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New FHLB legislation could see captives return
16 June 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

US legislators have introduced a new bill to allow captive insurance companies that were members of a Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) prior to 12 September 2014 to return to the fold

SIIA asks Treasury to look at Notice 2016-66
15 June 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

The Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) has asked the US Treasury to include Notice 2016-66 in the President Donald Trump-ordered review of US tax rules

Financial CHOICE Act passes House
09 June 2017
Reporter Mark Dugdale

The Financial CHOICE Act, the legislation that proposes to repeal and replace the Dodd-Frank Act, has passed the House of Representatives

RIMS expresses support towards US-EU covered agreement
18 May 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

The Risk Management Society (RIMS) has written to Steven Mnuchin, secretary of the US Treasury, expressing its support for the recently proposed US-EU covered agreement on reinsurance

Dodd-Frank replacement clears first hurdle
09 May 2017
Reporter Mark Dugdale

The repeal and replacement of Dodd-Frank is underway, with the Federal Insurance Office a likely casualty

Self-insurance legislation passes House
06 April 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

The Self-Insurance Protection Act clarifies existing law to ensure that federal regulators cannot re-define stop-loss insurance as traditional health insurance

CIC Services files second case against IRS
03 April 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

Captive manager CIC Services has lodged a second lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and US Treasury in a bid to block Notice 2016-66

Decision in Avrahami ‘coming soon’
14 March 2017
Reporter Mark Dugdale

A decision from the US Tax Court in the closely watched Avrahami litigation is expected soon, according to experts

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