Central News Agency (CNA) Taipei, June 30 - According to statistics from the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), life insurers' new contract premiums for foreign currency policies accumulated to approximately NT$190.971 billion in the first four months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 53%, reaching a four-year high. The FSC pointed out that new contract premiums for foreign currency policies accounted for about 38.93% of total new contract premiums, up from 36.24% in the same period last year. The FSC released the sales situation of foreign currency policies today. As of the end of April this year, life insurers' accumulated new contract premiums for foreign currency policies amounted to approximately NT$190.971 billion. Of this, investment-linked policies accounted for about NT$35.038 billion, a year-on-year increase of 82%, and traditional policies accounted for about NT$155.933 billion, a year-on-year growth of 48%. Tsai Huo-yen, deputy director of the FSC's Insurance Bureau, stated that new contract premiums for foreign currency policies in the first four months accounted for about 38.93% of total new contract premiums, a slight increase from last year. Tsai Huo-yen pointed out that for US dollar investment-linked policies, new contract premiums in the first four months were US$1.057 billion, a year-on-year growth of 97%. This is mainly due to insurance companies collaborating with bank channels to launch US dollar investment-linked products, expanding sales volume. New contract premiums for US dollar traditional policies in the first four months were US$4.888 billion, a year-on-year growth of 54%. Tsai Huo-yen stated that this is mainly driven by life insurers launching US dollar interest-sensitive policies and participating policies this year, which boosted demand for US dollar traditional policies. (Editor: Lin Ke-lun) 1150630 Stand with facts, your every donation is a force to protect press freedom. Download the CNA "One-Stop News" APP for real-t