David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Unipol's motor business outpaced by other non-life sales in 2021

    14 February 2022

    German flooding hits reinsurance unit in Q3

  • Zurich posts best combined ratio in 15 years, wants even better in 2022

    10 February 2022

    Mario Greco defends rejecting business interruption claims

  • German cyber loss ratios peaked at 275% in 2020

    09 February 2022

    Risk retention is falling as claims patterns evolve, BaFin survey finds

  • Suncorp blows half-year natcat budget

    08 February 2022

    CEO says poor urban planning "putting people in the face of natural disasters"

  • Europe's life industry hits peak solvency

    04 February 2022

    Q3 2021 also marked industry's second-best sales during Covid-19

  • Strong life sales buoy spirits at German mid-tier composites

    03 February 2022

    Mid-sized German firms Bayerische, Münchener Verein and LVM beat industry averages

  • Dutch MEP decries privatisation of ESG data important to insurers

    03 February 2022

    Kieler Rück CEO calls European Single Access Point a "game changer"

  • Germany's insurers ready for the green light

    02 February 2022

    Trade association GDV has detailed plans for national-level reforms in 2022, and is hoping progress will not be stalled by the newly formed coalition government. David Walker reports

  • Convex rules out insuring thermal coal and infrastructure

    02 February 2022

    Rebukes Adani campaigners for endangering environmental causes it supports

  • Hong Kong IA issues crypto-currency warning to insurers

    31 January 2022

    Underwriters considering 'virtual assets' had contacted IA for guidance