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White Papers and Resources
- "Seeking Business, States Loosen Insurance Rules", New York Times, May 8, 2011

- "Own Your Own Insurance Company: Stewart A Feldman of Capstone Associated Services talks to Captive Review about why business owners should consider setting up a captive and how to go about it", Captive Review, Delaware Report 2011

- "Own Your Own Insurance Company: Physicians can control costs and increase profit potential via alternative risk management strategies", Plastic Surgery Practice

- "Managing the Middle Ground: Stewart A Feldman reveals the Fortune 1000 planning techniques now available for the middle market", Captive Review

- "The How and Why to Setting Up a Captive Insurance Company", InsuranceNewsNet Magazine, July 2010

- "Watch Your Assets", Barron's Cover, June 2010

- "Captivating Captives", Financial Planning, November 2009

- "Insurance Law", Texas Lawyer Roundtable Series, August 2009

- "Servicing the middle market", Captive Review, July 2009

- "Middle market captive growth", US Captive, April 2009

- "Captive Insurance Companies for Closely Led Businesses and Their Owners", Experience, Senior Lawyers Division American Bar Association, 2009

- "A Closer Look at Captive Insurance", The CPA Journal, June 2008

- "Captive insurance programs: Boon for middle-market companies", Houston Business Journal, February 1, 2008

- "Listed in Toronto, Based in Houston", Houston Chronicle,
June 29, 2007
- "Capstone announces opening of trading of the largest Canadian
IPO of 2007", Yahoo Finance, May 2007
- "Insurance via 'Captives': Not as Sinister as It Sounds", The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2007

CapSTONE Associated newsletters
- "Delaware Commissioner Visits Houston", Capstone Newsletter, April 2011

- "Capstone Forms Record Number of Delaware Captives", Capstone Newsletter, January 2011

- "Convert Self-Insured Risks Into Tax-Deductible Premiums", Capstone Newsletter, August 15, 2010

- "Policy Exclusions Put Your Business At Risk", Capstone Newsletter, August 2010

- "Captives Supplement Conventional Insurers", Capstone Newsletter, June 2010

- "Now Offering Delaware Domiciled Captives", Capstone Newsletter, May 2010

- "Capstone Opens Office in Delaware", Capstone Newsletter, April 2010

- "Building Value With Your Captive", Capstone Newsletter, December 2009

- "Capstone Is Already One of the Three Largest Insurance Managers in Anguilla", Capstone Newsletter, October 2009

- "Captives Are Key Topic At Insurance Roundtable", Capstone Newsletter, September 2009

- "Self-Insurance vs. Captive Insurance", Capstone Newsletter,
August 2009
- "Capstone Opens Office In Anguilla", Capstone Newsletter,
July 23, 2009
- "Reduce Your Employee Benefits Costs", Capstone Newsletter,
February, 2009
CapSTONE Associated Information
legal articles and cases
State Independently Procured Premium Taxes
- Dow Chemical Company, Appellant v. Carole Keeton Rylander, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas; and John Cornyn, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Appellees
This case again declared Texas' independently procured premium tax unconstitutional.
- 370 US 451 State Board of Insurance v. Todd Shipyards Corporation
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case limiting a state's ability to tax a foreign domiciled insurer.
Captive Structuring
- Humana, Inc. v. Commissioner 1 881 F.2d 247 (6th Cir. 1989) United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Humana Inc., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent-Appellee
In this landmark case, the Service lost its "economic family" argument.
- St. Louis Cotton Compress Company v. State of Arkansas. No. 120. Supreme Court of the United States.
- Kidde Industries, Inc. v. United States 40 Fed.Cl. 42 (Fed.Cl. 1997)
Holds that Humana case applies to brother-sister subsidiaries and not divisions.
- United Parcel Service of America, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 254 F.3d 1014 (11th Cir. 06/20/2001)
In this significant case, the taxpayer's tax motivation for forming a captive was upheld in a $2 billion victory for the taxpayer.
- F. Income Tax Regulation 301.9100-1
Relief under 301.9100-1 of the procedure and administrative regulations granting an extension of time to file election under 831 (b)2)(A)(ii).
- U. TREAS. REG. Section 1.337(d)-4 abd Exempt Organizations
The IRS issued final regulations generally affecting a taxable corporation that transfers all or substantially all of its assets to a tax-exempt entity or converts from a taxable corporation to a tax-exempt entity in a transaction other than a liquidation.
- Rev. Rul. 2001-31, 2001-26 I.R.B. 1348 (6/25/2001)
In this ruling, the IRS abandoned the "economic family" doctrine which the Service used to attack captive planning.
- Cumulative Bulletin Notice 2001-51, I.R.B. 2001-34, August 2, 2001
On February 28, 2000, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2000-15 , 2000-12 I.R.B. 826, identifying certain transactions as "listed transactions" for purposes of §1.6011-4T(b)(2) of the temporary Income Tax Regulations and §301.6111-2T(b)(2) of the temporary Procedure and Administration Regulations. This notice restates the list of transactions identified in Notice 2000-15 as "listed transactions" effective February 28, 2000, and updates the list by adding transactions identified in notices released subsequent to February 28, 2000.
- PLR 200242005
Ruling on Risk Retention Groups.
- PLR 200242023
Relief for late filed 953 (d) election granted under 301.9100-3(a).
- Tax Shelter Prop - TD 9017
Tax Shelter Props. Regs.- The IRS has published temporary regulations (T.D. 9017) that revise the categories of transactions that must be disclosed on returns under temporary reg. section 1.6011-4T.
- Part III - Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous Certain Reinsurance Arrangements Notice 2002-70
In this November 2002 pronouncement, the IRS announced that captive transactions utilizing certain reinsurance arrangements (so-called "PORCs") resulting in shifting of income will be "listed transactions" for purposes of Reg. Sec. 1.6011-4.
- Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2003-45 November 10, 2003
In this publication, the IRS announced that it will now consider ruling requests on the tax treatment of captives.
- IRS Revenue Ruling 2002-89
In this ruling, the IRS determined that where a captive derives 50% of its premiums from underwriting its parent's risks (with the other 50% of premium revenue from unrelated parties), there was sufficient risk distribution to constitute "insurance."
- IRS Revenue Ruling 2002-90
In this pronouncement, the IRS ruled that a captive which insured 12 subsidiaries of a common parent, with no unrelated insurance underwriting, had sufficient risk distribution to constitute "insurance."
- IRS Revenue Ruling 2002-91
In this ruling, the IRS determined that if within a group captive no one member's covered risks exceeded 15% of the group's total risks, then that captive possessed sufficient risk distribution to constitute "insurance."
- 2003 TNT 40-10
Final Tax Shelter Regulations.
- Notice 2003-34
Notice 2003-34 – Insurance definition – offshore entities in hedge funds.
- Notice 2003-35
Notice 2003-35- The purpose of this notice is to remind taxpayers that an entity must be an insurance company for federal income tax purposes in order to qualify as exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in 501 ( c ) (15).
- Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) Revenue Ruling Insurance, Federal Income Tax Purposes
In this pronouncement, the IRS discusses the qualifications of certain arrangements as " insurance" for federal income tax purposes and specifically addresses the risk distribution requirement of a purported insurance contract under four fact scenarios listed in the ruling.
- Notice 2005-49 Qualification of Certain Arrangements as Insurance
Notice 2005-49 comments on additional guidance concerning the standards for determining whether an arrangement constitutes insurance for federal income tax purposes.
- Section 23. Small Insurance Companies or Associations IRC 501(c)(15)
IRS Manual on 501(c)(15) Insurance Companies.
- Determination of Gross Receipts for Purposes of Section 501(c)(15)
Notice 2006-42 comments on The Determination of Gross Receipts for Purposes of Section 501(c)(15).
- Relief under 301.9100-3
Relief under 301.9100-3 of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations granting an extension of time to file under election under section 831(b)(2))(A)(ii).”
- Rev. Rul 2007-47 was issued buy the US Internal Revenue Service on July 23, 2007
This ruling holds that an arrangement that provides for the reimbursement of inevitable future costs does not involve the requisite insurance risk for purposes of determining (i) whether the amount paid for the arrangement is deductible as an insurance premium.
- IRS Issued Proposed Regulations
IRS issued proposed regulations that provide guidance regarding the treatment of transactions involving obligations between members of a consolidated group and the treatment of transactions involving the provision of insurance between members of a consolidated group.
- Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2008-5 February 4, 2008 Rev. Rul. 2008-8
Revenue Rule 2008-8 explains how arrangements between an individual cell and its owner are analyzed for purposes of determining whether there is adequate risk shifting and risk distribution to constitute insurance.
- TAM 200816029 on Partnership Entities Counted For Risk Distribution Purposes
TAM 200816029 on Partnership Entities Counted For Risk Distribution Purposes.
- TAM 200827006
TAM 200827006 - Ruling discusses whether a manufacturer’s original product warranty risks covered by the Reimbursement Policies purchased by Taxpayer constitute insurable risks for federal tax purposes.



