About Us
Renaissance Group is a collaboration of dreams turned into reality. Many business people dream of a better way, but few have the vision, influence, resources, expertise or time to make their dreams happen. Renaissance Group embodies the belief that the best way to predict the future is to create it.
In an era of mega-mergers and acquisitions, large banks and credit card company insurance solicitations, out-sourcing, and commodity selling that is increasingly impersonal, Renaissance Group offers a fresh, relationship-based alternative for its affiliated partners. In redefining a tired insurance paradigm, we effectively reshape the risk management table by bringing together many previously single-purpose industry players and uniting them in a common cause of collaboration for the ultimate benefit of insurance consumers - our mutual clients.
Renaissance Group is dedicated to supporting and promoting independent insurance agencies, and delivering them the keys to maintaining their strength and viability in the face of industry dynamics that are forever challenging their existence. We believe in the purpose and values of the independent agency system, and the vital role that local agents play in providing unparalleled professional services and products to consumers. The locality of the independent agents within the communities they serve provides the cornerstone for developing the trust, loyalty, and client-focused services preferred by most consumers.
Renaissance Group is equally dedicated to fostering and nurturing a greater understanding and a mutual sense of purpose among and between our member independent agents, our insurance carrier partners, and our support service vendors. We strongly believe the delivery of exemplary insurance products and services can only be achieved through such partnerships, and when all parties share common goals, values, ethics, and objectives in defining their mutual success.
The entities that form the entire Renaissance Group share this common sense of purpose and vision. They address various segments of our business, while maintaining an interlocking business strategy. Our family of companies includes:
Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, LLC (RAIS)
RAIS is a constellation of carefully selected independent agencies, insurers, and vendors working as an experienced team to deliver the "Best in Business" insurance services and products. Although our members maintain their total independence, we team together in unprecedented ways to reach the height of professionalism, excellence, and success in our industry.
Renaissance Insurance Agency, Inc. (RIA)
The Renaissance Plan for Workers' Compensation
Our wholesale workers' compensation insurance market is designed by, managed by, and specifically for, independent insurance agents. The cornerstone of RIA is its agent-owned, Bermuda-based insurance company, Minuteman Insurance Services, Ltd. The Renaissance Plan for Workers' Compensation was expressly created to address the unique needs of agents and brokers in addressing and solving their clients' workers' compensation needs and concerns. RIA works closely with its insurance partners, Meadowbrook Insurance Group of Michigan, Lynch Ryan Claims Management Specialists, and numerous other carefully selected industry vendors. The common purpose and goal of this team of professionals is the delivery of workers' compensation products and services that will provide agents and brokers with the necessary tools to assist their business clients in truly controlling their workers' compensation costs, while offering protection for both the employer and the employee. The Renaissance Plan is based on the fundamental premise that to best service our clients, we don't sell on price, but on the ability to offer the lowest total cost.