Taiwan Insurers' FX Losses Double in May on US Dollar Slump
Losses grew from NT$118.3 billion during January to April, according to a statement from the Financial Supervisory Commission in Taipei on Thursday. The industry's foreign exchange loss of NT$145.5 billion in May was the worst since the FSC started releasing the data in 2018, according to calculations by Bloomberg News.
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