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IRS names foreign captive insurance to 2022 ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
06 June 2022
Washington DC Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The Internal Revenue Service has named foreign captive insurance to its annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of potentially abusive tax arrangements

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New Vermont law allows captives to enter parametric contracts
01 June 2022
Vermont Reporter Rebecca Delaney

Governor Phil Scott has signed House Bill 515 into law to update Vermont’s captive insurance statutes and eliminate inconsistencies

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SIIA: Expand captive participation in TRIP for SMEs
23 May 2022
US Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The Department of the Treasury should expand the size and scope of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program to cover SMEs vulnerable to the same significant losses from terrorism-related risks, according to the Self-Insurance Institute of America

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Reserve Mechanical Decision concludes in favour of IRS
17 May 2022
US Reporter Jenna Lomax

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has affirmed the Reserve Mechanical decision in all respects, rejecting the petitioner’s appeal

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Cayman Court upholds segregated portfolio principle
11 May 2022
Cayman Islands Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The decision of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands to uphold the segregation of captive insurance portfolios in the context of an official liquidation is a “welcome reiteration of the segregation principle”, according to law firm Campbells

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IRS should not expand captive rule for RPII, comment letter says
26 April 2022
Washington DC Reporter Rebecca Delaney

A threefold coalition of associations representing US property and casualty insurance companies has written a comment letter in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed amendments to related party insurance income

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GAO: IRS could improve its offshore insurance compliance investigations
25 April 2022
Washington DC Reporter Rebecca Delaney

The IRS has scope to improve its reviews of offshore insurance audits and investigations, as well as how it records and analyses the quality reviews of such investigations, according to a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office

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