Taiwan insurers get a stern currency warning. Robyn Mak. May 12, 2025 2:43 PM UTC Updated May 12, 2025 ... As of Friday's close, the Taiwan dollar was trading at 30.29 to the dollar ...

A stronger currency could damp growth by weighing on exports, which already face trade tariff headwinds.

Taiwan’s life insurers’ foreign exchange losses more than doubled to a combined NT$263.8 billion ($9.1 billion) from January ...

Taiwan dollar hits a three-year high as foreign inflows and dollar weakness drive gains, raising challenges for exporters and ...

Fitch estimates the insurers have sufficient capital buffers to withstand a 10% rise in the Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar from the start of 2025. Currently, the local currency is up about ...

Taiwan’s biggest insurers posted a total loss of NT$18.7 billion ($620 million) in April due to currency volatility after US President Donald Trump warned of a wave of global trade tariffs.

The Best’s Commentary, “Taiwan Dollar Rallies, Life Insurers More Exposed to Foreign Exchange Risk,” notes that the local currency surged by a combined 8% against the U.S. dollar over a two ...

Fubon, Cathay Life Insurance Co. and Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. told the FSC their risk-based capital ratios would remain within legal limits even if the Taiwan dollar strengthened beyond 30 to ...

Taiwan has a huge pile of overseas assets amounting to $1.7tn, much of it in US bonds — including Treasuries and corporate debt — held by its life insurers.. However, many of those insurers ...

The local dollar’s strong rally against the greenback will hit earnings at Cathay Life and peers, which have some $760 bln invested abroad. Hedges and reserves soften the blow. But the underlying ...

Fitch estimates the insurers have sufficient capital buffers to withstand a 10% rise in the Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar from the start of 2025. Currently, the local currency is up about ...

HONG KONG, May 09, 2025--The Taiwan dollar has rallied against the U.S. dollar at an unprecedented pace over the past few days, which holds implications for domestic life insurers that have been ...