David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • Equity gains help State Farm swing to $5.3bn net income in 2024

    04 March 2025

    Group's non-life unit is under fire after requesting an emergency 22% home rate hike after LA fires

  • MSIG and SingLife unveil details of Singaporean's views on sustainable investing

    03 March 2025

    Citizens polled want insurers to take lead - but might not follow that lead themselves

  • Ping An and China Life share experiences of new Chinese investment rules

    03 March 2025

    NFRA had issued updates for risk classification and internal controls for alternatives

  • Dai-ichi Life to put property businesses into JV with Marubeni Corp

    03 March 2025

    Japanese group wants to expand real estate investing faster than organic growth allows

  • Chart of the Week - Is Thomas Buberl's pivot at AXA paying off, in solvency terms?

    28 February 2025

    Since 2018, when Buberl bought XL Group, AXA's CEO wanted to de-emphasise financial market risks

  • Comment - 'Live by the sword, die by the sword' - Californian insurer hauled over coals for fossil fuel shareholdings in GA

    28 February 2025

    Consumer Watchdog has 'drilled baby drilled' into beleaguered group's GA exposures

  • PIMCO drives Allianz's third-party flows agonizingly close to €2trn in 2024

    28 February 2025

    All but €400m of €84.8bn external subscriptions went to PIMCO

  • Japan Post Insurance plans reinsurance investment worth up to $2bn with KKR unit

    28 February 2025

    Global Atlantic would establish a new reinsurer for JPI's backing

  • Consumer Watchdog cites State Farm's old energy stocks in heated rate-hike battle

    27 February 2025

    State Farm wants regulator's nod for 22% higher home premiums in California

  • Dai-ichi Life merges local and foreign bond operations into "global bond structure"

    27 February 2025

    Japanese lifer wants better investment returns from its move