Sarfraz Thind

"Exciting and scary": the insurance regulator's view on AI

What does the proliferation of AI technology mean for a cautious industry like insurance? And how can regulators police this potentially limitless technology? The chair of the NAIC's innovation group, Kathleen Birrane, talks about the challenge with Sarfraz Thind

Chile's Ohio National Seguros de Vida acquires $2.6bn annuity portfolio from Zurich

Latin American insurance supervisor re-elects Tomás Soley Pérez as president

S&P revises risk-based capital adequacy criteria for re/insurers

New proposals could impact ratings of 10% of insurers globally

US Senators oppose federal ESG-push into insurance

Letter signed by 38 Senators says Federal Insurance Office is overreaching authority

Climate alliances crumbled by anti-woke politics

The unravelling of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance owes a lot to right-wing US politics, where ESG and climate action is seen as a threat to business, as Sarfraz Thind discovers

FSOC's consultation proposes Sifi designation revival

New proposals firm up rumours on non-bank systemic rules

Bermuda's Premier hitting the diversity divide

David Burt is on a drive to let the world know that Bermuda is more than just blue seas and pink sands. He speaks to Sarfraz Thind about international insurance and closing racial divides

Cyber risk premiums at record highs

Insurers have substantively tightened controls on cyber underwriting, IAIS says

Swiss Re paints a rosy picture for US P&C insurers

Will see biggest uptick in ROE since 2009 as underwriting and investment both improve