Alabama Retail Comp will return $7.5 million in 2024 to participants as part of its annual retrospective return.
“We are pleased to make a significant return to participants,” said Rick Brown, fund administrator and Alabama Retail Association president. “Every dollar the fund returns lowers the cost of doing business for our members.”
Since its inception in 1984, ARC has returned more than $125 MILLION – 28% of all premiums collected – to its participants through what is known as its Retro Return plan.
Each Retro Return is composed of excess funds ARC’s trustees have set aside from previous fund years. As the need to hold money in reserves decreases in a given year, that year’s participants receive money back as a credit on their next renewal. The retrospective rating plan uses an actuarial formula that takes into account individual participants’ experience versus the experience of the Fund as a whole. Lower losses return a higher retro credit at renewal, rewarding participants for providing a safe work environment.
Although a retrospective return is never guaranteed, Alabama Retail Comp is committed to conservative underwriting and aggressive claims handling to continue returning funds to participants.
“The first and primary pull to become a part of the Alabama Retail Association was the workers’ comp program, which is unsurpassed in all areas,” said ANDY McCURRY, owner of McCURRY ENTERPRISES, dba McCurry Furniture in Warrior, a member since 2009
More than 4,300 Alabama Retail members participate in the fund. ARC specializes in the retail industry, but also provides coverage to an array of business employers.
Fund Manager Brett Johnson said, “At ARC we love what we do – help protect businesses and employees by providing stable, affordable workers’ compensation coverage with unmatched customer service.”
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