David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Dutch life insurer files second recovery plan as solvency ratio undershoots 100%

    11 May 2021

    In resurrected M&A deal, Dela will buy Yarden

  • Capital injections needed to keep insurers afloat during 2020 turbulence

    11 May 2021

    SFCRs reveal fates of underwriters whose solvency was challenged in tough year

  • Insurance Risk Data launches dashboard dissecting Europe's insurance groups

    07 May 2021

    New dashboard offers more than a dozen charts and tables analysing subsidiary data

  • Europe's non-life claims rose 3% in 2020, while life claims fell

    06 May 2021

    Solvency ratios at year-end remain depressed, Eiopa figures reveal

  • French insurers warned climate change could hike claims sixfold

    05 May 2021

    Pilot study put insurers and banks though three 30-year global warming scenarios

  • Australia to guarantee property reinsurance pool in natcat-prone north

    05 May 2021

    The A$10bn support shows "underwriters will not stand alone," says local government head

  • Arch rules out insuring Australia's Carmichael coalmine

    27 April 2021

    Insurer's announcement comes as campaigners intensify climate pressure on Lloyd's

  • BaFin's Frank Grund warns of "very intensive" scrutiny of dividend distribution plans

    22 April 2021

    German regulator also warns underwriters to take sustainability seriously

  • Consider ditching high climate-risk clients, Apra tells insurers

    22 April 2021

    Scenario testing should include temperatures rises exceeding 4°C

  • Australia's disability income insurers must innovate or die

    21 April 2021

    Disability income products with 120% claims ratio face "pretty bleak" fate, warns life firm CEO