David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Stubbornly soft insurance rates keep disappointing Lloyd's syndicates

    01 April 2019

    Some underwriters say alternative capital is slowly draining away

  • La Parisienne plans UK operation to counter Brexit

    29 March 2019

    Markel International completes transferring business to Germany, for same reason

  • Asta, Axis and Chubb among Lloyd's underwriting laggards in 2018

    29 March 2019

    Beazley and Hiscox syndicates among the better performers, Lloyd’s report reveals

  • A shake-up of Australian earthquake modelling

    26 March 2019

    David Walker finds that much has changed in the risk models used to assess the country's seismic hazard - and in the mentality of the modellers themselves

  • Bermuda regulator finds disconnect between boards and solvency models

    22 March 2019

    BMA spells out shortfalls and sufficiencies in solvency self-assessments

  • Munich Re's profit soars 480% year on year

    20 March 2019

    German giant sets 9% profit growth target for 2019

  • Australia's regulator to step up scrutiny of climate risks

    20 March 2019

    Insurers rate the top climate-related financial risks in an Apra survey

  • Australian insurers warn politicians about flood risk

    20 March 2019

    As elections approach, trade body reveals the 20 electorate areas that are most flood-prone

  • Nat cats blow Talanx's large loss insurance budget for 2018

    18 March 2019

    But rule changes more than halve German insurer’s necessary life interest reserving

  • China growth drives AIA's strong performance in 2018

    15 March 2019

    AIA points to middle class growth opportunity in Asia