Ryan Specialty Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	17. Commitments and Contingencies Legal – E&O and Other Considerations As an excess and surplus lines and admitted markets intermediary, the Company has potential E&O risk if an insurance carrier with which Ryan Specialty placed coverage denies coverage for a claim or pays less than the insured believes is the full amount owed. As a result, the Company 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. The Company purchases insurance to provide protection from E&O liabilities that may arise during the ordinary course of business. Ryan Specialty’s E&O insurance provides aggregate coverage for E&O losses up to $100.0 million in excess of a $2.5 million retention amount per claim. The Company has historically maintained self-insurance reserves for the Company’s retention portion of the E&O exposure that is not insured. The Company periodically determines a range of possible reserve levels using the best available information that rely heavily on projecting historical claim data into the future. The reserve for these and other non-E&O claims and business accommodations in the Consolidated Balance Sheets is above the lower end of the most recently determined range. Reserves of $3.4 million and $2.7 million were held for outstanding matters as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The Company recognized $0.4 million and $0.2 million in General and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, 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.

Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

17.

Commitments and Contingencies

Legal – E&O and Other Considerations

As an excess and surplus lines and admitted markets intermediary, the Company has potential E&O risk if an insurance carrier with which Ryan Specialty placed coverage denies coverage for a claim or pays less than the insured believes is the full amount owed. As a result, the Company 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.

The Company purchases insurance to provide protection from E&O liabilities that may arise during the ordinary course of business. Ryan Specialty’s E&O insurance provides aggregate coverage for E&O losses up to $100.0 million in excess of a $2.5 million retention amount per claim. The Company has historically maintained self-insurance reserves for the Company’s retention portion of the E&O exposure that is not insured. The Company periodically determines a range of possible reserve levels using the best available information that rely heavily on projecting historical claim data into the future.

The reserve for these and other non-E&O claims and business accommodations in the Consolidated Balance Sheets is above the lower end of the most recently determined range. Reserves of $3.4 million and $2.7 million were held for outstanding matters as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. The Company recognized $0.4 million and $0.2 million in General and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, 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.