Sarfraz Thind

• AM Best puts stable outlook on global cyber market

  04 July 2024

  First rating agency to have cyber-specific rating on the growing segment

• State Farm seeking 50% homeowners rate rise in California

  03 July 2024

  Request raises questions about company's financial condition, says Ricardo Lara

• Extreme heat cost California $7bn in last decade, says insurance department

  03 July 2024

  Peril is not well covered by insurance, according to CDI report

• BoE financial stability report highlights PE-insurer risks

  02 July 2024

  Insurers exposed to illiquid asset shocks as correlations grow

• Stable solvency, liquidity and profitability for insurers in 2023, IAIS report finds

  01 July 2024

  But risks have risen on the back of illiquid asset exposure

• US insurers behind the climate risk eight ball

  28 June 2024

  Ceres's latest report analysing insurer climate disclosures reveals the holes that exist in this hugely important task. Sarfraz Thind reports

  

• UK and Japan offer some of the most significant opportunities for insurance-AM firms

  27 June 2024

  A McKinsey report emphasised the growing convergence between insurers and asset managers

• NAIC responds to Congress's questions on climate data call

  26 June 2024

  Expected to be annual occurrence with 144 insurers reporting this year

• US P&C outlook is hot, says Swiss Re

  26 June 2024

  Q1 was best underwriting result in 15 years boosted by premium growth and easing inflation

• PE and insurance: perception versus reality

  21 June 2024

  Private equity and alternative asset manager-owned life insurers have been accused of making risky investments and running opaque businesses intent on making a fast buck. The facts may not bear this out, as Sarfraz Thind reports in the first of a two-part article