David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Australian health insurance sector's Q2 margin hits 12-year low

    18 August 2020

    Sector has provided A$500m of benefits to members during Covid-19, says trade body

  • CX Reinsurance goes into voluntary administration

    18 August 2020

    UK run-off insurer had solvency ratio of just 48%, SFCR shows

  • China regulator promises stability for Hong Kong

    17 August 2020

    CBIRC also calls for an international business environment on mainland

  • CPIC plans insurtech unit

    17 August 2020

    Zhong An and PingAn are among those in China selling insurtech ideas widely

  • 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