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Regulatory Uncertainty Looms as Risk-Retention Groups Multiply
Risk Group West in Scottsdale, Ariz., said risk-retention groups have a regulatory advantage in that they were made possible by federal legislation -- the 1986 Risk Retention Act ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 7, 2005
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Tax Rules Slowly Improving for Captives
But gray areas remain, according to tax attorney Thomas Jones. Speaking at the eighth annual International Captives Congress in Bermuda, the partner with Chicago-based law firm ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 14, 2004
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Captive Industry Doesn't Fear Political 'Enron' Taint
Justice Department antitrust actions in the 1990s. There are about 500 other captives in Vermont, but Dean's political opponents have used Vermont's status as the United States' ...
Source: BestWire Date: January 8, 2004
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Tax Issues Complicate Captive Transactions
While insurance premiums are deductible under U.S. tax code, self-insured reserves are not. Three recent IRS rulings have somewhat clarified the issue of whether captive ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 19, 2003
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Proper Risk-Retention Levels Are Difficult Call for Captives
...Volatility has an impact on retention levels." Mariann Lausas, risk manager with Guidant Corp., a medical-device maker, said a key fundamental for captive managers is defining and ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 5, 2003
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IRS' View of Captives Gets Clearer--Slowly
Congress in Bermuda, Thomas M. Jones, a partner with the law firm McDermott, Will & Emery, said the IRS "has finally come around to getting a little more specific about insurance ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 3, 2003
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Captives Face a Wealth of Tax Issues
...You need to shift risk from insured to insurer. Did the insurer really take on the risk, or is it still your money covering the risk?" There are two theories governing the tax ...
Source: BestWire Date: June 2, 2003
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Hawaii Enacts Captive Tax Law
Hawaii as a captive domicile. Any promotional efforts, however, would have to be approved by the state director of commerce and consumer affairs. The law also changes the fee ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 16, 2002
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U.K. to Share Cayman Islands Tax Information With United States
Cayman Islands, a British territory. The agreement was signed by Sir Christopher Meyer, British ambassador to the United States; U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill; and Peter ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 30, 2001
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Appeals Court Rebuffs IRS Again Over UPS Captive
Tax Court that UPS had violated the U.S. Tax Code by funneling $100 million to Bermuda-based Overseas Partners in 1984. UPS set up the captive to cover damage claims from its ...
Source: BestWire Date: September 26, 2001
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Slicing the Alternative Pie
Insurance Services and Health Care Administration. Crouse was among the speakers at the conference, which was held in Burlington, Vt., on Aug. 8-10. Vermont, which was expecting to ...
Source: Best's Review Date: September 1, 2001
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