On July 18, Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced H.R. 4721, the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023,” which would make permanent the 20 percent tax deduction currently available to some passthrough entities. PIA strongly supports this legislation, and in advance of its introduction joined a coalition of business groups in a letter of support …
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A report issued yesterday by the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) has concluded that state insurance regulators should more aggressively address climate-related risks. The FIO, which is housed within the Treasury Department, produced the report in response to an Executive Order (EO) on Climate-Related Financial Risk, which was issued by the Biden administration in early 2021. …
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This week, Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation that would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years and make several changes to the program. The National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2023 has a House companion bill, which is sponsored by Reps. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) …
The House Appropriations Committee held a markup on June 14 during which the Committee considered and passed its fiscal year 2024 (FY 24) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Included in the bill’s Agriculture title is report language reiterating Congress’s stance, first articulated in its 2022 year-end omnibus appropriations …
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Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) began her career in public service when she was elected the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 2014. After being appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2017, she ran and secured her first 6-year term in 2020. Senator Smith attended Stanford University and afterward attended the Tuck School of Business at …
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On May 18, Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) reintroduced the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023,” a bill that would make permanent the current 20 percent tax deduction available to some passthrough entities. PIA strongly supports this legislation and joined a coalition of business groups in a letter of support for the bill. PIA's support for the bill was noted …
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Members of PIA of Virginia meet with Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) PIA members from around the nation converged on Washington, D.C. on May 10 for its 2023 Advocacy Day. Agents met with Senators, Representatives, and legislative staffers to discuss PIA’s key legislative issues. Among PIA’s top issues were a request to the USDA’s Risk Management …
PIA has been advocating to protect insurance agents from federal prosecution for doing business with cannabis-related enterprises in states in which such businesses are legal. Nearly every state has legalized cannabis to some degree. PIA does not take a position on the legalization of cannabis and views this issue strictly a matter of respecting state insurance laws. In addition, …
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On April 27, Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced the Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act of 2023. See PIA’s press release here. Rep. Cline’s press release, with PIA quotes, can be found here. The Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act will protect the successful state insurance regulatory system by repealing the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), an unnecessary federal …
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Recently, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) responded to a March letter sent by PIA and other agent groups, including the Crop Insurance Professionals Association, urging them to reinstate the inflation adjustment for crop agents. In its response, the RMA stated that, without renegotiating the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA), it cannot reinstate the inflation adjustment, despite …
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