Paul Walsh

Articles by Paul Walsh

  • PIC strikes £1bn bulk annuity deal with Co-op pension scheme

    21 February 2020

    The deal covers the pensions of around 7,000 scheme members

  • Allianz posts higher profits despite reserve strengthening

    21 February 2020

    The German insurer overcame a decline in its P&C operations

  • CNP Assurances solvency ratio rockets following law change

    20 February 2020

    Policyholders' surplus reserve helps increase the firm's ratio by 60pp

  • ASR's non-life business boosts 2019 results

    19 February 2020

    Dutch firm's operating result grew by €109m with non-life the largest driver

  • IFRS 17 and Solvency II: clashes on discount curve and risk margin come to the fore

    17 February 2020

    InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference heard insurers are keen to leverage much of what they have implemented for Solvency II in their IFRS 17 compliance programmes, but are struggling with certain elements. Paul Walsh and Christopher Cundy report

  • Perils publishes "reinsurance relevant" Australia bushfire loss estimate

    17 February 2020

    The 2019/20 Australia bushfire season is regarded as one of the worst on record

  • Insurtech weekly: Axa, Hiscox, Tinubu Square, Société Générale Assurances,

    14 February 2020

    InsuranceERM rounds up the latest developments in the fast-moving world of insurtech

  • Strong underwriting and investments see Brit return to profit

    14 February 2020

    Specialty re/insurer optimistic about better market conditions

  • AIR predicts up to €1.9bn Ciara/Sabine insured losses

    14 February 2020

    The storm caused damage and disruption to large parts of the UK and Europe

  • Experts rule out early IFRS 17 adoption

    13 February 2020

    Panellists at InsuranceERM's IFRS 17 conference discussed their preferred start date for the standard