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Bill to End Tax Breaks for Foreign Affiliates Introduced in Congress
President Obama supports an end to the tax breaks. In his April 10 budget proposal, the president said ending the tax breaks would cut $6.2 billion from the federal deficit by ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 22, 2013
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Florida House, Senate at Odds Over Repeal of Insurers' Premium Payroll Tax Credit
News Service, April 25, 2013). Officials at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America were happy with the development that could preserve a tax credit that has been on ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 26, 2013
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Insurance Groups' Battle to Halt Repeal of Florida Premium Payroll Tax Heads to House
Senate unanimously and is heading to the House for consideration. Officials at Florida TaxWatch, a government watchdog group, estimated premiums would increase collectively by $230 ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 25, 2013
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 Briefing: Global Reinsurance – A.M. Best to Monitor Implications of Offshore (Re)Insurance Tax Plan
President Obama’s budget includes a proposal to end some tax benefits enjoyed by most international (re) insurers doing business in the United States. A.M. Best does not believe th...
Source: Commentaries   Date: April 17, 2013
NIMA Offers States Free, One-Year Membership
News Service, May 25, 2012). Insurance regulators were initially optimistic about NIMA after a series of states signed on in 2011. But since then, NIMA has been beset with ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 12, 2013
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South Carolina Bill Would Provide Coastal Insurers With Premium Tax Credit
South Carolina's coastal areas. He wants to avoid the situation he sees in Florida, where a last-resort insurer is dominant in the coastal wind insurance marketplace, but cannot ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 29, 2013
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Insurance Groups Fight Florida Senate Bill Repealing $220 Million Tax Break
The Florida Insurance Council and other insurance industry groups oppose new state Senate legislation that would eliminate a $220 million tax break for insurance companies and use ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 27, 2013
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MetLife Moving 2,600 Jobs From Northeast US to NC to Cut Costs, Establish Hubs for Retail, Global Operations
...Life said in a statement. The MetLife jobs will be moved from Boston; Bloomfield, Conn.; Warwick, RI, Somerset, N.J., Johnstown, Pa. and Irvine, Calif., to the two North Carolina ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 8, 2013
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Update: 'Fiscal Cliff' Tax Deal Receives Positive Insurance Industry Reviews, With Caveats
Congress will hit a number of IIABA members with higher taxes. But he said the situation could have been worse had Congress approved Obama's original proposal or had all of the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 10, 2013
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'Fiscal Cliff' Tax Deal Receives Positive Insurance Industry Reviews, With Caveats
Congress had gone in a different direction. Industry representatives told BestWeek the deal avoids tax hikes on a significant portion of insurance professionals, provides certainty ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 9, 2013
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Life Insurance Industry Praises 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal for Estate Tax Certainty
... West Palm Beach, Fla., said that if Congress and the White House had failed to reach a fiscal cliff deal, life insurance, already an important estate-planning tool, would have ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 2, 2013
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Insured Retirement Institute SVP Stresses Importance of Continued Tax-Deferred Treatment of Annuities
Ohio Department of Insurance, told BestWeek. He spoke about the upcoming fiscal cliff, tax reform and the impact of the upcoming elections on business. Q: As we sit here today it's ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 25, 2012
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ACLI Conference: Ex-Congressional Budget Director Says Obama Has Best Chance of Avoiding Fiscal Cliff
...Eakin said during an Oct. 22 speech at the American Council of Life Insurers annual conference in Washington, D.C. "If Obama wins, he will have more leverage than Romney to kick ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 23, 2012
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Federal Court Rejects Mississippi Challenge to ACA
News Service, June 28, 2012). Whether claims for damages stemming from the mandate are ripe or not, the ACA is facing additional legal challenges from those who say the law ...
Source: BestWire   Date: September 18, 2012
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Alabama Insurance Fraud Laws Go Live
News Service, May 11, 2012). The laws require insurers to report suspected fraud by way of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' uniform reporting form. Those ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 6, 2012
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A.M. Best Requests Comments on Draft Criteria: Equity Credit for Hybrid Securities
A.M. Best Co. is requesting comments from market participants in the insurance industry and other interested parties on the draft criteria report, “Equity Credit for Hybrid ...
Source: Press Releases   Date: July 30, 2012
TARP Special Investigator: AIG Needs More Supervision
American International Group Inc., saying "comprehensive, and rigorous regulation of AIG is vital" to ensure taxpayers do not suffer further financial losses in the future. The ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 26, 2012
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US Senate Democrats Pull Estate Tax Changes From Tax Cut Bill
Bush tax cuts through 2013. As written, the estate tax provisions would have returned tax levels to those set in 2009. Ronald Aucutt, a McGuireWoods partner who chairs the firm's ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 20, 2012
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Affordable Care Act May Benefit Medical Liability Writers
...This was something lawmakers trumpeted two years ago. The act may result in a healthier population." The industry has already been making a number of changes in anticipation of the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 13, 2012
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AIG Files $30.2 Million Tax-Related Lawsuit Against US Government
The company's complaint, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, said AIG is working to resolve tax overpayments and underpayments through 1999. "AIG is bringing this action to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 9, 2012
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