David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Nippon Life spells out business plans, from profits growth to overseas expansion

    25 March 2024

    Group admits "delay" in US expansion, and foreign work being just 4% of core profits

  • Japan's Rakuten publishes AI models to open-source developers

    25 March 2024
  • IAG and Suncorp to discount premiums on homes made more fire-resilient

    22 March 2024

    Based on results of app-based self-assessment survey for bushfire-prone homeowners

  • Australian court exonerates Auto & General over policy terms

    22 March 2024

    Regulator had litigated about requirements customers notify insurer of property changes

  • Japan Post Life reinsures JPY 650bn annuity book with RGA

    22 March 2024
  • Talanx surprises itself with record net earnings in 2023

    21 March 2024

    After large losses undershot budgets, German group raised future targets

  • Fitch turns negative on Chinese state-owned insurer CUPIC

    21 March 2024

    Earlier ratings demotion of owner and risky asset ratio cited as reasons

  • How many insurers have Solvency II internal models?

    20 March 2024

    David Walker and Christopher Cundy set about finding the answer in the EEA and UK markets

  • Chinese cross-border business can surpass pre-pandemic levels, says Prudential CEO

    20 March 2024

    In mainland China the life insurer has balanced its product suite and repriced guarantees

  • Apra reveals Australia's falling appetite for insurance as prices rise

    19 March 2024

    Higher excesses, underinsuring or not buying cover are avenues Australians are taking