Industry Expert Warns Congress that Reinsurance Tax Threatens Private Market...
In testimony given on November 19 before the US House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, former Florida state legislator and insurance agency owner Don Brown...
View ArticleCCIR Calls on Congress to Examine POTUS' Discriminatory FY 2016 Budget Proposal
Thirty-one business organizations, consumer advocacy groups, insurers and their associations today penned a letter to the leadership of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees,...
View ArticlePodcast on How a Reinsurance Tax Provision Could Cost Taxpayers
The National Taxpayers Union's Douglas Kellogg sites down with National Tax Foundation economist Alan Cole to discuss the deductibility of foreign reinsurance as it relates to corporate tax reform.
View ArticleCCIR Files Comments with Senate Finance Detailing Harms of Proposed Reinsure Tax
In a letter sent to the chairmen and ranking members of the Senate Finance and House Ways & Means Committees, the Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates expressed concern about a discriminatory...
View ArticleNTU Highlights Safeguarding Foreign Affiliate Reinsurance in Letter to Senate...
The executive vice president for the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), a leading citizen group advocating for tax reform, reduced wasteful spending, individual liberty and free enterprise, recently...
View ArticleIntelligent Insurer: Obama’s reinsurance tax proposals condemned
US President Obama’s reinsurance tax proposals could damage the US economy, according to a study by Arthur Laffer, a former member of Reagan’s economic policy advisory board. According to the report,...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Change the Tune on Taxes
In a US News & World Report column, National Taxpayers Union President Pete Sepp details lawmakers' often convoluted and conflicting approach to tax reform, warning that a "taxing obsession"...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Pro-growth tax reform, yes; discriminatory taxes, never
Famed economist Dr. Arthur Laffer this week penned an op-ed in The Hill advocating for pro-growth tax reform, particularly as it relates to protecting reinsurers from costly trade protections that...
View ArticleTop Economic, Industry Experts Agree: Protecting Consumers from Punitive...
Leading economists and industry experts convened on Capitol Hill Thursday for a panel discussion on corporate tax reform, specifically as it relates to how Congress should approach international...
View ArticleSenate Working Group Unveils Int'l Tax Report; Bipartisan Coalition Calls...
The Senate Finance Committee's International Tax Reform Working Group, led by committee co-chairs Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), this week published a final report concluding...
View ArticleFY 2017 Budget Provision to Tax Foreign Insurers Opposed by Bipartisan Coalition
President’s budget would reduce competition and consumer access to affordable insurance Washington, DC (February 9, 2016) -- The Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates (CCIR), the leading voice for...
View ArticleArthur Laffer: Let’s Get The Economy Moving Again With Uniform And...
When the American economy is stuck in a rut, how do we get it moving again? We know the route to recovery: Cutting tax rates, closing loopholes, and broadening the base to encourage working and...
View ArticleWarner-Neal Foreign Reinsurance Legislation Opposed by Bipartisan Coalition
Bills would stifle competition and consumer access to affordable insurance Washington, DC (September 29, 2016) -- The Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates (CCIR), the leading voice for continued...
View ArticleCongress Should Not Use the Tax Code to Pick Winners and Losers in the...
By Alexander Hendrie Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) recently introduced legislation (H.R. 6270 and S. 3424 respectively) that needlessly picks winners and losers in the...
View ArticleInsuring a Sound Tax Reform Process
By Pete Sepp “There’s good reason to be optimistic that tax reform can be done next year. That doesn’t mean we won’t have to put in the work.” Those words from NTU’s President, quoted in a recent...
View ArticleReinsurance saved Florida from catastrophic losses
By Christian Cámara As appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat. While this year’s storms Hermine and Matthew brought an end to the state’s decade-long hurricane drought, they easily could have been...
View ArticleTax reformers must take care not to kill reinsurance market
By Lori Sanders During the 2016 presidential election, one theme from President-elect Donald Trump rang louder than any other: the importance of keeping jobs in America and finding ways to encourage...
View ArticleReinsurance Proposal to Muck with the Corporate Tax Base Resurfaces. It Still...
By Alan Cole A tax proposal I’ve covered from time to time has resurfaced again as a possible revenue-raiser, introduced in the House and the Senate by Representative Richard Neal and Senator Mark...
View ArticleNew Brattle Report Highlights the Dangers of Foreign Affiliate Reinsurance...
Study’s data warns of correlation between reinsurance tax and consumer tax hike according to the Coalition for Competitive Insurance Rates Washington, DC (January 23, 2017) -- The Coalition for...
View ArticleGOP tax plan could boost prices for Californians’ insurance
By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO – Donald Trump has only been president since Friday, so it’s too early to know what his “America first” policies will mean economically. But an ongoing debate from the...
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