Taiwan
AIR Worldwide : M6.2 earthquake strikes Taiwan late Sunday night
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Taiwan Sunday night, June 2, 2013, at 9:43 p.m. local time...
AIR Worldwide : Earthquake Rattles Central Taiwan, Causing Minor Building Damage
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Taiwan on March 27, 2013, at 10:03 a.m. local time (02:03:20...
Aviva plans to exit Taiwan
British insurer Aviva said Friday it plans to leave Taiwan to focus on higher growth markets, making it the latest global firm to exit...
Taiwan : beef imports checkes to tighten
Taiwan will tighten checks on beef imports over food safety fears surrounding a controversial additive used to promote lean meat, officials said.
Several shipments of...
Taiwan : regulator approved Chinatrust acquisition of Metlife’s Taiwanese unit
Taiwan's financial regulator said Thursday it has approved Chinatrust’s USD180 million acquisition of MetLife’s Taiwanese life insurance unit.
The Financial Supervisory Commission said that, according...
AIR Worldwide : Tropical Storm Nanmadol poised for landfall in China
Tropical Storm Nanmadol is moving slowly at about 3.2 km/h across the Taiwan Strait toward a landfall in China’s Fujian province sometime in the...
AIG : Taiwan group meets terms to close merger
The Taiwanese financial regulator on Thursday said a local conglomerate had met its conditional requirements to buy US insurance giant AIG's Taiwan unit, closing...
Taiwan : AIG unit sale conditionaly approuved
Taiwan's financial regulator said Friday it has conditionally approved a proposal by US insurance giant American International Group to sell Taiwan unit Nan Shan...
US insurer MetLife to sell Taiwan unit to Chinatrust
US insurance giant MetLife will sell its Taiwan unit to local financial conglomerate Chinatrust for $180 million, the companies said.
The deal, pending the approval...
Taiwan brothers to pay $1.8 mln for rail crash scam
Taiwan's high court on Wednesday ordered two brothers -- one of whom is dead -- to pay $1.8 million over a train derailment they...
AIG is getting a bit more leverage
American International Group Inc., once perceived as a forced seller, has a bit more leverage these days as it has worked through most of...
AIG’s Taiwan unit fined for punishing union member
The Taiwan unit of US insurance giant AIG has been fined for punishing a union official after he spoke out on the planned sale...
Chinatrust makes biggest bid for AIG Taiwan unit
Taiwan's Chinatrust Financial has offered three billion US dollars for Nan Shan Life, the highest bid yet for the local unit of insurance giant...
China Life to invest $57 mln in China bank’s insurance arm
Taiwan's China Life Insurance said on Monday it would invest 379 million Chinese yuan ($57 million) in an insurance arm of China Construction Bank.
China...
AIG may announce buyer for Taiwan unit next week
Insurance giant American International Group is likely to announce next week the buyer for its Taiwan unit, Nan Shan Life, a report said Thursday...
Taiwan health insurance premiums will drop with second generation NHI
About 60 percent of the people covered by national health insurance (NHI) will have lower premiums when a second-generation NHI system is implemented, Taiwan’s...
Five Taiwan firms bid for AIG’s unit
Five Taiwanese companies are bidding for US insurance giant AIG's local unit, Nan Shan Life, with offers of between two and three billion US...
Four Taiwanese firms invited to evaluate Nan Shan
US insurance giant AIG has invited four Taiwanese units to conduct due diligence on the troubled firm's Taiwan unit Nan Shan Life to revive...
AIG : Taiwan’s Fubon plans to bid for AIG unit
Fubon Financial Holding, a leading Taiwanese financial conglomerate, has said for the first time it wants to bid for US insurance giant AIG's Taiwan...
Announcement : Insurer Aviva says to withdraw from Taiwan
British insurer Aviva said on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from Taiwan because it did not expect to meet group financial targets there.
The announcement...
