Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) plans to introduce guidelines for insurance investments in five “major trusted industries”, including semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
These are industries that the government identified in 2024 as strengthening Taiwan’s position in the global supply chain, and which the island’s executive body approved for promotion seven months ago. The other three are military, security and surveillance, and next-generation communications.
According to the government, the total value of the five industries had reached NT$10.37 trillion (US$1.5 trillion) by the end of 2025.
The guidelines for insurance investments aim “to support the government’s policy of fostering these industries and assisting them in raising funds”, the FSC says in a statement on February 10.
The regulator says local insurers will be able to invest directly in the industries, or indirectly through private equity funds set up by securities firms, or act as co-lenders in joint loan arrangements.
It did not say when the guidelines will be unveiled.
