Tax Deductions for Catastrophic Risk Insurance Reserves : Explanation and Economic Analysis.

Describes proposal to permit insurance companies to establish tax-deductible risk insurance reserve funds for catastrophes. Discusses the market for catastrophe insurance, issues leading up to the proposal's development, arguments for and against tax-deductible catastrophe reserves, economic an...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disaster insurance. Insurance companies. Tax incentives. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes proposal to permit insurance companies to establish tax-deductible risk insurance reserve funds for catastrophes. Discusses the market for catastrophe insurance, issues leading up to the proposal's development, arguments for and against tax-deductible catastrophe reserves, economic analysis, and a sectional analysis of the Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2005.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.