Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Pemberton appoints Scott Hamilton to head North America push

    03 November 2020

    Targeting USA and Canadian insurance clients in newly created role

  • Stock markets point to Biden victory

    02 November 2020

    Guggenheim's election portfolio tilts overwhelmingly in favour of Democrat president

  • Prudential's CIO: shepherding through the valley of darkness

    02 November 2020

    In Part II of this profile, Prudential's CIO Tim Schmidt talks about the investment structure at Prudential, his relationship with the CRO, its ESG policy and the threats of mismanaging risk in the industry. Interview by Sarfraz Thind

  • Insurers help Apollo grow assets by $102bn this year

    30 October 2020

    Athene owner raised 80% of its 2020 assets from insurers

  • UK still most popular destination for USA insurers

    30 October 2020

    Foreign investments represented 8% of total insurer assets in 2019

  • Investment losses biggest contributor to USA P&C H1 income decline

    28 October 2020

    Expect more hurt in third quarter, says APCIA

  • USA election is now the biggest short-term risk for investors

    15 October 2020

    Election overtakes COVID as investors face "mind-numbing" array of worries in Q4, says PGIM

  • USA insurers Q3 investments: dare to dream

    14 October 2020

    Second quarter insurance results were not quite as savage as many had been predicting earlier in the year. With Q3 looming on the horizon what risks can the industry expect to face up to and are we out of the woods yet? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Prudential's CIO on running the biggest show in town

    07 October 2020

    In the first of a two-part interview, Tim Schmidt, CIO of the biggest insurance portfolio in the USA, talks about steering Prudential Financial through the most devastating crisis of recent times. Despite headwinds, he remains optimistic of the company's ability to withstand challenges ahead - By Sarfraz Thind

  • USA life insurers credit portfolios to be hit with meaningful losses next year

    06 October 2020

    Fitch report predicts biggest impact of COVID-19 downgrades to be in 2021