Purchasing groups differ significantly from risk retention groups in breakdown of business sectors in which they are active. Not only are purchasing groups active in a wider range of business sectors than risk retention groups, there is also no one sector that represents a dominant share of the purchasing group marketplace. Healthcare is the largest business sector for purchasing groups …
VCIA President Richard Smith to Step Down
Long-time VCIA President Richard Smith will be stepping down at the end of January 2022. Smith has served as the President of VCIA since 2009. VCIA, like most other organizations, has experiences significant disruption from the coronavirus pandemic. “It has been a great privilege to lead this incredible organization for the past twelve years,” stated Smith. “I am so grateful …
Positive Ratings Actions for Several RRGs
A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) for Community Hospital Alternative for Risk Transfer (A Reciprocal Risk Retention Group) (CHART RRG). The outlook for the ratings was revised to stable from positive. “The ratings reflect CHART RRG’s balance …
Demotech Second Quarter Analysis of RRGs Shows Strong Premium Growth
Demotech, Inc. has released its publication Analysis of Risk Retention Groups—Second Quarter 2021. The Demotech report finds that risk retention groups continue to report premium growth while exhibiting continued financial stability. From second quarter 2020 to second quarter 2021, risk retention groups collectively reported growth in cash and invested assets of 14.7%, while surplus increased by 14.3% over the same …
New Maple Tech Zero-20-20 Program Focuses on Transportation RRGs
Maple Technologies (Maple Tech), a provider of cloud-based administration software for property and casualty (P&C) insurers, announced a new program geared towards smaller insurers including risk retention groups and captives. Maple Tech’s core software is the Aspire system and the Zero-20-20 program will waive the implementation fees for Aspire for those carriers with gross written premiums of less than $20 …
RRG Cession Rate Holds Steady in 2020
The risk retention group cession rate held steady in 2020, with RRGs collectively ceding 45.8% of premium to reinsurers in 2020, a slight increase from the 45.4% of premium ceded to reinsurers by risk retention groups in 2019. The hard market has tightened the reinsurance market, but that tightening does not appear to have had a significant impact on overall …
Holding Steady: RRG Captive Manager Premium Rankings 2020
The rankings of captive managers by risk retention group premium largely held steady in 2020. This stability comes after a period of significant upheaval where long-term players in the risk retention group space such as USA Risk Group and JLT Towner fell from prominence or were acquired. It seemed that further shake-ups were in the cards when it was announced …
Breaking Down RRG State Registrations
Risk Retention Reporter Managing Editor Christopher Diemel participated on a panel at the 2021 VCIA Virtual Conference entitled “Are RRGs a Mature Industry?” Other participants on the panel included Vermont Assistant Director of Captive Insurance Christine Brown, MCIC Vermont (A Reciprocal RRG) Chief Risk Officer Chris Heckman, and Recreation RRG Secretary and Risk Management Officer Tim Herr. While discussing the …
Spirit Commercial RRG’s Total Unpaid Loss and LAE at $199 Million
The tenth status report for the liquidation of Spirit Commercial Auto Risk Retention Group (Spirit) was issued by Special Deputy Receiver (SDR) Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P. on July 7, 2021. The report includes the first estimate of unpaid liabilities at Spirit. Actuarial firm Oliver Wyman set the total unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses for Spirit at $198.7 million. That …
2020 Risk Retention Group Premium Growth Driven by Fewer Domiciles
The risk retention group industry saw another strong year of premium growth in 2020, with premium increasing to $3838.3* million from $3581.5 in 2019, an increase of 7.2%. Growth in 2020 occurred in a lower number of domiciles—nine—than in 2019, when 13 domiciles reported increases in premium. 2020 premium growth was driven in part by newly formed or reactivated risk …