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Commitments and Contingencies

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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
14. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal – E&O and Other Considerations
As an excess and surplus lines and admitted markets broker, RSG has potential E&O risk if an insurance carrier with which RSG placed coverage denies coverage for a claim or pays less than the insured believes is the full amount owed. As a result, RSG from time to time seeks to resolve early in the process, through a commercial accommodation, certain matters to limit the economic exposure and reputational risk, including potential legal fees, created by a disagreement between a carrier and the insured.
RSG purchases insurance to provide protection from E&O claims that may arise during the ordinary course of business. Since June 1, 2019, RSG’s E&O insurance provides aggregate coverage for E&O losses up to $100.0
million
in excess of their retained amount of $2.5
million
per claim. RSG has historically maintained self-insurance reserves for the Company’s portion of the E&O exposure that is not insured. RSG periodically determines a range of possible reserve levels using the best available information that rely heavily on projecting historical claim data into the future.
RSG’s reserve for these and other E&O claims and business accommodations in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position is above the lower end of the most recently determined range. Reserves of $1.6
million
and $1.5
million
were held for outstanding matters as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. Relatedly, RSG recognized $0.7
million
and $1.1
million
in General and administrative expense for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. RSG recognized $0.4
million
and $0.1
million
in General and administrative expense for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The historical claim and commercial accommodation data used to project the current reserve levels may not be indicative of future claim activity. Thus, the reserve levels, which may be based on corresponding actuarial ranges, could change in the future as more information becomes known, which could materially impact the amounts reported and disclosed herein.