Taiwan, Korean insurers to add resources for offshore debt push
Standard & Poor’s says asset volatility will lead insurers to invest more in offshore debt, a need that could raise questions for their regulators.

Life insurers across Asia Pacific, but particularly in Taiwan and South Korea, will keep increasing their investments into international lower-rated investment grade bonds and private debt in an effort to meet their return needs. That is likely to lead them to invest more in internal risk analysis and could increasingly test financial regulators, said S&P Global Ratings in a new report released on Tuesday (February 23).
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