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By Tim Hoelle |
October 1, 2010
President Bruce Bowers talked with Florida Underwriter about the FSLA, surplus lines business in Florida, and the Florida insurance marketplace in general.
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By Roger Gobler |
October 1, 2010
This past July, surplus lines brokerage firms, agents, insurance companies and industry-related firms made up the largest conference crowd in FSLA's history.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
August 2, 2010
Disallowing the tax deduction for reinsurance between affiliated entities would have a "detrimental effect on U.S. consumers" and lead to higher insurance premiums, the head of a trade group representing European carriers warned.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 19, 2010
Foreign insurers are "using scare tactics" to maintain the status quo.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 15, 2010
Domestic and foreign insurers traded barbs--although the foreign insurers did so anonymously--at a congressional hearing over whether the U.S. should tighten rules dealing with the ceding of premiums to offshore parent companies by U.S. affiliates.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 14, 2010
Domestic and foreign insurers traded barbs--although the foreign insurers did so anonymously--at a congressional hearing today over whether the U.S. should tighten rules dealing with the ceding of premiums to offshore parent companies by U.S. affiliates.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 12, 2010
A Congressional subcommittee will hold a hearing Wednesday on whether Congress should tighten rules dealing with the tax deduction taken by insurers who cede premiums to overseas affiliates, including reinsurers.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 21, 2010
Proposed legislation denying tax deductions for reinsurance premiums paid to offshore affiliates will likely pass through Congress, a Bermuda executive predicted recently, but he criticized the measure as a restriction of free trade.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 11, 2010
Proposed legislation denying tax deductions for reinsurance premiums paid to offshore affiliates will likely pass through Congress, a Bermuda executive predicted here yesterday, but he criticized the measure as a restriction of free trade.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 7, 2010
William Berkley, who heads a group of U.S. insurers working to close what they see as a tax loophole for foreign insurers, suggested that critics are launching empty threats to thwart his coalition's efforts.
