A court showdown between the California insurance department and a Montana risk retention group will ultimately determine whether RRGs governed by federal law have the necessary flexibility to fill

This month, we added seven new RRGs--six of which are providing medical malpractice insurance for physicians. The RRGs are distributed in four domiciles--two each in Arizona, Montana and South

Regulatory denial raises doubts for employers self-funding group medical

Even excluding the large number of RRG formations occurring since 2000, the track record of states regulating RRGs as captives, versus those regulating them as traditional insurers, is still

The 20th annual survey found that 23 RRGs were formed in the first nine months of 2007, compared with 26 for the same period last year. Health care remains the business sector accounting for the

Even in the face of a softening property-casualty market where liability insurance has become increasingly affordable and available, 2006 premiums for risk retention groups nevertheless increased 7.7

Regulatory considerations spark interest by self-funded employee medical

Member-insureds, sharing losses, have big incentive to aggressively manage