David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Germany plots the transit from transitionals

    29 September 2021

    Some life insurers rely on Solvency II's transitional measures to ensure their continued existence. But paradoxically, that does not mean they will fail without them, as David Walker explains

  • PRA chief Sam Woods hits back at climate campaigners

    24 September 2021

    "Completely non-credible" for UK regulator to ignore climate risks

  • IAG loses CRO to local bank

    22 September 2021

    David Watts will leave non-life firm early in 2022

  • Hungarian court backs veto on M&A between VIG and Aegon

    21 September 2021

    VIG plans to appeal the latest ruling

  • 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