David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • APAC Weekly - Australia's insurers ditch 'softly, softly' approach to call out governments' poor climate decisions

    27 May 2025

    Rain last week left over 50,000 eastern seaboard residents stranded last week

  • Investment sales and shrinking values dent South Korean industry's Q1 income

    27 May 2025

    Net income fell 16% in Q1, year on year

  • China's regulator acts to improve insurance AM product disclosures

    27 May 2025

    NFRA has put proposed rules up for consultation

  • Comment - Why some 'price signals' for Australian property cover are (unfortunately) largely irrelevant

    26 May 2025

    And why ICA's Andrew Hall has the world's toughest job

  • Hong Kong insurers are "proactive" investors thanks to HKRBC and HKFRS17, says Fitch

    26 May 2025

    Long-term adjustment mechanism also wins agency's praise for ALM

  • Chart of the Week - Dissection of UK life firms' market risk SCR

    23 May 2025

    Insurance Risk Data makes a pinpoint breakdown of UK market risk

  • Dividends from alternatives to thank for wider interest rate spread at Japan Post Insurance

    23 May 2025

    JPI initiated currency swap transactions in October for bond holdings

  • Fitch downgrades Taiwan life sector outlook as uncertainty besets FX market

    23 May 2025

    Agency concerned despite rated insurers still having enough capital for 10% move

  • SFCR 2025 - French insurers win out from buying into alternatives in 2024

    22 May 2025

    Non-mainstream classes now make up to one-quarter of investment returns, some firms say

  • Mercuries Life president temporarily assumes CIO role

    22 May 2025

    Taiwan lifer faced headwinds in 2023 while writing off an ETF investment