Lauren Herr 6/7/26 Lauren Herr 6/7/26

Are Risk Retention Groups (RRGs) Legitimate Insurance Companies?

Risk retention groups have served as a liability insurance solution for nearly 40 years, yet misconceptions about them persist even among insurance professionals. NRRA addresses five of the most common questions about RRGs — including whether they are legitimate, how they are regulated, and whether they are still needed today.

Lauren Herr 3/26/26 Lauren Herr 3/26/26

Risk Retention Groups in Trucking: Benefits, Regulation, and Challenges

Risk retention groups play a vital liability insurance role in the U.S. trucking industry. Learn how RRGs work, their benefits, regulation, and industry challenges.

Lauren Herr 3/2/26 Lauren Herr 3/2/26

Emerging Challenges Take Center Stage at the 2026 RRG Leaders Summit

The 2026 RRG Leaders Summit for RRG Executives will go inside how industry fraud prosecutions evolve, building your book safely, overcoming reputational damage, and more.

Lauren Herr 10/20/25 Lauren Herr 10/20/25

2025 NRRA National Conference: Top Takeaways & Strategic Insights for RRGs

Get key insights, strategies, and industry updates from the 2025 NRRA National Conference—featuring expert panels on AI, regulation, board governance, trucking, and more.

Lauren Herr 9/8/25 Lauren Herr 9/8/25

NRRA’s Joseph Deems Featured in Captive Insurance Times on RRG Advocacy and 2025 Conference Insights

In a recent Captive Insurance Times feature, Joseph Deems shares how NRRA combats misinformation about RRGs and previews key themes for the 2025 Conference.

Lauren Herr 12/4/24 Lauren Herr 12/4/24

NRRA 2024 Recap: Artificial Intelligence Insurance Conference Provides Industry Education and Guidance for the Risk Retention Group Community

Insights from panel moderators and speakers at the NRRA 2024 National Conference.

Lauren Herr 11/12/24 Lauren Herr 11/12/24

Derick White Honored as 2024 Karen Cutts Award Recipient

Our Karen Cutts Award this year honors Derick’s thirty-five-plus years of service in the captive industry. He has worked in virtually every capacity as a CPA, auditor, regulator, Deputy Commissioner and Director of Captives.

Lauren Herr 10/31/24 Lauren Herr 10/31/24

A Sneak Peak of the NRRA 2024 National Conference

This year’s Conference, creatively designed by our Conference Committee, and diligently anchored by my conference co-chair, Colin Donovan of STICO Mutual RRG, focuses in part on the AI Revolution in Insurance and RRGs, of course, blended in with our traditionally popular RRG educational sessions and round tables.

Lauren Herr 7/15/24 Lauren Herr 7/15/24

Annual Conference 2024: The Artificial Intelligence Revolution and RRGs

Colin Donovan reports, “This year’s conference promises to be a creative and timely exploration into what the experts believe will be the management of expectations within our industry of the effects and impact of artificial intelligence (AI).”

Lauren Herr 12/6/23 Lauren Herr 12/6/23

CRISP Students Reflect on NRRA Conference 2023

This year, four Gamma Iota Sigma college students from The Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management at Illinois State University attended NRRA 2023, participating in NRRA conference sessions and networking with industry attendees to gain an in-depth exploration of the risk retention field and help build their future careers. Read their reflections on attending the conference: