David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Australian High Court denies insurers reliance on BI exclusion clause

    28 June 2021

    Non-life industry testing other BI policy wordings in court

  • Not reserving judgement: German life firms pull no punches on ZZR

    25 June 2021

    Most of the contributions to the interest rate reserve were paid by just a few in 2020

  • Public sector most threatened by, but least aware of, climate risk, says Swiss Re

    25 June 2021

    "Biggest cost is policy inaction," argues Jerome Haegeli

  • Swiss Re forecasts mild solvency uptick after selling Phoenix stake

    23 June 2021

    Sale unlikely to fully repair 17 points fall in SST ratio in 2020

  • South Korean non-life heavyweights retract from coal

    22 June 2021

    Decision by four firms will leave intolerable risk for those remaining, campaigners argue

  • Generali swoops on Axa's life and general insurers in Asia

    22 June 2021

    Italian plans consolidating some Malaysian units after planned M&A

  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia offloads non-life unit to Hollard

    21 June 2021

    M&A parties welcomed the deal - in contrast to CBA shareholders

  • Acredia rejects Austrian trade reinsurance scheme

    21 June 2021

    Austrian credit and suretyship underwriter cites costs of implementing programme

  • BaFin castigates insurers for low-quality DTA evidence

    18 June 2021

    German regulator says proofs of future taxable earnings must improve

  • Frank Grund seeks "balanced outcome" from Solvency II review...in 2032

    17 June 2021

    Solvency coverage is inadequate at 14 German insurers without transitionals, Insurance Risk Data finds