David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Uniqa to book €127m Russian bond impairments in half-year results

    11 July 2022

    Paper includes credit and govvies held by Austrian group

  • IVASS reveals climate data collection project for 2022

    07 July 2022

    Italian regulator will gather and report on how underwriters use climate factors when investing

  • EIOPA finds riskier investing going on at with-profits providers

    07 July 2022

    Authority finds with-profits solvency ratios fall further in stress-testing

  • Junk bond holdings helped decide IVASS on insurers' 2021 dividends and bonuses

    06 July 2022

    Some Italian insurers wanting to pay shareholders and staff bonuses were knocked back

  • Insurers facing repeated margin calls on interest rate swaps, EIOPA warns

    06 July 2022

    In EEA, about 240 insurers have relevant swaps structures

  • IVASS reveals where, and why, paper losses sit in insurers' general accounts

    05 July 2022

    Regulator let lifers stress-test negative rates environment in 2021 mid-year trials

  • EIOPA quantifies how solvency fares, if all Russia/Ukraine exposure collapses

    05 July 2022

    Authority also spells out insurers' sectorial exposure to warring countries

  • Europe's life CIOs to trim risk-taking, predicts S&P Global Ratings

    04 July 2022

    Yields on mainstream classes now enough to satisfy some guarantees

  • IVASS reveals €25bn reduction in BTP exposure in 2021

    04 July 2022

    Trimming left general accounts 38% exposed, on average

  • Insurers slowed down buying of credit, again, in 2021

    04 July 2022

    COVID stress led sector to net-sell financial paper last year