T he 37th Annual National Premium Tax Conference will be held November 3-6, 2009, in Reno, Nevada at the Eldorado Hotel Casino. The Conference is a forum for premium tax practitioners to meet, learn about and discuss statutory changes and trends regarding state premium, income, sales/use, and other state fees and assessments that affect the insurance industry. A DRAFT (subject to change) 2009 agenda can be found here. Please review it prior to making your travel arrangements so that you get the most from the Conference. In response to your evaluations of past Conferences, we have made several scheduling changes.

The Conference size is limited to the FIRST 200 insurance company persons to register and remit payment. If you would like to reserve a place, please complete the attached Registration Form and mail it, along with your check for $375, by September 30, 2009. You must also email the registration form to nptcreno@charter.net. Checks should be made payable to the “National Premium Tax Conference” and mailed to the following address:

National Premium Tax Conference
C/O Jan Gillerin
90 Maynard Street
Northborough, MA 01532

To ease your travel budget, we are offering a discount to those who register and pay early. The registration fee will be reduced to $325 per attendee if your registration form and check are received by Jan prior to July 24, 2009. This discount is not guaranteed to occur in future years, so take advantage of it for the 2009 NPTC!!!! Those who participate in this special early registration discount offer will be entered into a raffle for some great prizes to be awarded at the opening reception!!!!

As always, the registration fee covers the opening reception, breakfast on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and lunch on Wednesday and Thursday, as well as, conference facility costs. A block of rooms is being held at for the Conference attendees and we are pleased to announce that we have negotiated a lower room rate for Sunday – Thursday of this year’s event. The rates range from $59.99 per room, per night (Deluxe Accommodations) to $114.99 per room, per night (Player Spa Jacuzzi Suites), plus Washoe County room tax and energy surcharge. A $10 charge will apply if there are more than two people in the same room. We have also negotiated room rates for those arriving prior to Sunday and those staying Friday and Saturday after the Conference. With your receipt you will receive additional information on how to make your hotel reservation, and the rate information for those arriving early and staying longer.

Please DO NOT make hotel reservations before receiving a confirmation. It is very important that the special conference code be used when booking your room. This enables us to keep the conference fee at a minimum. You will receive the code with your confirmation. If you fail to use the code, your conference fee will be $750. Please note that
online travel booking sites will not honor the special conference code.

We always have a need for volunteer speakers. As you give consideration to volunteering to share your tax knowledge with your colleagues, please keep in mind that volunteerism is the heart and soul of the National Premium Tax Conference. From the Steering Committee to the speakers, the continuation of this one-of-a-kind economical conference is dependent on volunteers like you. If you would like more information regarding the need for speakers, please contact Josie Lowman, josie.lowman@aig.com or Jim Williams, jwilliams@massmutual.com, or Dave Sutera, dsutera@travelers.com.

We, The Steering Committee, hope to see you in Reno!! If you have any questions regarding the Conference or registration process, please contact Jan Gillerin at 508-393-6622 / nptcreno@charter.net Fran O’Loughlin at 781-332-7321 / moloughlin@onebeacon.com or George Ryan at 617-654-4342 / george.ryan@libertymutual.com.

Sincerely;

National Premium Tax Conference Steering Committee