Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Burn, fire, burn: but who cares?

    24 December 2020

    Do not expect insurers to move fast on wildfire risk which is still far from being priced into investments

  • Insurance assets dominate Bermuda's investment landscape

    23 December 2020

    Insurers double equity allocations in two years, according to BMA report

  • US insurers will need to up their climate game in 2021

    23 December 2020

    Federal Reserve latest to join FDAP as regulators move to ramp up insurance climate rules

  • Farmers promotes Irakoze Baur to CIO

    18 December 2020

    Will replace retiring Tom Rogers from January

  • CLOs pose no risk to US insurers despite pandemic

    17 December 2020

    GAO report finds insurer leveraged loans too small to be a threat

  • US needs to raise rates to offer "any semblance of return," Hartford CEO says

    15 December 2020

    Rates down 125bps in one year, magnitude of decline bites on insurance industry

  • MassMutual invests $100m in bitcoin

    11 December 2020

    Also purchases $5m stake in bitcoin investment company, NYDIG

  • Liberty Mutual becomes first US P&C insurer to join PRI

    10 December 2020

    Move to incorporate ESG principles follows regulatory outcry against Boston-based insurer in May

  • Insatiable chase for yield will be more pronounced in 2021, Macquarie says

    09 December 2020

    Negative yielding corporate debt rises to $2.7trn in last year

  • CECL had little impact on US insurers this year

    09 December 2020

    Fitch says accounting standard largely immaterial for insurer reported equity