David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • ESG unit-linked outperforms standard unit-linked products by 2%, and cost less

    18 January 2023

    EIOPA study examined unit-linked, with-profits and hybrid products' 2021 performance

  • Comment - CBIRC wants C-Ross Phase II to improve transparency and risk management - and leads by example

    16 January 2023

    Chinese regulator has spelled out some shortcomings in early reporting under revised rules

  • Comment - Does a CIO need to be 'truly' brave?

    16 January 2023

    Investing can take a steely nerve, but David Walker explores why it sometimes also requires true bravery

  • China's regulator identifies investment reporting shortfalls in C-Ross Phase II

    16 January 2023

    Number of life insurers named by CBIRC

  • Chart of the Week - How Nordic CIOs spent their investment risk budgets

    13 January 2023

    Insurance Risk Data examines 'what lies beneath' Scandinavian and Nordic insurers' investment success, by dissecting their market risk SCR

  • Recent equity gains face being wiped out by symmetric adjustment, Jefferies says

    13 January 2023

    Analysts expect market moves to have narrowed adjustment's benefit last quarter

  • Apex, Mosaic and Aon launch innovative ESG fund D&O cover

    12 January 2023

    Policy can cut premiums as fund ESG ratings improve

  • Versicherungskammer buys properties in Munich from fellow insurer

    11 January 2023

    Plans to run the real estate inhouse

  • Going off-piste - how French CIOs are embracing alternatives

    10 January 2023

    As French insurers venture 'off-piste' in their general accounts, David Walker examines if the 'black runs' of alternative asset classes will be simply exciting - or could break a leg or two

  • Heading for a fall? Sovereign CDS prices, and investor nerves, leap

    06 January 2023

    In the past year, investors' concerns about sovereigns defaulting have, on average, doubled - or so say CDS prices