Taiwan Archives - InsuranceAsia News https://insuranceasianews.com/country/taiwan/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:03:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Sompo Hong Kong taps Will Wang as head of casualty https://insuranceasianews.com/sompo-hong-kong-taps-will-wang-as-head-of-casualty/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:30:53 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207679 He relocates to Hong Kong for the role that also covers Macau and Taiwan.

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Will Wang has joined Sompo Hong Kong as its new head of casualty for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, effective from Monday, according to a LinkedIn update. 
Wang (pictured) will relocate to Hong Kong an...

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]]> Crawford snaps up Tony Tung Yu Lin to join Taiwan engineering team https://insuranceasianews.com/crawford-snap-up-tony-tung-yu-lin-to-join-taiwan-engineering-team/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:00:43 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=207684 He joins from WSP in Asia, where he had served as a civil structural engineer since March. 

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Tony Tung Yu Lin has joined Crawford's engineering team in Taiwan as a loss adjuster, according to a LinkedIn update.
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]]> APAC non-life insurers to remain stable in 2026 as capital strength offsets regulatory, catastrophe pressures: Fitch https://insuranceasianews.com/apac-non-life-insurers-to-remain-stable-in-2026-as-capital-strength-offsets-regulatory-catastrophe-pressures-fitch/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:22:06 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=206072 Stable margins and strong solvency expected, Fitch says, with disciplined pricing and steady reinsurance support underpinning a neutral outlook.

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Non-life insurers in Asia Pacific are expected to maintain a resilient performance in 2026, supported by stable operating margins and strong solvency buffers, although evolving capital reg...

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]]> Aon hands Vincent Shih expanded role as head of treaty reinsurance in Taiwan https://insuranceasianews.com/aon-hands-vincent-shih-expanded-role-as-head-of-treaty-reinsurance-in-taiwan/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:31:26 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=204792 He has held the titles of senior executive director for Aon and Aon reinsurance solutions since December 2023.

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Vincent Shih has been appointed as Aon’s head of treaty reinsurance in Taiwan, according to a press release from the broker.
Taipei-based Shih (pictured) has held the titles of senior executive direct...

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]]> Spurt in capital, profitable underwriting to drive Fubon Insurance growth: AM Best https://insuranceasianews.com/spurt-in-capital-profitable-underwriting-to-drive-fubon-insurance-growth-am-best/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:20:02 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=204561 AM Best revises Taiwanese insurer’s outlook to stable from negative and affirmed its A (excellent) rating.

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A surge in capital position and a return to profitable underwriting are expected to support growth at Fubon Insurance, as AM Best revised the insurer’s outlook to stable from negative and affirmed its...

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]]> Costs start to add up for Vietnam, Phillippines after typhoons Kalmaegi, Fung-wong https://insuranceasianews.com/costs-start-to-add-up-for-vietnam-phillippines-after-typhoons-kalmaegi-fung-wong/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:33:02 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=204534 Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines and Vietnam last week, before Typhoon Fung-wong brought severe flooding and damage to the Philippines and Taiwan over the past week.

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Economic losses from two recent typhoons in the Philippines and Vietnam has topped US$320 million, according to Aon’s latest weekly cat report.
Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines and Vietnam last...

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]]> Taiwan’s new solvency regime seen posing limited risk to insurers: AM Best https://insuranceasianews.com/taiwans-new-solvency-regime-seen-posing-limited-risk-to-insurers-am-best/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 07:25:46 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=203317 Non-life insurance segment maintains its stable outlook driven by healthy operating profitability in 2024 and regulatory initiatives that support improvements in underwriting.

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Taiwan’s non-life insurers are unlikely to face solvency pressure under the island’s upcoming risk-based capital regime, even as they prepare to adopt the new Taiwan-localised Insurance Capital Standa...

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]]> Gallagher Re appoints Jennifer Wen as executive director in Taiwan https://insuranceasianews.com/gallagher-re-appoints-jennifer-wen-as-executive-director-in-taiwan/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:34:40 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=201147 Wen has more than 30 years of experience across the reinsurance treaty markets in Taiwan and Guam.

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Gallagher Re has appointed Jennifer Wen as an executive director in Taiwan, according to a LinkedIn update.
With more than 30 years of experience across the reinsurance treaty markets in Taiwan and Gu...

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]]> Hong Kong’s curtailed Super Typhoon Ragasa economic losses under US$400m: report https://insuranceasianews.com/hong-kongs-typhoon-ragasa-economic-losses-under-us400m-report/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:00:37 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=200895 Claims mainly from wind and flooding, with water damage across all affected territories, David Seng, technical and strategic projects director at Sedgwick in Asia also tells InsuranceAsia News.

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Super Typhoon Ragasa is estimated to have inflicted economic losses of HK$2-3 billion (US$257-US$386 million) on Hong Kong, representing around half the damage caused by Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, econ...

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]]> Super Typhoon Ragasa’s impact less than feared in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau https://insuranceasianews.com/super-typhoon-ragasas-impact-less-than-feared-in-hong-kong-taiwan-and-macau/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 23:30:01 +0000 https://insuranceasianews.com/?p=200670 Despite widespread reports of property losses, claims from the strongest storm of the year are expected to be much smaller than that from Typhoon Mangkhut in 2018, loss adjusters tell IAN.

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Super Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest windstorm of the year, slammed into Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau on Wednesday, but loss adjusters and brokers said that the damage in the region is expected to be s...

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