Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • MetLife mulling sale of US variable annuity book

    14 February 2022

    US insurers have been exiting variable annuities in a bid to escape low-rate trap

  • Social inflation cost US insurers $20bn in auto lines from 2010 to 2019

    09 February 2022

    Capturing issue requires more refined analysis, argues CAS report

  • Vantage gets $200m private equity injection for US push

    09 February 2022

    Bermudian re/insurer also closes acquisition of US carrier Union Fidelity

  • LDTI should show positive earnings for RGA in 2023

    08 February 2022

    CFO says company ready to share specifics on accounting impact in middle of the year

  • Travelers to stop underwriting new coal and tar sands projects

    07 February 2022

    Only remaining majors without coal policy are AIG and Berkshire Hathaway

  • Inflation could be good for industry, says Prudential Financial

    07 February 2022

    Insurer's Q4 results hit by $837m charge on Assurance IQ

  • Covid-related deaths hit MetLife's underwriting in Q4

    04 February 2022

    The US insurer has paid $3bn in Covid claims since the beginning of Covid-19

  • Regulators investigate the private equity-insurer love-in

    04 February 2022

    Private equity companies have been acquiring insurers at an unheard of rate. Now regulators have raised concerns over asset risk and short-term greed overcoming long-term sense, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US insurers downplay LDTI hit in Q4 earnings calls

    03 February 2022

    Unum and Genworth say no significant impact expected from new accounting rule

  • Chubb's Q4 down slightly but insurer has one of its best ever years

    02 February 2022

    Predicting the pandemic was a "fool's errand," says CEO Greenberg