Sarfraz Thind

Articles by Sarfraz Thind

  • Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers

    07 October 2019

    US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.

  • High wildfire risk spurs insurers to cut back on California coverage

    28 August 2019

    Insurers are reducing homeowner coverage for people in high wildfire risk areas of California as a result of recent fires, according to the California Department of Insurance (CDI).

  • Insurers say climate change is now their top risk

    08 April 2019

    Climate change has supplanted cyber risk as the top risk for the world's insurers, according to a recent survey.

  • Climate change will hit Trump-voting states most, says think-tank

    05 February 2019

    Climate change is likely to have the hardest economic impact on Republican-voting US states that backed President Donald Trump and other politicians opposed to reining in greenhouse gases, according to the Brookings Institution.