Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Bermuda stress tests show domestic insurer shock resilience

    18 June 2020

    Asset event biggest hit with 22% capital reduction

  • Business interruption: a blockbuster legal battle

    16 June 2020

    Litigation over business interruption coverage for Covid-19 is massing across the globe. The lawyer leading the charge in the US believes this could be the most expensive legal battle in history. How strong is his case and should insurers be worried? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US P&C association reportedly overinflated BI loss figure as lobbying tactic

    12 June 2020

    APCIA claim of $255bn to $431bn monthly losses wide of mark, say researchers

  • Penn Mutual's Dave Raszeja: making the most of the pandemic

    11 June 2020

    The US life insurer's CFO talks to Sarfraz Thind about the present and future impact of Covid-19, the company's approach to risk management and his transition from the CRO role

  • New York financial superintendent to regulate city's IAIGs

    09 June 2020

    Regulator will oversee significant insurance groups based in New York

  • Munich Re America Services hires Cathy Smith as CRO

    05 June 2020

    Smith joins from subsidiary American Modern

  • Asset risk far greater than underwriting risk, say US CROs

    04 June 2020

    Predictions of $30bn Covid-19 underwriting losses likely to be dwarfed by asset hit

  • US state regulators decry federal work on climate change

    02 June 2020

    States leading the push for more sustainable initiatives, says California's Ricardo Lara

  • US insurers denounce racial injustice after George Floyd's death

    02 June 2020

    Floyd, an African American, died from asphyxiation caused by white police officer

  • US lawmaker introduces pandemic insurance bill

    28 May 2020

    Bill proposes private-public insurance to combat Covid-19 BI losses