Op-ed: A border adjustment tax could wreck the reinsurance market
By Mary Kate Hopkins and Alan Nguyen As appeared in the Biloxi Sun Herald If you like your homeowner’s insurance, you might be able to keep it under a border adjustment tax. But it will cost you a lot...
View ArticleOp-ed: A hurricane tax? You cannot be serious
By Ian Adams As appeared in Crain's New York Business In the midst of the most active hurricane season in recent memory, Congress is contemplating tax reform measures that could lead to an additional...
View ArticleOp-ed: Proposed Tax Targeting Global Affiliate Reinsurance to Raise Costs for...
By Dennis Kerrigan As appeared in the Morning Consult. “A win-win for American taxpayers and American-based businesses.” That’s the claim that was recently made by an insurance executive who was...
View ArticleCCIR Responds to Speaker Paul Ryan's Statement on Corporate Inversions
WASHINGTON, DC (October 19, 2017) – Today the Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates (CCIR), the leading voice for continued and increased competition within the insurance industry, released the...
View ArticleHurricane Tax Threatens to Batter Tax Reform
By Ryan Ellis As appeared in Forbes. Tax wonks in Washington are expecting a bit of a policy hurricane on November 1st when the House Ways and Means Committee releases its tax reform draft. But that's...
View ArticleCCIR to Congress: Ax the Disaster Recovery Assistance Tax
WASHINGTON, DC (November 2, 2017) – Today the Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates (CCIR), the leading voice for continued and increased competition within the insurance industry, released the...
View ArticleBrattle Economists Study Impact of Reinsurance Taxes on the U.S. Insurance...
A new study co-authored by Brattle economists examines the impact that a Border Adjustment Tax (BAT) could have on the U.S. insurance market. The report builds on prior Brattle analyses from a January...
View ArticleEgads! - a Hurricane Harvey recovery tax
By Ian Adams As appeared in The Houston Chronicle. Hurricane Harvey appears likely to go down as the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. The estimates are wide-ranging - from $70 billion in damages...
View ArticleCommentary: Florida needs to get serious about reinsurance coverage
By Christian Camara and Ian Adams As appeared in the Orlando Sentinel These days, it’s hard to get politicians to agree about anything, and that’s too bad. But unless Florida’s congressional delegation...
View ArticleCCIR to Congress: BEAT Will Negate Tax Relief for Consumers and Businesses
WASHINGTON, DC (December 16, 2017) – Today the Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates (CCIR), the leading voice for continued and increased competition within the insurance industry, expressed...
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