David Walker

"Animal attack cover" among insurance lines suggested as ESG-friendly by Thai regulator

Suncorp close to being standalone insurer as bank sale wins tribunal nod

Japan's insurers pay JPY 20.5bn Noto Peninsular earthquake claims

Unipol aims to buy UnipolSai outright, and eliminate group's holding company structure

Changed rates climate and lack of M&A opportunities spurred long-considered move

QBE hikes natcat allowance for 2024, even though perils costs in 2023 fell

CEO says he prefers a natural catastrophe budget QBE is less likely to overstep

IAG attributes A$49m cut in natcat allowance to government reinsurance

Australian non-life group joined the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool from October

PE ownership can sometimes benefit insurers' credit standing, Fitch says

Effect of private financiers' involvement depends on their strategy, rating agency adds

Sompo plans corporate governance overhaul after Bigmotor fraud scandal

Japanese group has spelled out its reform plans to investors

Brickbats rain down on Australia's property insurers at parliamentary investigation

Politicians suggested Australia's insurers had only themselves to blame for a humiliating grilling over responses to 2022's flooding. But insurers said constructing homes in flood plains is not exactly helping, as David Walker reports

GIC Re's premiums shrink, underwriting loss worsens