David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Varma and LGIM team up for ESG index fund

    19 September 2019

    Finnish pension insurer has seeded the fund with €200m

  • Lloyd's emphasises: 'We're an insurer, not an investor'

    18 September 2019

    Ten-fold jump in investment result in 1H prompts comment from CEO John Neal

  • Lloyd's H1 profits rely on investment performance

    18 September 2019

    Net investment income hits £2.3bn

  • Many motor insurers rely on investments, amid underwriting losses

    17 September 2019

    Insurance Risk Data industry report unveils overall underwriting loss

  • Insurance Risk Data publishes 200-page Europe & Bermuda outsourcing report

    17 September 2019

    Details provided for 1,100 investment mandates

  • Longer-term products push Chinese life firms into more property, alternatives

    16 September 2019

    Fitch expects Hong Kong-listed companies to want more strategic equities, too

  • How Europe's insurers are falling out of love with their governments

    16 September 2019

    Local sovereigns often took biggest culls from general accounts in 2018, Eiopa data shows

  • Eiopa reveals 12.9% of insurers’ investments exposed to climate risk

    13 September 2019

    EU financial regulators publish report on risk and vulnerability in EU financial system

  • Investment returns of median insurer fail to cover guarantees

    12 September 2019

    Eiopa reveals a 1.4% shortfall

  • BlackRock takes top prize in insurance mandates, Insurance Risk Data reveals

    11 September 2019

    BlackRock, Neam, Conning and Goldman Sachs are underwriters’ ‘favourites’ by the number of mandates awarded