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  • South Korea's insurers buoyed by investment outcomes

    20 November 2025

    But regulator warns of "mounting uncertainty about financial markets"

  • South Korean insurers dominated financial sector for foreign property in 2024

    07 July 2025

    But sector trimmed exposures mildly in H2, FSS data shows

  • Investment sales and shrinking values dent South Korean industry's Q1 income

    27 May 2025

    Net income fell 16% in Q1, year on year

  • South Korean watchdog details insurers' foreign property exposures

    13 January 2025

    Underwriters had 55% of financial sector's total allocation by mid-2024, FSS says

  • South Korean insurers' net earnings rose 3% in H1, all thanks to non-life firms

    06 September 2024

    Industry's return on equity brightened to 11.8%

  • Volatile markets create almost half the Q1 jump in capital bill in South Korea

    17 July 2024

    Operational risk also needed more capital behind it, FSS reveals

  • Fitch flags further cull in high-charge assets under K-ICS framework

    26 June 2024

    Ratings agency expects more purchases of local long-dated fixed income

  • South Korea's FSS warns of "fallout from increasing uncertainty and volatility" in financial markets

    21 June 2024

    But conglomerates grew capital adequacy as K-ICS kicked in

  • South Korean insurers to help lend KRW1trn to struggling project finance sector

    14 May 2024

    Financial Services Commission announced various measures for non-viable projects

  • South Korean insurers generate nearly KRW 3trn investment income in 2023

    28 March 2024

    Aggregated assets of insurance companies down 6.5% from end of 2022