David Walker

Articles by David Walker

  • AM Best heralds end to US P&C firms needing to take risk for investment yield

    30 May 2024

    Non-life sector in US posted record net investment income in 2023, rating agency finds

  • CCR uses cash from reinsurer sale to triple bond portfolio's yield to maturity

    29 May 2024

    French property re/insurer's real estate withstands "exceptionally poor year" in sector, its SFCR says

  • Tokio Marine spells out green bond and impact fund plans

    28 May 2024

    Some 30% of assets at affiliated AM are alternative

  • PE-backed reinsurers reap $1trn asset transfer windfall, Swiss Re estimates

    28 May 2024

    Global PE industry could yet put up to $20trn of its capital into affiliated vehicles

  • Poste Vita's investment pot hit €155bn in 2023

    28 May 2024

    SFCR reveals investment value of stake in defunct Eurovita

  • Boomtime in store for global life industry as rates rise, predicts Swiss Re

    28 May 2024

    Swiss Re Institute forecasts 40% increase in industry's investment income by 2027

  • Chart of the Week - Round the World with SFCRs, how Groupe MAF's expects market SCR sub-modules to develop

    24 May 2024

    Transparency in the SFCR affords insight into risk planning and budgeting, and accuracy of SCR forecasting, out to 2027

  • French insurers not shifting investments despite "significant" climate exposure in businesses

    24 May 2024

    ACPR has revealed results of second climate stress test

  • Frank Grund switches from supervising German insurers, to rating them

    22 May 2024

    Former BaFin insurance supervisor has joined Assekuranz committee

  • Ageas makes RMB 1.1bn investment in China Taiping pensions unit

    21 May 2024

    Belgian has worked with Chinese group since 2001