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Staff Report for Resolution Decreasing City’s General Liability Self-Insured Retention Level through the California Joint Powers Risk Management Authority
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff and the City Council Finance Committee recommend that the City Council approve a decrease to the City’s General Liability Self-Insured Retention (SIR) level from $1,000,000 to $500,000 through and in accordance with the City’s agreement with the California Joint Powers Risk Management Authority (CJPRMA), and that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve this change as required by the CJPRMA.
DISCUSSION
The City currently maintains a $1,000,000 per occurrence SIR and participates in the CJPRMA pool above the $1,000,000 limit. Article XIX of the CJPRMA joint powers agreement provides that member entities may determine, on a year-to-year basis, their own self-insured retention levels. The City’s SIR was established, and has remained unchanged, since the City joined CJPRMA on December 1, 1986; the same year the risk pool itself was created.
At the December 2, 2011 City Council Finance Committee meeting, the Committee reviewed and accepted a report prepared by the City’s actuary, AON, evaluating the self-insured retention level and the possibility of decreasing the SIR to $500,000. Based on 10 years loss history the City did not have a loss exceeding $500,000. However, with a decrease in the SIR, premiums will increase by $38,000 for 2012-13. The Finance Committee determined that the added premium was worth reducing the SIR per occurrence by one-half.
At the CJPRMA Board of Directors meeting on March 15, 2012, the Board discussed, reviewed and approved the City’s request to change the SIR from $1,000,000 to $500,000. Based on the City’s loss history, neither CJPRMA nor the City will be negatively impacted by the SIR reduction. If the City Council authorizes and approves the reduced retention limit, the new SIR will be effective July 1, 2012 for t...
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