David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • German life firms relying heavily on realised gains to meet policyholder promises

    06 July 2017

    Industry would have made 3.4% return last year without harvesting bond gains, GDV finds

  • Achmea health unit issues bond to fix capital shortfall

    04 July 2017

    FBTO Zorgverzekeringen failed to meet solvency capital requirement

  • Solvency II capital benefit from diversification surprises equity analysts

    04 July 2017

    Pure-play firms gain as much multi-line groups

  • Axa group data put under the microscope

    23 June 2017

    Statistics in French insurer's Pillar III document give elegant insight at undertaking level

  • Steady as she goes with European solvency ratios, Eiopa says

    22 June 2017

    Median measures more than adequate, though widely divergent between countries

  • UK industry welcomes action on whiplash claims but urges same for Ogden

    21 June 2017

    Queen's speech sets out plan to tackle rising motor injury claims

  • German reinsurers' transparency drive eclipses their own regulator

    21 June 2017

    BaFin starts internal discussion as underwriters reveal industry data before them

  • Dai-Ichi Life caught up in Australian mis-selling case

    20 June 2017

    TAL Life not informed of third-party sales of its life cover, says watchdog

  • Indian life firm admits to "a lot of chaos" as regulator appoints caretaker

    16 June 2017

    Watchdog's move follows meeting with Sahara India Life managers this week

  • SFCRs - the one-tonne paper chase by European insurers

    15 June 2017

    Analysis of public Solvency II reports shows literally a tonne of information is now available to stakeholders. But who will use it? Do the reports satisfy stakeholders? And how might the reports evolve? David Walker reports