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Ratings agency AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) for Bermuda-based BNY Trade Insurance and New York-based Hamilton Insurance Corp, the single-parent captives of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. 17 April 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
The outcome of Syzygy v Commissioner marks another IRS victory against 831(b) captives. What went wrong this time? Matthew Queen, general counsel & chief compliance officer, Venture Captive Management, has the details. 15 April 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
Just like Reserve Mechanical and Avrahami before it, the US Tax Court has ruled in favour of the IRS in the case of Syzygy Insurance v Commissioner, ultimately determining the captive did not constitute insurance in the commonly accepted sense and its 831(b) election was invalid. 11 April 2019
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Ratings agency AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Blue Whale Re, the captive insurer for pharmaceutical company Pfizer. 5 April 2019
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Cypress Insurance Company, the captive insurer of Microsoft Corporation, has been unsuccessful in its attempts to recoup $175m in losses relating to a fire at the SK Hynix manufacturing complex in Wuxi, China. The fire suspended the production of memory chips, which Microsoft had alleged impacted the 2013 launch of its video gaming console, the Xbox One. 4 April 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
Leadville Insurance Company, the Vermont-based captive insurance subsidiary of US department store chain Macy’s, may be liable for $23.8 million in unpaid corporate income taxes to the state of Maryland, a recent court opinion has shown. 29 March 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has added microcaptives to its Dirty Dozen list of common scams that it claims that US taxpayers may encounter. 22 March 2019
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Michigan State University (MSU) had set up a captive insurance company following its former primary insurer, United Educators, introducing “onerous” new terms after allegedly failing to provide general liability insurance coverage for lawsuits and claims arising from the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. 7 March 2019
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North Carolina has introduced a new bill aimed at attracting redomestications of captive insurance companies back to the state through a "premium tax holiday". 5 March 2019
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AM Best has given US-based Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL) a financial strength rating of A based on the insurer’s strong balance sheet, marginal operating performance, favorable business profile and enterprise risk management. 4 March 2019
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