Council Brief | Aug. 20, 2018 | Cyber, Government Affairs, Leader’s Edge Overview of IRS 199A Pass-Through Proposed Tax Regulations Earlier this month, the IRS issued proposed regulations that would implement and interpret the new Section 199A provisions enacted as part of
Yellow Alert | Aug. 9, 2018 | Taxes In a significant win for The Council, the proposed rules exclude insurance agency and brokerage services from the scope of the term “Brokerage Services,” which is one of the core categories of SSTBs under the statute.
Healthcare In Transition | Aug. 9, 2018 What do Colorado, Arkansas, Delaware and Virginia have in common? In the spirit of transparency, these states, along with 15 others, are striving to systematically collect and release medical, pharmacy
Healthcare In Transition | Aug. 9, 2018 As the midterm election gets closer, the health policy agenda in Washington focuses more on the issues of greatest concern to voters: healthcare costs. The Council Perspective: Both parties are
Healthcare In Transition | Aug. 9, 2018 After his appointment as the CEO of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan (ABJ) health venture in June, the question on everyone’s mind was: What’s Atul Gawande’s first move? The Council
Red Alert | Aug. 8, 2018 | Taxes The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations for a new provision allowing many owners of sole proprietorships, partnerships, trusts and S corporations to deduct 20 percent of their qualified business income.
Council Brief | Aug. 6, 2018 | Cyber Survey, Market Survey On July 31, President Trump signed into law a bill that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through November 30, 2018.
Cyber Watch | Aug. 2, 2018 | Cyber, Cyber Survey The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers released its sixth biannual Cyber Market Watch Survey this week. Results were consistent with responses from the first and second halves of 2017: cyber insurance take-up rate remained low at 32 percent, and 89 percent of respondents saw premium pricing stay flat or decrease over the past six months. Respondents also agreed that market capacity was plentiful, and some even noted an increase in capacity due to an influx of insurers moving into the cyber market space.
Yellow Alert | Aug. 1, 2018 | ACA, Employee Benefits, Government Affairs, Healthcare On August 1st, the Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services released their final rule amending the definition of “short-term, limited duration insurance” (STLDI).
Yellow Alert | Jul. 31, 2018 | Flood On July 31, President Trump signed into law a bill that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through November 30, 2018.
