David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Prudential, FWD and AIA review solvency under Hong Kong group capital rules

    29 March 2021

    Rating agencies say new regime is good news for creditors

  • Generali's capital injection boosts Cattolica solvency ratio

    25 March 2021

    But Cattolica's net profits plunge on goodwill write-down at Vera units

  • German mid-tier insurers post healthy 2020 numbers, but remain in Allianz's shadow

    23 March 2021

    Wertgarantie, Versicherungskammer Bayern and Alte Leipziger perform well despite coronavirus

  • Sydney flooding may prompt reinsurance rethink

    22 March 2021

    But reinsurers unlikely to vacate Australian market, practitioners say

  • R&V admits it's worse off from taking government trade credit support

    19 March 2021

    Pandemic cost German group €321m in 2020

  • Atradius post-tax profit falls 81% as provisioning leaps

    19 March 2021

    Trade insurer begins return to private, rather than state-backed, reinsurance

  • Perils flags further alternative capital for southeast Asia natcats as risk modelling improves

    17 March 2021

    Data provider launches exposure databases for Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand

  • Frank Grund acknowledges "more difficult" times for building ZZR

    16 March 2021

    BaFin also finds some insurtechs "overly optimistic" on business plans

  • Talanx pays out €30m to UK churches as insured Sunday donations fall

    15 March 2021

    Covid-19 costs German re/insurer €1.5bn overall in 2020

  • Greenlight Re says today's catastrophes "endlessly break" risk models

    15 March 2021

    Bermudian reinsurer avoids long-tail risk where the "models get things wrong"