Taiwan’s biggest insurers posted a total loss of almost NT$19 billion ($620 million) in April due to currency volatility after US President Donald Trump warned of a wave of global trade tariffs.

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 ...

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 ...

Setser stressed in his 2019 and early 2025 studies, Taiwan’s holdings of US dollar-denominated assets were the result of life insurers acting as “ the primary intermediator for Taiwan’s ...

A teller poses with U.S. $100 and New Taiwan dollar (TWD) $1000 banknotes at a bank in Taipei, Taiwan February 23, 2017. Picture taken February 23, 2017.

In this case, Taiwan life insurers over the years have put their assets into U.S.-dollar-denominated bonds - which was and even is not a terrible strategy - but they have done so without hedging ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE/TAIPEI (Reuters) -An unprecedented two-day surge in Taiwan's currency is the latest leg of a scramble out of the U.S. dollar and signal of disquiet in markets as U.S. President Donald ...

The U.S. dollar extended declines against its Taiwan counterpart during Yang's held the presser, dropping 5.8% to reach the lowest since 2022, according to FactSet data.

My InsiderYou might want to hold that thought: Summer vacations in Asia may get more expensive than you think, as the US dollar continues to come under pressure. The typically stable Taiwan dollar ...