Line chart showing the appreciation of the Taiwan dollar against the US dollar this year The island's central bank supports local life insurers by funding a "decent chunk" of their hedging costs ...

Taiwan’s Central Bank strengthened its warning to local trading companies over their currency purchases as it seeks once ...

Nan Shan Life Insurance and Taiwan Life Insurance on "Rating Watch Negative" due to the "substantial currency mismatch" produced by their "sizeable" U.S. dollar holdings, the ratings agency said ...

Fitch Ratings yesterday said that it has placed Taiwan’s major life insurers on negative credit watch, citing concerns that the sharp appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar against the US dollar could ...

Taiwan’s biggest insurers posted a total loss of NT$18.7 billion in April due to currency volatility after US President Donald Trump warned of a wave of global trade tariffs. The insurers ...

Taiwan’s life insurers are of course a central part of this story. They didn’t cause the initial move in the Taiwan dollar. But they are enormously exposed to any large move in the Taiwan dollar.

Nan Shan Life Insurance and Taiwan Life Insurance on "Rating Watch Negative" due to the "substantial currency mismatch" produced by their "sizeable" U.S. dollar holdings, the ratings agency said in a ...

Taipei: Taiwan’s biggest insurers posted a total loss of almost NT$19bil or about US$620mil in April due to currency volatility after US President Donald Trump warned of a wave of global trade ...