Six major Taiwanese life insurers have registered a combined after-tax profit of NT$16.73bn ($552m) in August 2025. This translates into a 11.8-fold increase from the same month last year. The life insurers' profits have been driven largely by the weakening Taiwan dollar.
The Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Taiwanese insurance regulator, has released the pre-tax profit of insurance companies as at the end of July 2025 as NT$42.4bn ($1.4bn).
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These are the updates on insurance regulatory developments in China.
The Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Taiwanese insurance regulator, has released the sales statistics of foreign-currency denominated products by life insurance industry as of end June 2025.
The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) is encouraging the insurance industry to establish a 'designated contact person' mechanism for insurance policies to protect the assets of the elderly and people who lack mental capacity.
Beginning September this year, Taiwan will expand its health insurance subsidies for the costly cholesterol treatment, thus helping about 5,000 cardiovascular disease patients to receive a cut on their medical bills.
Central Reinsurance Corporation (Central Re) has encountered a modest decline in domestic market share in recent years, given that its portfolio has been skewed toward personal lines while the local market saw more robust growth in commercial lines, according to a report by AM Best.
The Taiwanese people can now apply to opt out of the secondary use of their National Health Insurance (NHI) data - which is mainly used for academic and research purposes.
The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar in March 2025 has caused estimated economic losses of $12bn, according to Munich Re NatCatSERVICE's report titled "Natural disasters in the first half of 2025", released in July.