Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Lincoln Financial searching for new CIO

    02 September 2021

    Current CIO Ellen Cooper will move up to CEO next year

  • MetLife IM buys $825m office, largest US deal to date in 2021

    27 August 2021

    Acquisition in conjunction with Norges Bank Investment Management

  • CUNA names Amy Cameron as CIO to run $30bn portfolio

    25 August 2021

    Also appoints Anne Finucane as deputy CIO

  • NAIC's private rating disclosure rules to increase scrutiny on bespoke assets

    25 August 2021

    Requirements for private rating reports will come in next year

  • Inflation a dark cloud for global (re)insurers

    24 August 2021

    Sector reported solid H1 but inflation "squeeze" a worry for future earnings, Willis Re warns

  • Insurers stocking up

    24 August 2021

    Insurers are a safe, staid bunch by nature. But even in this world of conservatism, there is always room for a little bit of riskier investing. So where have insurers been keeping their "naughty" equity investments? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US P&C insurers' H1 investment income highest in five years

    23 August 2021

    Investment income rose 6.4% in H1 as markets bounced back in 2021

  • FAANG, tech and old school

    23 August 2021

    Who cashed in on FAANG stocks?

  • Manulife IM makes another timberland acquisition

    19 August 2021

    Purchase of Brazilian eucalyptus plantations joins the insurer's expanding timberland portfolio

  • US life insurers saw largest ten-year fall in investment income in 2020

    19 August 2021

    Net income has fallen 100bps in last decade as insurers struggle with low rates, NEAM says