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Breaking New Ground
Captive Insurance Companies Association. "The nature of the beast is commercial lines rather than personal lines. I suspect that's something that regulators would be leery of. ...
Source: Best's Review Date: March 1, 2009
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In Ireland, Growing Economic Uncertainty Gives Pause to a Tiger
European Union countries. But now, like everyone else, the Irish are looking at the prospect of harder times. They are worried about how they will fare in the face of increases in ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 28, 2008
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Chief of U.K. Regulator Forecasts Progress on Solvency II
London insurance conference. The development of Solvency II is "perhaps the most important piece of EU-driven work we are involved in," Sants said at the FSA's annual Insurance ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 8, 2008
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IRS Drops Plan to Tax Captive Reserves
The proposed change to Section 1.1502.13 of the U.S. code would have required corporations that include single-parent captives in their consolidated federal returns to defer ...
Source: BestWire Date: February 21, 2008
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State Legislators Oppose IRS Plan to Tax Captives
National Conference of Insurance Legislators. Sponsored by NCOIL member Kathleen Keenan, a state representative from leading captive domicile Vermont, the resolution calls on the ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 16, 2007
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Captive Insurance Industry Fighting New IRS Tax Proposal
... Bermuda have captives domiciled that chose to be treated as a U.S. taxpayers. "This will create havoc for all those companies, even though they're domiciled offshore now." To ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 12, 2007
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Open Door
Kingdom now has joined the club. Effective Dec. 31, 2006, the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority has created rules allowed under the European Union's Reinsurance Directive that ...
Source: Best's Review Date: April 1, 2007
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BestWeek, January 1, 2007
Insurers Count More on Outside Actuaries
Source: BestWeek Date: January 1, 2007
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For a Broker at Baden-Baden, a Quiet Market Can Be Too Quiet
Atlantic brought shivers to Europe. "As a broker, you love a market that's moving," Clark said. "And the continental market by and large isn't moving." Benfield Ltd. is the U.K. ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 2, 2006
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Panacea or Boondoggle?
Tax Policy Working Group. Oxendine said there is "no downside" to tax-deferred catastrophe reserves and argues that the pending bills wouldn't exempt reserves from taxation, but ...
Source: Best's Review Date: September 1, 2006
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'Tis a Gift to Be Simple
Ann Hughes, senior vice president in business development. Many said a simple product would help them increase the number of financial advisers selling annuities in their firms. ...
Source: Best's Review Date: April 1, 2006
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Staying Strong
...Ocean Re and Arch, of which he was chairman until this year. To form Integro, Clements partnered with his former colleagues of 25 years in the management of Marsh: Roger Egan, who ...
Source: Best's Review Date: January 1, 2006
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