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Risk retention group activity in the Healthcare sector has picked up in 2021, with ten new formations and significant premium growth at several Healthcare RRGs. The hardening was evident in the 2020 premium data for Healthcare risk retention groups, with Healthcare RRG premium increasing by 7.7% in 2020. Much of the activity in 2020 was in the Nursing Home subsector …

The Demotech report Analysis of Risk Retention Groups—Third Quarter 2021 in December 2021. The report finds that risk retention groups continue to exhibit premium growth and strong financials through the 3rd quarter of 2021. According to the report, risk retention groups saw a 13.3% increase in cash and invested assets through the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same …

The Property Development sector was the hardest hit by the financial crisis of 2007 to 2008, with premium in the sector falling from $147.7 million in 2008 to $93.2 million in 2011—a decline of 37%. The sector has since recovered, but several risk retention groups serving the sector entered runoff in the wake of the crisis. Given the long tail …

The Risk Retention Reporter collects service provider data on risk retention groups each year for the annual Risk Retention Group Directory & Guide. The data collected includes information on captive managers, actuaries, auditors, and legal services providers. In 2020, the leading risk retention group actuaries remained Milliman and Willis Towers Watson. Service provider data for the Directory is self-reported by …

This month no new risk retention groups were added to the Risk Retention Reporter listings, and no RRGs were deleted, leaving the total number of RRGs at 236. Two new purchasing groups were added to the Risk Retention Reporter listings, and no PGs were deleted, taking the total number of PGs up to 1032. This is an excerpt , for …