com's motoring editor Amanda Stretton said Whitehall was to blame as
Insurance Premium Taxes jumped from ten to 12 per cent from Thursday.
According to the report, state insurance departments receive significant funds from regulatory fees and
insurance premium taxes.
The IUA s new online service will sum up
insurance premium taxes relevant in each of the nations in the European Economic Area.
The surplus lines industry continues to press for several changes to implement the NRRA, such as the process for payment of nonadmitted insurance premium taxes.
Further, because an allocation of the insured's premium is required under some circumstances, the process for paying the nonadmitted insurance premium taxes remains complex.
Others have delayed previously enacted tax cuts, increased health
insurance premium taxes, and boosted telephone taxes.
Finally, employers paying state
insurance premium taxes on group-term life insurance (particularly larger employers) should consider sell-insuring a portion of the death benefits in order to reduce the premium taxes.
In the letter, NCOIL said the proposal for a bifurcated regulatory system would "threaten the revenue stream that now flows to the states in
insurance premium taxes.
