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2025 AIRC Seminar

    29 August 2025 | Taipei, Taiwan AI-Driven Actuarial Data Processing and Reporting Automation At the Taiwan Actuarial Institute (AIRC) Seminar, we jointly shared practical experience… Read More »2025 AIRC Seminar

    Management rating downgrade complicates Woori’s insurance acquisitions

      By Jun Ji-hye | The Korea Times | March 17, 2025

      Woori Financial Group’s planned acquisitions of Tongyang Life Insurance and ABL Life Insurance, worth approximately 1.55 trillion won ($1 billion), have hit a snag as the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) decided to downgrade the company’s management assessment rating from Level 2 to Level 3, industry and government officials said Monday.Read More »Management rating downgrade complicates Woori’s insurance acquisitions

      Meritz drops bid for troubled MG Non-Life Insurance; Liquidation looms

        By In-Soo Nam | The Korea Economic Daily | March 13, 2025

        Now that the fifth sales attempt has gone awry, the state-run KDIC is looking to drastic steps such as liquidation of MG

        Meritz Financial Group Inc., South Korea’s second-most valuable financial holding firm, has dropped its bid to acquire financial distressed MG Non-Life Insurance Co. after failing to reach an agreement with unionized MG workers on job security.Read More »Meritz drops bid for troubled MG Non-Life Insurance; Liquidation looms

        Stronger Capital Regulations to Make Subordinated Bond Issuance More Challenging for Insurers

          By Kim Eun-jin | Business Korea | March 13, 2025

          Introduction of New ‘Core Capital K-ICS’

          Financial regulators are tightening solvency requirements for insurance companies by lowering the Korea Insurance Capital Standard (K-ICS) ratio while introducing a new Core Capital K-ICS ratio. Since core capital refers to paid-in capital and retained earnings, the new regulation is expected to make it more difficult for insurers to meet solvency requirements by issuing subordinated bonds.Read More »Stronger Capital Regulations to Make Subordinated Bond Issuance More Challenging for Insurers