David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Suncorp's Australian insurance half-year result falls 4%

    11 February 2020

    Group calls for more spending on natural hazard mitigation

  • Australian insurers face A$45m flood bill

    10 February 2020

    Flooding over the past week has been declared a catastrophe

  • Insurance donations near $150bn in coronavirus battle

    07 February 2020

    Regulator introduces new actuarial rules for life and health cover

  • Australia and reinsurance: continuing the affair

    04 February 2020

    Australia's insurers make extensive use of reinsurance and reinsurers like to take on the risk - and the relationship looks set to survive the recent catastrophes that have beset the country, as David Walker reports

  • Apra sees just three health insurers surviving claims spiral

    04 February 2020

    Australian regulator willing to push through M&A if necessary

  • Indian government to float part of country's largest life firm

    03 February 2020

    LIC is state-owned at present

  • Chinese insurers start honouring coronavirus claims

    03 February 2020

    China Life among first to acknowledge claims for treatment and death

  • AIR Worldwide estimates up to 250,000 could be infected with coronavirus

    31 January 2020

    But Fitch says as things stand, Chinese life firms adequately capitalised for earnings hit

  • Suncorp uses reinsurance after 'unprecedented' natural catastrophes

    31 January 2020

    Australian insurer uses $452m of full-year hazard allowance in seven months

  • Coronavirus 'manageable' for China and Hong Kong insurers, says Moody's

    30 January 2020

    Sales mix at China's life insurers helps demote risk of medical expenses

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