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Luxembourg: A Captive Leader at Europe's Center
Carlos Wong, assistant general manager of analytics with A.M. Best Europe Ltd. Most of these captives are linked to foreign operations, Wong said. "The domestic market is very ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 25, 2010
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Captives President Welcomes Proposed Tax Rule on Cell Captives
Internal Revenue Service rules. The rules, published in the Federal Register, would govern the determination of premium deductibility and whether a cell's business operations ...
Source: BestWire Date: September 17, 2010
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For Insurers, Gibraltar Offers Echoes of UK
Financial Services Authority. The commission describes its role as providing "financial services regulation in an effective and efficient manner in order to protect the public from ...
Source: BestWire Date: September 13, 2010
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Chartis Sets Up Captives Group in London
Chartis Insurance UK Ltd. has established a captive practice group with the idea of uniting the full range of its captives-related functions. The new unit, Chartis said, will offer ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 10, 2010
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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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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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IRS Ruling Further Clarifies Tax Treatment for Captives
Part of the IRS ruling addresses single-member limited liability companies. "There, it's hard to say how many captive structures might be impacted," said Jones. "It might be mostly ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 14, 2005
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Capitalizing on Captives
Cabbies in Burlington, Vt., are among the few residents who know that their state is a major domicile for captive insurance companies. And despite minimal public awareness in ...
Source: Best's Review Date: July 1, 2005
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