Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Aegon issues first Solvency II-compliant debt

    05 April 2018

    $800m of tier 2 notes listed in New York

  • Telling the solvency story

    30 March 2017

    The Solvency II solvency and financial condition report (SFCR) is causing consternation among insurers. How do participants balance the requirements of disclosure with confidentiality, or interpret this most loose fitting of regulatory diktats? With the first set of reports already published, the answer seems to be, not very happily. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • IFRS 17: the new cloud on the horizon

    08 December 2016

    Could IFRS 17 be even more burdensome and costly than Solvency II? A final text is due to be published in March and insurers are looking for fundamental changes – otherwise some will face a long and expensive path to compliance. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Brexit prompts 13-point drop in L&G's Solvency II ratio

    28 June 2016

    Ratio falls to 156% from 169% at end-2015

  • Japanese insurers pile into debt market to meet upcoming capital requirements

    21 June 2016

    Taking advantage of low rates to access cheap funding

  • Willis Towers Watson snaps up Milliman's Steve Hardwick

    15 June 2016

    Will work to expand EMEA insurance business

  • NAIC adopts principle-based reserving for 2017 launch

    13 June 2016

    New method for US life valuations

  • Great Eastern's Ronnie Tan: "We support ICS over Solvency II"

    15 March 2016

    Ronnie Tan built Great Eastern's risk management function from scratch 10 years ago. The CRO talks to Sarfraz Thind about Asia's advances in ERM and why Solvency II is not suitable for the region's insurance industry

  • Solvency II fuels risk of model convergence

    16 November 2015

    The demands of regulatory approval are creating a lack of diversity in insurance models and driving an increase in systemic risk, according to a joint industry and academic study. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Asta turns up the heat on pillar 3

    30 June 2015

    The road to Solvency II reporting has not been easy. For Lloyd's syndicates, complying with the additional challenges of the Lloyd's market regulations, things are perhaps even tougher. Managing agency Asta explains to Sarfraz Thind how it is preparing for lift-off next year.