David Walker

• German ZZR insurance interest reserve hits €75.2bn

  26 May 2020

  Life sector's Solvency II capital requirement is 70% investment risk, BaFin says

• Aegon's sensitivity to volatile equities halves during Q1

  25 May 2020

  Large macro hedge pay--off for Aegon Americas makes reduction, SFCR says

• Investment impairments take shine off Generali Q1 result

  21 May 2020

  Italian's net profits slump 84%

• Vienna's investment result falls 25% - but COVID-19 not main culprit

  20 May 2020

  Deconsolidating some property primary cause, group says

• Eiopa tells CIOs: return to your seats and fasten your seat belts

  19 May 2020

  Market risk warning turned to red in authority's latest assessment

• Fitch demotes outlook on units of R+V, Condor, Stuttgarter

  19 May 2020

  Further rates falls endanger ability to cover guarantees with investments, agency says

• Insurers' social investing takes the spotlight in battle against COVID-19

  18 May 2020

  If the pandemic has any silver lining, it is in boosting the prominence of the social aspect of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. David Walker investigates this 'elevation', and whether it will outlast the virus it is being rallied to combat.

  

• Pandemic mortality damage on par with credit spreads widening 50bps for Axa

  15 May 2020

  But COVID-19 wreaks eight-fold more havoc on insurer's Solvency II ratio in Q1

• AM Best concerned over Italian non-life BTPs holdings as spreads billow

  14 May 2020

  Spread widening on 12 March more than three-fold worse than SFCR sensitivity tests

• Allianz asset managers start restocking third-party money in Q2

  14 May 2020

  But CFO says hitting full-year targets now difficult for unit