David Walker

UK life insurers benefitted by £76bn from the MA in 2021

Without the matching adjustment, 11 UK life firms' solvency coverage dropped below 100%

One-fifth of directors could bypass commercial D&O insurers

WTW report highlights risks facing traditional D&O insurance, and the use of alternatives

Russia grants its insurers capital requirement concessions

The Russian central bank has taken the decision as the Russia-Ukraine war continues

Sunshine reveals solvency ratios in Hong Kong IPO document

Chinese insurer expects "a certain impact" on ratios from C-Ross Phase II in Q1 2022 reporting

Perils expects A$4bn insured loss from Australia floods

Australian reinsurance pool slammed as "dysfunctional policy response"

The A$10bn pool in the north of the country is due to go live in July

Everest Re's chief risk officer Don Mango passes away

Mango will be replaced by COO Ari Moskowitz

C-Ross Phase II: risk-based capital with social characteristics

The overhaul of China's prudential rules has introduced adjustments that allow regulatory influence over how insurers underwrite and invest - with the objective of producing a social good, as David Walker reports

Kick-off for Spain's life consolidation sector

On the eve of MedVida's first acquisition of a legacy life book, chief financial officer Guy Horton speaks to David Walker about pioneering a market in Iberia

German insurers count up costs of Bernd in SFCRs

Reinsurance saved many from worse pain