Archive

  • FX reserve bolstering worth NT$ 188bn continues at Taiwan's lifers

    14 July 2025

    High volatility hit the Taiwan/US dollar cross in May

  • Taiwanese life firms win solvency leeway to use TW-ICS transitionals

    24 June 2025

    Taiwan's regulator says it will consider applicants' Q3 solvency levels

  • Fitch cites Taiwan FX hedging costs for TransGlobe Life's negative rating watch

    13 June 2025

    TGL's mismatch-hedging to "come under pressure" after "surge in hedging costs," Fitch predicts

  • Mayday! FX volatility hits Taiwan's lifers but no crash landings are forecast

    04 June 2025

    When the Taiwan/US FX rate leaped 8% in two days last month, the same might well have happened to the heartrate of CIOs at life insurers, as David Walker examines

  • Taiwan's lifers bolster capital and FX reserves after market volatility

    03 June 2025

    Country's dollar jumped 8% against greenback in two days last month

  • Taiwan's lifers make outsourcing commitments to Northleaf Capital and AH Capital funds

    19 May 2025

    Cathay Life outsources RMB 300m via CITIC Trust fixed income plan

  • Fitch puts five Taiwanese lifers on negative ratings watches amid FX volatility

    16 May 2025

    S&P Global also expects a hit to Taiwan's lifers' earnings but not their capital

  • Taiwan's insurance regulator proposes amending rules for discretionary outsourcing

    18 November 2024

    Changes being consulted on would dovetail with FSC's goal of promoting asset management

  • Taiwan lifers miss Russian bond payments

    30 June 2022

    Cathay Life expected delays, and payment in roubles

  • Taiwan's FSC proposes increasing foreign currency policy limit

    10 March 2021

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