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• 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

• Taiwan introduces credit risk cap on investment-linked policies

  11 March 2020

  These policies now account for 30% of first-year premium in Taiwan's life insurance industry

• Taiwan to tighten rules for life firms

  24 May 2019

  Change would curb unit-linked products and introduced greater ALM challenges for firms

• Global diversification could come back to haunt Taiwan's insurers

  21 March 2017

  Exchange rate fluctuations set to hit US dollar investment income this quarter