David Walker

Perils raises Australian Q1 flood loss estimate by A$1bn

German insurers' spare capacity for extreme weather risk could cover almost all properties

But Signal Iduna says only half of German homeowners buying "elemental cover" since Bernd

Coal business resorts to "haphazard coalition" of insurers as giants retract

Financiers and governments at risk if they accept inexperienced underwriters, says Insure Our Future

Insurers at danger of underpricing risk if post-Covid growth means price competition

Asian industry heads urge CROs to view inflation risk through appropriate lens

Prices for cyber more than double in past year, says Howden

Broker says compounding increases now "unsustainable"

GDV issues fresh call for post-Bernd natcat mitigation

German homes have been rebuilt on flood-risk sites since last summer's disaster

CBIRC gives insurers one year to implement green guidelines

Insurers should rewrite contracts to encourage ESG improvements among customers, rules say

Peak Re issues $150m Japan typhoon ILS in Hong Kong

Reinsurer doubled initial issuance volume amid demand

Bigger does not mean better for insurers

Expanding an insurance business in good times typically meant growing profits. In today's tougher economic environment, Europe's largest insurers are being much more prudent about spending capital, and are only considering very careful expansion, as David Walker writes

Europe's insurers repair Covid damage to solvency ratios

Eiopa data reveals patterns of ratios, premiums and claims