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Industry Watchers Applaud Tax Bill as Health Sector Frets ACA, Medicaid Changes
American Farm Bureau Federation. The enacted bill also directs the Federal Crop Insurance program to allow farmers enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage program to purchase ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 7, 2025
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Trade Groups Urging Feds to Repeal 'Transaction of Interest' Microcaptive Rules
Section 831(b) of the tax code, they said. This part of the tax code incentivizes the use of microcaptive by small- and medium-sized businesses that struggle to place a policy in ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 20, 2025
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IRS Announces Penalties Against Microcaptive Insurance Executive
Alta Holdings LLC, U.S. Risk Associates Insurance Co. Ltd. and Newport Re Inc., for facilitating microcaptive insurance that violated tax laws. The IRS declined to specify the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 18, 2025
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Insurers Join Diverse Consortium Urging Congress to Revise Tax Treatment for TPLF
Uber Technologies Inc. The letter was addressed to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, and U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Oklahoma), who introduced legislation in their ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 16, 2025
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Louisiana Insurance Legislation Seeing Final Push in Session's Waning Days
Institute for Business and Home Safety standards. The credit would equal the total amount of qualified expenses paid by the homeowner but would be capped at $10,000 and the state ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 10, 2025
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Crowe's Salvadori: New Accounting Rules to Require Granular Tax Disclosures for Insurers
Arthur Salvadori, audit and assurance group, Crowe, said upcoming GAAP changes require insurance companies to provide more detailed income tax disclosures. Salvadori spoke with AM ...
Source: AM Best TV   Date: June 10, 2025
Home Insurance Tax Deduction Bill Included in Missouri Special Legislative Session
Kehoe said in a statement. "This work is too important to leave unfinished." The tax deduction proposal would allow homeowners and renters to reduce their tax bill by the amount of ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 4, 2025
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Penn Mutual Seeks Dismissal of Suit Alleging Agents Touted 'Tax Advantages' of Some Policies
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. and other defendants are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of using some life insurance policies to promote a tax-avoidance ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 4, 2025
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Montana Shifts Captive Insurers' Taxes From Flat Rate to Tiered System
March 1 each year and the new law will go into effect Dec. 31. The new law also imposes a tax on assumed reinsurance premiums. Again, using a tiered system, a 0.225% tax will be ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 16, 2025
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We Put Life Into America: ACLI Begins Ad Campaign Extolling Life Insurance Virtues
Washington over tax and economic issues. The campaign includes advertising on digital platforms, social media and cable channels, the ACLI said. It is meant to "underscore" the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 24, 2025
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Kansas Eliminates Certain Producer Fees, Lowers Premium Taxes
Kansas have been signed into law. House Bill 2050, which was signed by Gov. Laura Kelly on April 8, eliminates producer appoint renewal fees and gives the insurance commissioner ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 17, 2025
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US Senate Sees Legislation to Modernize Life Insurers' Capital Tax Rules
Carolina and across our country," Tillis said. While the world continues to change, the life insurance industry's commitment to investment in the United States has held steadfast, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 15, 2025
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Grant Thornton’s Keogh: Tax, Valuation, Actuaries in Demand at Cayman Islands
Dara Keogh, managing partner, Grant Thornton (Cayman), said the domicile's business climate is creating demand for tax, compliance, valuation and actuaries to help with insurance ...
Source: AM Best TV   Date: April 11, 2025
ICMS’ Mulholland: Tax Status, Growing Financial Infrastructure to Fuel Cayman Growth
Jeff Mulholland, chairman and chief executive, Insurance Capital Markets, said the lack of income tax at Cayman Islands has opened greater pricing capabilities among cedants for ...
Source: AM Best TV   Date: April 10, 2025
Louisiana Legislation Would Offer Auto Premium Tax Credits
Insurance Information Institute. Florida enacted a law this past year that eliminated taxes and fees on home and flood insurance premiums for one fiscal year. Triple-I analysis ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 4, 2025
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Tax Court: Microcaptive Didn't Constitute ‘Insurance' for Federal Tax Purposes
Clear Sky Insurance Co. Inc., which is owned by STW executive officers, the court said. When filing its taxes, Clear Sky elected to use an alternative, "more generous" tax regime ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 27, 2025
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US House Sees Home-Hardening Program, Grant Tax Exemption Bill
Doug LaMalfa of California. The bill would allow this grant money to be treated the same as rebates for energy conservation improvements, which are exempt from federal income ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 10, 2025
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Hagerty CFO: Inflationary Impact of Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Will Be Slow
Chinese imports, according to White House statement. Trump had paused the tariffs until today. Underwriting entities of Hagerty Inc. have current Best's financial Strength Ratings ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 4, 2025
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University of South Carolina Professor: 'Tort Tax' Costing US Households $3,600 Annually
Robert Hartwig of the University of South Carolina characterized the U.S. plaintiffs' bar as "the best-funded, best-organized, best-politically connected special interest group in ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 6, 2025
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US Senate Introduces Federal Bipartisan Flood Insurance Tax Credit Bill
Credit Act would only apply to primary residences covered by the NFIP. The credits would not be available to married taxpayers choosing to file separate returns, according to the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 11, 2024
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