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Aug 2015

Country Profile


Taiwan - A rising regional Asian wealth management hub

With the FSC's six-goal programme rolled out last year to make insurers more competitive as part of a wider plan to build the country's financial industry into an Asian wealth management hub, Taiwan is rising to attain this goal.


Taiwan - Interview with the Regulator: Success is a two-way street

Last year, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) launched an elaborate programme to boost Taiwan's financial industry competitiveness, which is bearing good results. Newly-appointed Director-General Grace Lee shares the FSC's assessment of the programme, its plans, and her priorities. By Dawn Sit


Taiwan - Non-life: Realistic expectations

Taiwan's non-life insurance market continues to log steady growth for the fifth year running, in part due to economic and business growth, and the regulator's efforts to build the country's financial industry into an Asian wealth management hub. We speak to Non-Life Insurance Association of the R.O.C (NLIAROC) Chairman Jack Tai and Central Re President Chong-Tsang Juang on their assessment of the market in the past year. By Dawn Sit

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Taiwan - Life: Healthy and hungry for more

In this exclusive interview, Cathay Life Insurance President Hsiung Ming-Ho shares how the local life sector has responded to the Financial Supervisory Commission's (FSC) gradual liberalisation of the market, his view of the market's potential and personal priorities. By Dawn Sit

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Offshore insurance unit business gets green light in Taiwan

By Mr C T Chang, Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law