Jun 20, 2023

Tokio Marine wraps up capital injection of NT$12 billion COVID-19 FALLOUT: The FSC in April asked the firm to inject capital and submit improvement plans after its figures fell well below the required threshold By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter Tokio Marine Newa Insurance Corp (新安東京海上產險) has completed a capital injection of NT$12 billion (US$388.48 million) to boost its risk-based capital ratio to a healthy level of 200 percent, the firm said yesterday. Since last year, the company had already completed three additional injections totaling NT$27.99 billion, as its finances were severely hit by COVID-19 insurance claims. In April, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) asked the firm to submit improvement plans and conduct a capital injection, as its risk-based capital ratio had declined below the regulatory minimum of 50 percent — it was minus-685 percent at the end of June last year and minus-1,078 percent at the end of last year. The Tokio Marine Newa Insurance Corp logo is pictured on the company’s Web site. Screen grab from Tokio Marine Newa Insurance Corp’s Web site The firm’s equity-to-asset ratio was minus-54.92 percent at the end of June last year and minus-87.92 percent at the end of last year, far below the regulatory minimum of 3 percent, Tokio Marine data showed. The most recent capital injection was funded by the firm’s major shareholders: Yulon Motor Co (裕隆) and Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co Ltd, a unit of Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. Separately, Mercuries Life Insurance Co (三商美邦人壽保險) and Hontai Life Insurance Co (宏泰人壽) plan to sell property to fund their cash injections in light of weakening solvency gauges. Mercuries Life’s risk-based capital ratio was 155 percent and its equity-to-asset ratio was 2.19 percent at the end of last year, while Hontai Life’s were 205 percent and 1.13 percent respectively, the firms’ data showed. Comments will be moderated. Keep comments relevant to the article. Remarks containing abusive and obscene language, personal attacks of any kind or promotion will be removed and the user banned. Final decision will be at the discretion of the Taipei Times.