David Walker

• Folksam Life reassures policyholders that it can withstand any collapse of Swedbank

  15 April 2019

  Swedish life insurer would see its SCR decline by 2 percentage points in the event of Swedbank shares becoming worthless

• Early SFCRs reveal jump in investment risk-taking

  11 April 2019

  Insurance Risk Data analysis reveals greater investment risk-taking

• French regulator calls on insurers 'to sharpen up' their climate risk strategies

  11 April 2019

  The ACPR has also been scrutinising insurers’ investment strategies, in relation to climate risk

• Lloyd's syndicates open up about investment outsourcing

  11 April 2019

  Research by Insurance Risk Data reveals the 2018 winners and losers of the mandated asset managers for Lloyd's syndicates. David Walker reports on who won which mandates, who received applause and who wasn't that lucky.

  

• Talanx CRO: Insurers should insure, not invest, for a living

  08 April 2019

  Gerhard Stahl explains why German group adheres to internal 50% market risk ceiling

• Poor ESG data hinders investment decisions, says SSgA

  25 March 2019

  But State Street Global Advisors praises underwriters as forerunners of climate change modelling

• NN Group reveals €600m of mortgage origination for Belgian and non-life units

  20 March 2019

  Market risk falls as Dutch group calculates more by internal model

• Japan Post Insurance boosts ESG equities investing

  19 March 2019

  And vouch to insource 20% of its overall equity investments

• Generali's M&A path pays off in investment profits

  14 March 2019

  Italian now earns 174bps more on investments than average policy guarantee

• Italian supervisor demands more severe scenario testing

  13 March 2019

  Ivass details severity of stressors in latest own risk and solvency assessments