Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • IAIS 2023: Japan PM talks up societal role for insurers

    09 November 2023

    But the country is still lagging on climate factors, say participants

  • IAIS 2023: Private equity is changing the risk profile of insurance

    09 November 2023

    Concerns on asset intensive business raised at the annual IAIS meeting

  • The race to respond to social inflation

    03 November 2023

    Insurers have a huge task ahead in addressing the factors behind social inflation, including society's distrust of big corporates, social media amplification and litigation methods. But others argue it's a manufactured crisis. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US climate rules will be better than using Europe's, says SEC chair

    27 October 2023

    Gary Gensler makes pitch for SEC rules as corporates threaten to sue

  • The world is a hostile environment for Chubb's Evan Greenberg

    26 October 2023

    Cyber risk is evolving, but insurers are developing tools to counter threat

  • Vicky Saporta resigns as IAIS chair, Shigeru Ariizumi steps up

    19 October 2023

    Saporta has been a key figure during ICS development

  • IAIS launches comparability study of US aggregation method

    18 October 2023

    Critics have already said it lacks transparency

  • ICS remains stuck in the transatlantic rift

    16 October 2023

    Thomas Sullivan, ex-Federal Reserve insurance chief, talks to Sarfraz Thind about his fight against the imposition of "European" capital standards on US markets

  • PE firms keeping US insurers in their sights, says Fitch

    13 October 2023

    Alt AM insurers held four times more riskier assets than rest of market, agency finds

  • US insurers expect heavy burden from California's new climate bills

    12 October 2023

    Scope 3 reporting requirement presents significant challenges for industry, critics say