Arkansas § 26-57-605 Wet marine and foreign trade insurers - Report and remittance of tax

Arkansas Statutes

§ 26-57-605 — Wet marine and foreign trade insurers - Report and remittance of tax

Arkansas § 26-57-605

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Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-605 (2026).

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(a)As to wet marine and foreign trade insurance written in this state during the preceding calendar year, on or before March 1 of each year, each authorized, unauthorized, or formerly authorized insurer shall file its report with the Insurance Commissioner, on forms as prescribed by the commissioner of its gross underwriting profit thereon.

(b)As a tax imposed for the privilege of transacting such wet marine and foreign trade insurance in this state, a tax of three-quarters of one percent (3/4%) of the gross underwriting profit shall be reported and paid on a quarterly estimate basis at such times and upon forms as shall be prescribed by the commissioner and reconciled annually at the time of filing the annual report.

(c)(1) The gross underwriting profit shall be ascertained by deductin

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(a) As to wet marine and foreign trade insurance written in this state during the preceding calendar year, on or before March 1 of each year, each authorized, unauthorized, or formerly authorized insurer shall file its report with the Insurance Commissioner, on forms as prescribed by the commissioner of its gross underwriting profit thereon. (b) As a tax imposed for the privilege of transacting such wet marine and foreign trade insurance in this state, a tax of three-quarters of one percent (3/4%) of the gross underwriting profit shall be reported and paid on a quarterly estimate basis at such times and upon forms as shall be prescribed by the commissioner and reconciled annually at the time of filing the annual report. (c) (1) The gross underwriting profit shall be ascertained by deducting from the net premiums, which are the gross premiums less all return premiums and premiums for reinsurance, on wet marine and foreign trade insurance contracts, the net losses paid, which are the gross losses paid less salvage and recoveries on reinsurance ceded, during the calendar year under those contracts. (2) In the case of insurers issuing participating contracts, the gross underwriting profit shall not include for computation of the tax prescribed by this section the amounts refunded or paid as participation dividends by the insurers to the holders of the contracts. (d) As used in this subchapter, "wet marine and foreign trade insurance" includes only: (1) Insurances upon vessels, crafts, hulls, and of interests therein, of, or with relations thereto; (2) Insurance of marine builder's risks, marine war risks, and contracts of marine protection and indemnity insurance; (3) Insurance of freights and disbursements pertaining to a subject of insurance coming within this definition; and (4) Insurance of personal property and interests therein, in course of exportation from or importation into any country, or in course of transportation, and while being prepared for and while awaiting shipment, and during any delays, storage, trans-shipment, or reshipment incident thereto.