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S&P to monitor US insurers' expanding private credit allocations
17 October 2025Ratings agency says insurers' rates management efforts should insulate from interest rate fluctuations
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APAC Weekly - Japan's lifers welcome fork in the road for their guarantees and returns
22 July 2025The 82bps difference between big lifers' guarantee and ROI is wider than any year-end since 2012
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Taiwanese life firms win solvency leeway to use TW-ICS transitionals
24 June 2025Taiwan's regulator says it will consider applicants' Q3 solvency levels
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Mayday! FX volatility hits Taiwan's lifers but no crash landings are forecast
04 June 2025When 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
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Taiwan's lifers bolster capital and FX reserves after market volatility
03 June 2025Country's dollar jumped 8% against greenback in two days last month
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Muted offshore investments and high hedging ratios shield Japan from FX risk, says S&P Global
29 May 2025Private credit/debt investments are roughly half US/European levels, agency adds
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Taiwan discusses life insurer solvency and TW-ICS rules after FX market shock
29 May 2025New regulations are due to take effect next January
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Insurers join EM climate change investment taskforce
16 May 2025Initiative designed to unlock private investment to tackle climate change risk in emerging markets
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Fitch puts five Taiwanese lifers on negative ratings watches amid FX volatility
16 May 2025S&P Global also expects a hit to Taiwan's lifers' earnings but not their capital
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S&P Global estimates 48% net FX mismatch at Taiwan lifers
15 May 2025Foreign-FX policies reduces larger gross FX mismatch, as volatility hits USD cross rate