David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • EU insurers fall agonisingly short of pre-pandemic solvency at Q1 2021

    17 September 2021

    Italian insurers stand out at 22 percentage points above Q4 2019 levels

  • Generali announces takeover bid for Cattolica

    17 September 2021

    Generali already owns 24% of its smaller Italian peer

  • Bill for storm Bernd keeps rising

    15 September 2021

    German re/insurers' update to regulator reveals escalating claims

  • Talanx injected capital into Italian unit as solvency went sub-120% in 2020

    15 September 2021

    Actions in H1 revealed in HDI Assicurazioni's SFCR

  • BaFin has 15 life firms under close supervision as low interest rates bite

    13 September 2021

    Average solvency ratio for German life firms is improving, according to GDV

  • Shape up "or get out" John Neal tells underperforming Lloyd's syndicates

    09 September 2021

    Lloyd's average combined ratio was 92% in H1 2021

  • Australian court fines Allianz over sales practices

    07 September 2021

    Insurer will pay A$1.5m and court costs, for self-reported errors

  • Insurers start mapping out carbon emissions underwriting standards

    06 September 2021

    NZIA and PCAF collaboration aims to help realise net-zero ambitions

  • Early estimates of Ida insured losses exceed $15bn

    31 August 2021

    Allstate warns claims from hurricane will "ramp up significantly" this week

  • Insurers' cyber-attack preparations detailed in solvency reports

    27 August 2021

    Insurance companies warn an attack using quantum computing may render them defenceless