David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Hong Kong life business with mainland down 85% in Q2

    01 September 2020

    Visitor numbers dwindle by 90% in H1

  • Pat Regan departs QBE after employee complaint

    01 September 2020

    Group chairman said all staff must abide by same governance rules

  • Ageas to spend $400m on stake in China Taiping reinsurer

    27 August 2020

    Belgian and Chinese insurers want to expand in each other's regions

  • Australian life firms post A$1.6bn net loss in year to June

    27 August 2020

    Income protection losses make up the majority of the deficits while the trade body warns potentially worse is still to come

  • China Life net earnings drop 19% as major units' profits fall

    27 August 2020

    Group is diversifying products in a bid to attract cautious buyers

  • Goodwill write-down dents VIG's H1 pre-tax profits

    26 August 2020

    VIG chief Elisabeth Stadler called the €201m result "satisfying" despite the write-down

  • Foreign units jump ahead at China Taiping in H1

    26 August 2020

    Life premiums more than double in Singapore and Hong Kong

  • Insurance Risk Data adds reports from Swiss and Bermudian insurers

    25 August 2020

    The database features European insurers' financial and regulatory filings, including Lloyd's syndicates

  • Australian insurers asked to draft fire risk reductions and cut premiums

    25 August 2020

    Further industry work with government proposed by inquiry into bushfires in New South Wales

  • Pandemic protection: what a public/private solution might look like

    24 August 2020

    Swiss Re's Ivo Menzinger has overseen many innovative public/private partnerships to insure risks at a regional and national level. Now he is focusing on pandemic protection programmes, he explains to David Walker