David Walker

Chinese property insurers respond to Tibet earthquake

PICC and Axa alliance to expand French group's mainland China footprint

FSA warns Japan's insurers to uphold governance amid global expansion

Internal audit and governance must be enhanced as operations expand, watchdog says

Thailand's KWI Life wins breathing room for capital raising

China Taiping reinsurer launches cat bond in Hong Kong

Bond covers two natcat risks in US and China, respectively

Australia's property insurance model caught off-guard by climate change

A series of unprecedented disasters has revealed serious flaws in how the non-life insurance sector operates, but critics are making suggestions on how to improve matters, as David Walker discovers

Nippon Life sets 30% earnings contribution target from foreign business

Japanese wants to buy Resolution Life and MLC outright in separate deals

Allianz reportedly set to abandon Income Insurance deal in Singapore

But CEO reiterates group's commitment to Asia

Buyer be where? Japanese insurers look beyond the horizon, for M&A deals

The rewards for Japan's insurers of overseas M&A include risk diversification, new customers and profit enhancement - but stakeholders tell David Walker that risks abound, as well

Thai regulator orders capital replenishment at KWI Life