David Walker

Staff at Japanese insurers flood in-house hotlines with negative feedback

Platforms were installed after FSA issued business improvement orders

FWD posts back-to-back record net earnings in 2025

Alex Wong taking over as group chief actuary

Moody's spells out breadth of insurers at risk of losses from Middle East conflict

Industry's total remaining exposure in Gulf could top $40bn, industry tells Moody's

Chubb named as lead partner on US government $20bn maritime reinsurance programme

"Several American insurers" will provide reinsurance behind Chubb

Perils cites conservative reserving for cyclone Alfred after sharp fall in loss estimates

Meiji Yasuda Life encryption policy maps out move to "quantum-resistant cryptography"

MS&AD unit launches space travel insurance for risks "unique to weightlessness"

The insurer is also considering cover for time spent on the International Space Station

Japanese cedants are keeping asset-intensive reinsurance risks under control

S&P says life firms are diversifying counterparties and taking high levels of collateral cover

PGF Life temporarily reduces compensation for senior leaders after data theft

Senior staff agreed to cuts of 5% to 10% of month's remuneration

Lotte Insurance given tougher business improvement plan in South Korea

Private finance-owned insurer must consider sale of business