Sarfraz Thind

• NAIC work aligns with global climate goals, say state regulators

  04 November 2021

  US state commissioners turning to modelling for future development

• US insurers still behind Europeans on climate scorecard

  03 November 2021

  Insure Our Future identifies major climate and fossil fuel laggards

• Risk Rating 2.0 "causing havoc" for US flood insurance

  02 November 2021

  Senator Bill Cassidy accuses NFIP's new flood insurance model of raising rates

• FSOC climate report: more talk than action

  01 November 2021

  US Federal authorities released their much-awaited report on climate risk in the finance industry. Though comprehensive on current practices, the report treads lightly in its recommendations for what should be done. Sarfraz Thind explains

  

• US senator warns of "massive risk" from fossil fuel underwriting

  29 October 2021

  AM Best research shows few US insurers are fully implementing ESG into underwriting

• COP26: a springboard for action, says the IAIS

  28 October 2021

  Jonathan Dixon, secretary general of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, discusses with Sarfraz Thind the hopes for COP26 and how insurers may benefit from the global climate conference

  

• Climate change impact is "evident in industry results," says Chubb's CEO

  27 October 2021

  Insurer posts strong underwriting results, but takes $1.1bn cat hit in Q3

• White House report highlights NFIP vulnerability to climate change

  15 October 2021

  Fema is looking to revamp flood standards to account for worsening effects of climate change

• InsureTech Connect: thinner crowds but bigger on digitalisation

  12 October 2021

  Covid-19 has triggered urgency towards digitalisation and hyper-personalisation

• Oil and gas: a soaring risk

  11 October 2021

  After coal, the oil and gas sector is lining up to be the next focus of insurer divestment. But can US insurers really afford to chop this all-American sector from their businesses? Sarfraz Thind reports