David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • APAC Weekly - APAC's public natcat reinsurers watch California (tie itself in knots)

    21 January 2025

    State's lawmakers may have shot their state in the foot with well-meaning rules to shore up insurance

  • Comment: Unusual US bond issuer plans birth by fire

    20 January 2025

    LA fires are spurring innovative thinking about how to cover Californian homeowners

  • Sumitomo Life outsources for local PE/buyout exposure growth

    20 January 2025

    Japanese lifer positions fund purchase as boost for emerging managers

  • Californian lawmakers open possibility for bond issues to cover FAIR Plan claims

    20 January 2025

    State-established insurer of last resort faces significant bill from LA fires

  • Tokio Marine AM holds out hope for cure to cancer

    17 January 2025

    Fund invests in research via underlying Candriam product

  • NFRA reminds China's insurers about options for allocating to local property

    17 January 2025

    Authorities are co-ordinating on more market stability for investors and lenders alike

  • Chart of the Week: Did LA's insurers choose the wrong fire-risk properties to avoid, before the city's trial by fire?

    17 January 2025

    Data shows widespread non-renewals in fire-prone California in 2023, but maybe in the 'wrong' areas

  • Unipol's BTP exposure drops below one-third of portfolio

    16 January 2025

    Morningstar DBRS has called the 30% allocation "significant", however

  • Just Group's inhouse team originated £1bn of illiquids in 2024

    16 January 2025

    Total illiquid asset origination jumped 40% at UK group

  • Rebuilding LA will take at least a decade, predicts BlackRock's Larry Fink

    16 January 2025

    BlackRock recently exited asset management body fighting climate change