David Walker

Heeding the warnings on city wildfire risk

Risk modellers have long warned of the wildfire risks to cities. Since the disastrous infernos in Los Angeles, people have begun to listen, as David Walker reports

Apra finalises capital framework revisions for annuity writers

Challenger welcomes amendments as "important step" in Australia's retirement income market

Japan's FSA takes tougher stance on insurer sales practices and cyber security

Fire-resilient rebuilds cut expected loss from LA wildfires by one-third

Study from NAIC used Moody's wildfire cat model for Palisades and Eaton fires

Danish FSA details its insurance interventions in 2025

Finanstilsynet's supervisory review covers solvency breaches and business sustainability

Ping An reveals sales figures for its AI salesforce

AI achievements were front and centre of Chinese group's annual results

Moody's dangles ratings carrot for Nippon Life to diversify further

AM Best cautiously welcomes Hong Kong's RBC plans

Cayman reinsurance body says SoA paper validates offshore life re model

Mutual benefit: how private equity is supplying capital to US mutuals

Mutual insurers can find it difficult to access capital and modern technology, but it's a challenge one private equity-backed US firm is trying to address. David Walker reports