downgrade

  03 May 2023

  Only property stress-tests do more damage to 2022 solvency ratio

• BaFin sets out views on investor alliances and collusive behaviour

  03 May 2023

  German regulator says belonging to engagement platforms does not per se indicate 'acting in concert'

• R+V annual investment result affected by rising rates

  02 May 2023

  German insurer saw assets drop €21bn to €91.3bn

• German life firm sticks with 'qualifying' infrastructure in 2022

  02 May 2023

  Alte Leipziger Leben ran class through stress-tests, too

• Allianz UK adds to infrastructure loans and private debt for yield and GA breadth

  01 May 2023

  Investment income rose in 2022 by £16m to £64m, its SFCR shows

• Zurich's SST ratio leaps 55pp as all local units' ratios improved in 2022

  01 May 2023

  Reinsurer sells Canadian govvies to benefit from reinvestment rates

• S&P Global sees UK industry trimming of illiquids

  01 May 2023

  EMEA life customers to "remain loyal", curbing lapse risk, rating agency says

• Chart of the Week - When the MA goes 'the wrong way' for Spanish lifers

  28 April 2023

  Ideally the MA, with life liabilities backed by predictable income assets, should improve users' capital coverage. Often, that's not been so in Spain.

• From Great Depression to Germany leaving the euro, Danes reveal what 'investment stress' really means

  27 April 2023

  Some SFCR stress tests outdo FSA's planned national testing

• Danish supervisor spells out national stress tests

  27 April 2023

  Market scenarios more severe than those presented in some SFCRs