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U.S. Life Industry Lauds Debt Deal But Still Faces Taxation Threat
Best believed that the impact of a downgrade to the U.S. sovereign rating of one to three notches would not substantially affect the risk-adjusted capitalization of the life ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 4, 2011
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Eyeing the End Game
...New Jersey metropolitan area, Daniel A. Prisciotta said life insurance traditionally has been used by business owners for contingency purposes, such as the death of the owner or a ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: August 1, 2011
India's IPO Guidelines for Nonlife Insurers Near Approval, But Economy May Quell IPOs
Until then, only life insurers are allowed to go public. Ray said the IRDA is working with SEBI on a proposal for nonlife insurance companies. The regulatory environment for ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 14, 2011
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Catholic United Financial SVP: Merger With American Fraternal Adds Economies of Scale
American Fraternal Union. Catholic United Financial reported $1.9 billion of insurance in force as of Dec. 31, 2010, and total admitted assets of $669 million, while American ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 19, 2011
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Insurer Exits From UK Stir Redomiciling Thoughts Among Brokers
Coupe questioned, for instance, why a U.K.-based broker placing non-European Union energy risk would feel the need to submit to U.K. regulation by maintaining a U.K domicile. ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 2, 2011
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Ohio National Financial CEO: US Deficit Reduction Initiatives Concern Life Insurers
Climate in Washington, D.C.: The biggest concern is the uncertainty of what will happen in the regulatory world and about what the deficit-reduction initiative in Congress and the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: April 12, 2011
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UK Government Seeks to Improve Tax, Regulatory Structures to Keep the City Ahead of Fast-Growing Competitors
This is important for U.K. insurers because the new EU-wide Solvency II regulations favor branch structures over subsidiary structures as they make more efficient use of capital." ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 28, 2011
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New Estate Tax Law May Spur More Interest in Gifting
Brian Titus, the Saybrus attorney. "They will probably do it before the end of 2012 to make sure they're not caught with a lower exemption amount [after that]," he said. Saybrus ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 24, 2011
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Captives Keep Guernsey at Arms Length From Europe
European Union is scheduled to adopt at the end of 2012. Solvency II represents an attempt to create a capital adequacy structure for insurers and reinsurers throughout the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 22, 2011
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Canopius Move Underlines Zurich's Emergence as a Reinsurance Hub
The announcement by Lloyd's insurer Canopius Group Ltd. that it will establish a reinsurance operation in Zurich is further recognition of the Swiss city's emergence as a ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 22, 2011
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Reinsurers Balk at Return of 'Isolationist' Tax Shift in Obama Budget
Insurance Management Society's external affairs committee. "The proposal ignores sound risk management procedures and would inhibit domestic companies with foreign affiliates from ...
Source: BestWire   Date: February 15, 2011
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Insight: Finding the Money
Individual Retirement Account contribution for the 2010 tax year. Since most individuals are eligible to make a contribution to a traditional IRA and enjoy tax-deferred earnings ...
Source: Best's Review   Date: February 1, 2011
Aviva Reports Heavy Financial Pressure on UK Families
Aviva said in its first Family Finances Report. Two-fifths of U.K. families put nothing aside, and a third have no savings at all, the survey said. "The underlying message that ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 24, 2011
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Brokers Foresee 2011 Surge in Insurance-Linked Securities
Willis Capital Markets & Advisory. The market benefited from activity in such non-U.S. peak catastrophe risks as catastrophe perils and life and health risks, Willis said. "ILS ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 17, 2011
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Trade Group for Tax-Exempt Fraternal US Life Insurers Changes Name to Reflect Mission
American Fraternal Alliance. The new name for the association, formerly known as the National Fraternal Congress of America, is changing its identity -- including logo and tagline ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 6, 2011
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Irish Life Squeezed by Economic Crisis
Davy stockbrokers in Dublin. "The life insurance sector has been under enormous pressure in the last couple of years," Lang said. "And we're still experiencing sales decline." ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 6, 2010
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Ireland's Reinsurance Sector Rallies Behind Low Corporate Tax Rate
Dublin in recent years. Insurers attracted to Dublin have included Beazley Group plc, XL Capital Ltd. and United America Indemnity Ltd. (BestWire, Feb. 17, 2010). Ireland's tax ...
Source: BestWire   Date: November 29, 2010
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Thai Government Offers Tax Deduction on Pension Plans to Promote Penetration
Swiss Re's sigma report. Life insurance premiums increased 13.9% to 213 billion baht in 2009. (By Iris Lai, Hong Kong bureau manager: Iris.Lai@ambest.com)
Source: BestWire   Date: November 2, 2010
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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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Hannover Re to Benefit From German Court Ruling on Ireland Income
Karl Steinle, a spokesman with Hannover Re. "We think it will take a number of weeks," he said. "There are no similar issues in other subsidiaries or countries" for Hannover Re, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 20, 2010
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