Tag: CSuite

Addition by Subtraction – How a Risk Management Program Can be Designed to Address a Company’s Most Vital Risks

When designing an insurance program should we think about adding coverage or eliminating risk?  Most brokers think about adding coverage while clients think about how they can curtail risk. You might think these opposing approaches would get you to the same place in the end but that is not necessarily true. The problem I have … Continue reading Addition by Subtraction – How a Risk Management Program Can be Designed to Address a Company’s Most Vital Risks →

Not Sure The IRS Agrees With a Tax Position Your Company Has Taken? Here is a Solution

I recently read that Illinois Tool Works (ITW) prevailed in a case against the IRS.  The IRS challenged that a loan from ITW’s foreign subsidiary to its parent company was a nontaxable return of capital as ITW contended.  The IRS dtermined that it was not a loan but a dividend and as a result a … Continue reading Not Sure The IRS Agrees With a Tax Position Your Company Has Taken? Here is a Solution →

Your Insurance Broker Has No Incentive to Retain You as a Client!!!!

Skin in the game – that means your insurance broker actually having a vested interest in your success and the level of service you receive year in and year out.  Skin in the game does not mean your broker having a greater financial interest in year one compared to subsequent years yet that is how … Continue reading Your Insurance Broker Has No Incentive to Retain You as a Client!!!! →