Archive

  • Hard currency: Taiwan's lifers have lowered FX hedging ratios, but for how long?

    13 April 2026

    Ten months since the US and Taiwan dollars sharply parted ways, handing FX investment risk is still upmost in life CIOs' thoughts

  • Taiwan lifers could withstand 15% Middle East impairment, says S&P Global unit

    25 March 2026

    Good yields and diversification mean 4.1% of sector's invested assets are there

  • 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

  • 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 discusses life insurer solvency and TW-ICS rules after FX market shock

    29 May 2025

    New regulations are due to take effect next January