From Editor-in-Chief
Smile. You are in a noble profession
India: To soar with fast growth
An exciting vision for 2013
Kiln: Fifty years on
Echo Re: Growing without haste
Rising customer debt and lending a draw for Genworth
Industry to lead instead of waiting for Mr Regulator?
Customer Focus: Treating Customers Fairly - Not a simple task!
Customer Focus: Change your game with customer analytics
Customer Focus: From customer protection to customer promotion
The Deal Makers - M&As heat up
Regulations for a prospective future
Great expectations
Indian life insurance industry: Ready for consolidation?
Do the capital caps need to go?
Revamping product development: Building on customer needs
Motor insurance in India - New vistas
A long-term investment in India
Apollo Munich Health Insurance: Innovation is in our DNA
Getting behind the numbers
India: An actuarial destination
Quick take on latest updates
P&C: A look back at 2012 and prospects for 2013 - Hope blossoms
P&C: A look back at 2012 and prospects for 2013 - Industry hopes to stay on right track
P&C: A look back at 2012 and prospects for 2013 - Market transformation pressures continue in 2013
P&C: A look back at 2012 and prospects for 2013 - Insurance - Looking after the well-being of economy and society
The Geneve Association: Building up capital buffers and recognising judgement risk
Insurance opportunities in the Asian century
The data tsunami
All hands on deck
Impact of IAIS - 2013 will be a year of significant regulatory change
Leveraging technologies through the visionary CIO
Asia to make up 45% of global premium growth in next 8 years
ASEAN: YAMA joy for AIA's Thai actuarial head
Australia: IAG sells UK operations
China: PICC issues more shares
China: Munich Re insures performance guarantees of PV manufacturer Yingli
India: Innovation key to popularising health insurance
Japan: Robust savings product sales push life premiums in Apr-Sep
Allianz Life Korea granted patent on variable annuity by KIPO
South Korea: Offshore losses for non-life insurers
Malaysia: Sanlam acquires 49% POI stake for US$88 mln
Malaysia: New Islamic finance rules to be out this year - Dr Zeti
Singapore: Skuld sets up regional hub in Singapore
Singapore: India International bares expansion plans
Sri Lanka: Ceylinco Life launches Sri Lanka's first online life insurance plan
Taiwan: Life insurers encouraged to buy equity
Thailand: Catalytics partners Thai Re for natural hazard modelling project
Careful optimism for both global life and non-life - Swiss Re
Americans adopting new mindset for funding their retirement
Low take-up rates plague terrorism risk insurance
Insurers less exposed to systematic risk than banks - GA
SCOR steps up support for development of actuarial science
S&P's rating criteria change may see rating shifts
Diary of Events
People on the move
With the New Year comes new hope. For insurers, there is hope for another benign year in terms of losses, for underwriting discipline to hold, and for lessons to be learnt. Regulators, insurers and a consultant share about these hopes.
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An excellent year for the industry, 2012 was also a time for insurers in Asia to reflect on and learn from the lessons of 2011. Most hope the industry will continue to be on the right track as they expect another year of good business. By Manuelita Contreras
Asian property and casualty (P&C) insurers that have grown accustomed to adapting to change should not expect any let-up in the next few years, says Mr Peter Lee of Towers Watson.
Though 2011 was an unprecedented catastrophic year for insurers, 2012 has happily been more benign. As a year kick-starter, we approached regulators for comfort, advice and words of thought leadership for the industry. Here is the response from three valiant regulators who responded to this call.