Circuit court rules on qualification ratio
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'Accrued unpaid losses' are not considered 'unpaid losses' when determining whether a business meets the life-insurance-company-qualification ratio, according to a recent ruling by the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The case involved Harco Holdings, which owns Association Life Insurance Co, and the IRS. The IRS claimed that Association Life's unpaid losses are reserves and that the term 'unpaid losses' is borrowed from property and casualty insurance law. The court ruled against the IRS position and ordered an income-tax refund for Harco.
Publication Name: Best's Review Life-Health Insurance Edition
Subject: Insurance
ISSN: 0275-0988
Year: 1992
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IRS rules interest changes do not create new contracts
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in Private Letter Ruling 9150045, held that a new life insurance contract is not created when a contract is endorsed so that the assessment of policy loan interest is changed to due in arrears instead of due in advance. The IRS ruled that such an endorsement is not a material change and that it will not result in the deemed reissuance of a new contract or a constructive policy exchange on the endorsement's effective date.
Publication Name: Best's Review Life-Health Insurance Edition
Subject: Insurance
ISSN: 0275-0988
Year: 1992
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Mergers of insurers result in tax-attribute carryovers
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New tax rules classify statutory mergers of affiliated life insurance companies as corporate reorganizations with insurance tax attributes being carried over to the new entity. As a result, life insurers which could not join in the parent company's consolidated federal tax return are now allowed inclusion. Various conditions and examples are discussed.
Publication Name: Best's Review Life-Health Insurance Edition
Subject: Insurance
ISSN: 0275-0988
Year: 1992
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