The new chairman of an organization lobbying the government to allow federally-regulated risk retention groups to expand their coverage areas said he expects to see the effort gain ground this year.

“Momentum has been building. Optimistically, I'd like to say we'll get the attention of Congress, and I think we'll see if this year we can't make some good inroads,” commented Larry L. Smith, who heads the American Risk Retention Coalition, formed to facilitate expansion of the federal Liability Risk Retention Act to include property insurance and other coverages.

Mr. Smith noted that ARRC's urgency to expand the LRRA was heightened by the withdrawals of major insurers from property markets, including coastal areas in several states following recent hurricanes. “This is one of those priorities crying out to be addressed,” he told National Underwriter.

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