David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • COMMENT: 'Are you prepared?' Reflections on the path to net zero

    15 September 2021

    As Insurance Asset Risk's Net Zero season comes to an end, the real-world challenge is only beginning

  • BTP volatility led Talanx to inject capital as Italian unit's solvency swayed

    15 September 2021

    CRO Gerhard Stahl tells of the challenge of systemic risks

  • Oslo Pensjonsforsikring swings from worst to best quarter in 2020 roller-coaster

    14 September 2021

    Norwegian insurer reveals monthly fluctuations 2.5 times the historical average

  • Outsourced hedge fund nails 71% return for Enstar

    14 September 2021

    Hedgies made Bermuda re/insurer 28% in 2019, too

  • Chart of the week - sovereigns, carbon and CEOs' net-zero challenge

    10 September 2021

    This chart from Axa's 2020 Climate Report shows the allocation of the insurer's sovereigns portfolio

  • Europe's GA shrinks for first time since pandemic's rise

    10 September 2021

    Debt and credit devalued in Q1

  • Zurich launches unit-linked net-zero equities strategy

    09 September 2021

    Move follows $1bn general account rotation to lower-carbon index

  • CIOs give praise, and criticism, to outsourcing managers over look-through

    08 September 2021

    Property and equity funds among those singled out by CIOs

  • MAIF Vie launches renewables transition fund

    08 September 2021

    Rendement Vert aims for 4% returns a year

  • Hiscox buys put option to protect solvency coverage

    03 September 2021

    Federale Assurances says its action with derivatives made possible by "good solvency ratio"