Taiwan Launches New Insurance Rules, Pushes Digital Shift

Taiwan’s insurance industry began implementing TIS and IFRS 17 in 2026, moving its solvency and financial-reporting framework toward risk-based capital management and the long-term value of insurance contracts. The overhaul is significant for insurers’ capital resilience, product pricing, asset-liability management and corporate governance, while giving regulators a clearer view of companies’ obligations to policyholders.

At the 2026 Taiwan Insurance Development Forum, the Financial Supervisory Commission’s Insurance Bureau said the new regimes had formally taken effect. FSC Chair Peng Jin-lung said short-term financial results should not outweigh insurers’ enduring commitments to customers, while Insurance Bureau Director-General Wang Li-hui outlined priorities including inclusive finance for all ages, green sustainability and technology innovation. The regulator also plans to allow digital-only insurers, seeking to accelerate the sector’s digital transformation.