2017 Key Priorities: Tax Reform
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This is the first installment of a four-part blog series on Zurich’s North American Government & Industry Affairs 2017 Key Priorities. Laura Favinger, SVP Zurich North America Government & Industry Affairs, outlines our four key priorities in this video.
Since 2013, Congress has been on a path to reform and modernize the U.S. tax code. Over the past four years we have seen:
- one piece of tax reform legislation introduced in 2014 in the House of Representatives,
- the creation of bipartisan working groups in the Senate in 2015 that released papers covering key areas of the economy, and
- the House Republican’s “Better Way for Tax Reform” in 2016.
With a unified control of Congress and the White House, Republicans have made comprehensive tax reform a priority for 2017. Since reform of the tax code has the potential to impact our business, Zurich is an active participant in helping to inform members of Congress and the Trump Administration on the taxation of property & casualty insurance companies and how specific changes will impact Zurich. Our key message is that the debate over tax reform is important and Zurich believes that everyone should pay their fair share – a competitive tax code should not favor certain companies within an industry over others.
In addition to our general messaging, we have a strategy in place to challenge the proposal to tax the use of global affiliated reinsurance, which if altered, will impact our ability to spread risk globally. Part of our strategy includes Zurich Government & Industry Affairs team members and Zurich executives educating key policy makers with:
- Zurich specific collateral
- Taxing Reinsurance Could Reduce Coverage Availability and Increase Costs
- Maintaining Robust Access to Global Affiliated Reinsurance
- Foreign Affiliated Reinsurance Helps Consumers During Catastrophic Events (see page 2)
- economic papers highlighting real dollar impact, focusing on impacted states, and
- partnering with outside groups, think tanks, and our peers.
This type of advocacy by Zurich has positioned us to be a leader in the reform process for our industry.
This blog was written by:
Gregg Sheiowitz
Assistant Vice President, Federal Affairs
Zurich North America Government & Industry Affairs
Connect with Gregg and other team members HERE.
2017 Key Priorities: Tax Reform
Share this
This is the first installment of a four-part blog series on Zurich’s North American Government & Industry Affairs 2017 Key Priorities. Laura Favinger, SVP Zurich North America Government & Industry Affairs, outlines our four key priorities in this video.
Since 2013, Congress has been on a path to reform and modernize the U.S. tax code. Over the past four years we have seen:
- one piece of tax reform legislation introduced in 2014 in the House of Representatives,
- the creation of bipartisan working groups in the Senate in 2015 that released papers covering key areas of the economy, and
- the House Republican’s “Better Way for Tax Reform” in 2016.
With a unified control of Congress and the White House, Republicans have made comprehensive tax reform a priority for 2017. Since reform of the tax code has the potential to impact our business, Zurich is an active participant in helping to inform members of Congress and the Trump Administration on the taxation of property & casualty insurance companies and how specific changes will impact Zurich. Our key message is that the debate over tax reform is important and Zurich believes that everyone should pay their fair share – a competitive tax code should not favor certain companies within an industry over others.
In addition to our general messaging, we have a strategy in place to challenge the proposal to tax the use of global affiliated reinsurance, which if altered, will impact our ability to spread risk globally. Part of our strategy includes Zurich Government & Industry Affairs team members and Zurich executives educating key policy makers with:
- Zurich specific collateral
- Taxing Reinsurance Could Reduce Coverage Availability and Increase Costs
- Maintaining Robust Access to Global Affiliated Reinsurance
- Foreign Affiliated Reinsurance Helps Consumers During Catastrophic Events (see page 2)
- economic papers highlighting real dollar impact, focusing on impacted states, and
- partnering with outside groups, think tanks, and our peers.
This type of advocacy by Zurich has positioned us to be a leader in the reform process for our industry.
This blog was written by:
Gregg Sheiowitz
Assistant Vice President, Federal Affairs
Zurich North America Government & Industry Affairs
Connect with Gregg and other team members HERE.
