Archive

  • Fitch issues warnings about proposed FX reporting rules for Taiwan lifers

    16 January 2026

    Agency predicts FX mismatches will "remain substantial"

  • APAC Weekly - Taiwan lifers' FX hedging costs exceeded sector's net profits since 2019

    13 January 2026

    Sector wins reprieve on how unrealised FX gains/losses are reported from 2026

  • APAC Weekly - Taiwan's lifers given 'breathing room' in ratings watches by Fitch

    16 December 2025

    Retraction of negative ratings watches might not, per se, have been the main cause for sector's relief

  • PIC completes buy-ins with Baker Hughes worth £900m

    26 June 2025

    Securing pensions of over 3,000 pensioners and nearly 4,000 deferred members

  • Taiwan's FSC proposes increasing foreign currency policy limit

    10 March 2021

    Move would be credit positive for life insurers, Moody's says

  • Guernsey to introduce green capital charges for life re/insurers

    30 October 2020

    Proposal receives mixed responses from stakeholders fearful of a greenwashing exercise and the possible limited impact of the initiative. Vincent Huck speaks to the local regulator and industry stakeholders

  • South Korea relaxes bill for insurers' asset management operations

    25 April 2016

    As part of an effort to help insurers that are suffering from low interest rates and to strengthen competitiveness