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 ...

Taiwanese insurers are locked into holding U.S. dollar bonds that trade below par, putting pressure on Taiwan’s central bank ...

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

Taiwan’s life insurers were caught flat-footed when the local dollar surged in May, with the latest data suggesting that ...

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

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--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 ...

Taiwan more than doubled its forecast for export growth this year, but sounded a warning that the global scramble for computer chips is going to add further upward pressure on the local dollar ...

Taiwan's central bank recently agreed to allow several large life insurance companies to remit overseas investment income hoping to slow the depreciation of the local dollar, four sources with ...

Taiwan’s life insurers’ foreign exchange losses more than doubled to a combined NT$263.8 billion ($9.1 billion) from January through May, as the US dollar’s recent slide drove down the value ...

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 ...