David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Planet's future being run on woeful risk margins compared to Solvency II's, Louise Pryor warns

    19 June 2023

    Actuaries Carbon Collaboration co-chair urges peers that actuaries do not close their eyes to risks

  • Chart of the week - Insurtech investments misfire

    16 June 2023

    Head of Ping An's Voyager fund says insurtech can help underwriters find $4trn of new business. But does it work as an investment?

  • 'Net-zero bees' - Allianz reveals investment effects of pollinators vanishing

    15 June 2023

    Insurer says such analysis critical to create 'nature-positive economy'

  • Insurtech so far failed to meet its promise, Ping An Voyager Fund head says

    14 June 2023

    Underwriters must be hungrier to embrace new technologies, to tackle "massive" insurance gaps

  • Lithuanian annuity provider flags changes to liquid investments

    14 June 2023

    State-backed provider is likely to establish more buckets in liquidity pool, chief actuary says

  • CPD regime fails to engender 'growth mindset' necessary for UK actuaries, IFoA says

    13 June 2023

    UK actuaries' association admits "guilt" in not pushing lifelong learning

  • German actuaries open doors to wider skillsets and backgrounds

    13 June 2023

    DAV managing director says changes will come to investment and underwriting actuaries' ranks

  • Chart of the week - Fukoku Mutual Life analyses how to survive a pandemic holding shares

    09 June 2023

    Japanese lifer shows what worked and failed, and discusses hedging, or restructuring, 'pandemic portfolios'

  • Slovakian regulator petitioning to liquidate parts of Novis

    09 June 2023

    Novis plans contesting the NbS order in court

  • Guy Carpenter launches new investment structure for climate change insurance

    09 June 2023

    Bond would combine parametric insurance and resilience project funding