Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • North Carolina insurers ask for 42% rate rise

    23 January 2024

    The state's commissioner Mike Causey calls the rate request "concerning"

  • Why the world should be watching the US insurance crisis

    19 January 2024

    US insurance is the "canary in the coal mine" when it comes to testing the effects of climate change on business, according to John Morton, ex-climate advisor to Janet Yellen. He speaks to Sarfraz Thind

  • Japanese regulator targets Sompo Japan on price fixing

    16 January 2024

    Fallout from scandal has rocked local insurance market

  • Tokio Marine on the challenges of international expansion

    16 January 2024

    A stagnating domestic economy and entrenched markets have led Japan's insurers overseas in search of growth. Tokio Marine's internationally-experienced head of risk, Yoshihiro Matsuzaki, tells Sarfraz Thind how he is managing the risks of this new world

  • Fitch ratings change proposals will ease criteria for hybrid debt

    12 January 2024

    Up to 28 hybrid instruments could see upgrade, agency says

  • US auto rates soar as inflation rocks business

    12 January 2024

    Concern that insurers leverage a crisis to extract excess profits, says consumer group

  • US insurance crisis threatens "entire financial system", warns Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

    11 January 2024

    Climate change crisis could spill over from insurance to mortgages and muni bonds

  • 2024 trends: Private equity and insurance

    10 January 2024

    InsuranceERM's editorial team review key developments that shaped the insurance market in 2023 and provide insight on the year ahead

  • Unfair to treat PE-insurers differently based solely on ownership

    09 January 2024

    Regulations must not focus on "who they are but on how they act," says Lawrence Hamilton

  • 2024 trends: The US insurance crisis

    05 January 2024

    InsuranceERM's editorial team review key developments that shaped the insurance market in 2023 and provide insight on the year ahead