An attorney representing risk retention group insurers said he is optimistic that legislation will be introduced in the next Congress to allow RRGs to offer property coverage.

The assessment came from Robert W. Minto Jr., president and chief executive officer of Lawyers Reinsurance Company in Missoula, Mt., who said he and a group of "basically friends" has gotten together to push forward the effort to expand the federal Liability Risk Retention Act.

Currently under the act, insurance companies that group together as self-insurers to form RRGs are limited to offering liability insurance.

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