David Walker

Viral load: how actuaries used democratised data to beat Covid-19

The flood of public data on Covid-19 became a silver lining for actuaries amid the dark clouds of the pandemic, as David Walker reports

ABI cautions nailing source of cyber attacks will be "inherently difficult"

Many policy improvements for cover still "largely untested", trade body warns

Actuaries must find sweet spot of pricing for risk and societal ends

DAV actuary Frank Schiller warns pricing for social acceptance alone can lead to anti-selection bias

Eiopa analyses nat cat insurance cover reluctance in Europe

Authority revealed the reasons for low adoption vary

Probitas syndicate pulls out of Adani cover

Insurance actuaries reveal also helping to fight further coalpits in Australia

Eurovita rescue plan will prevent contagion in Italy, says Moody's

The rescuing insurers will share assets and liabilities, while banks cover liquidity from November

Inflation plagues German insurers' full year results

One insurer also noted the zeitgeist for repairing goods, rather than throwing them away

Debeka says customers' memories of 2021 storm Bernd are fading

Suncorp expects 12% higher reinsurance and natcat budget bill this year

Australasian bancassurer got some relief from joining public reinsurance pool in June

Eurovita to be rescued by five insurers and banks

Generali Italia, Intesa Sanpaolo Vita, Poste Vita, Unipol and Allianz to run operation holding policies