David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Internal model drift warning from Covid-19 for insurers

    14 August 2020

    Covid-19 delivered a "truly stressed data set" since Solvency II's introduction, says Hymans Robertson

  • COMMENT: Business interruption battle is no-win situation for insurers

    14 August 2020

    The saga only means significant legal costs and damages trust in insurers

  • Talanx unit named among BI insurers for Australian test case

    14 August 2020

    The country's insurance council is adamant pandemics are excluded from BI policies

  • Zurich's operating profits fall 40%

    13 August 2020

    Non-life unit takes $484m hit from pandemic

  • QBE on the hook for just $20m of BI losses

    13 August 2020

    Extra reinsurance bought in April helped lower residual liability

  • Australia's life insurers in the emergency room

    12 August 2020

    David Walker reports on the suitability, reputational and distribution crises that are destroying the profitability of the country's life sector

  • Lemonade reports $18.2m Q2 loss as Covid-19 clouds outlook

    12 August 2020

    But revenue and gross written premiums all rose substantially for the US insurtech

  • Prudential Financial to sell Taiwan life unit in $187m deal

    12 August 2020

    It would mark another exit by the US insurer from an Asian market this year

  • Axa considering selling off Singapore unit: reports

    11 August 2020

    Unit forms part of resilient $1bn cash-cow for French group

  • Crédit Agricole Assurances supports BI customers during Covid-19

    07 August 2020

    It was part of a "mutual and voluntary support scheme" for customers