David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Countries delaying IFRS 17 implementation risk creating disaster, warns IASB chair

    27 July 2023

    Andreas Barckow praises insurers for efforts in communicating accounting changes

  • Ivass president admits Eurovita rescue talks were "long and not easy"

    25 July 2023

    Italian regulator says rescuers "acted in awareness of their own interest"

  • Insurability of Australian property against flood risk starts unravelling

    24 July 2023

    Some insurers are becoming stricter about renewals for flood-risk homes

  • Insurers warned of "cliff edge" from rapid advances in genomic diagnostics

    20 July 2023

    Polygenic testing is a game-changer with potential to disrupt insurance, says Jessica Chen

  • Germany faces up to climate protection gap

    20 July 2023

    Germans agree they faced climate change front-on when storm Bernd hit in 2021. Two years on, they are somewhat less united on exactly how best to respond. David Walker reports

  • Solvency II reform less damaging to solvency than Putin's war, one German life firm finds

    19 July 2023

    Ideal Leben stress-tests Solvency II reform and Russia-Ukraine war

  • Pricing tools generally disappoint actuaries and underwriters, survey finds

    19 July 2023

    Commercial/specialty underwriters spend three hours day just typing in data, says Hyperexponential

  • French insurer's SFCR reveals nine-year history of lapse risk development

    18 July 2023

    Prepar Vie's solvency report also lays out three-year plan for its life underwriting SCR

  • Gerhard Stahl: "We will all have to be Picassos in the future"

    18 July 2023

    Systemic risks such as climate change, pandemic and cyber are posing questions about the role of insurance. Talanx's former chief risk officer discusses how actuaries, governments and regulators should step up to the challenge, in this interview with David Walker

  • Singapore regulator considering more structures, risk data, to propel ILS market

    14 July 2023

    MAS says more informed local investors will also be needed