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Dental Captive Insurance

Stop Paying Sunk Costs to Standard Insurers.

A Captive Insurance Syndicate for 12 Forward-Thinking Dentists. Pool risk, smooth cash flow, and retain wealth—instead of paying unrecoverable premiums to commercial carriers.

⚠️ Fortuitous risk coverage only

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Video Overview

The Ecosystem

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Practice Owners

12 dentists pool risk through captive membership, smoothing cash flow and retaining profits that would otherwise be unrecoverable sunk costs paid to commercial insurers.

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Advanced Dentistry

Covering the fortuitous risks of adopting new technology—CBCT scanners, 3D printers, laser systems, and novel implant procedures—so practices can innovate without fear.

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Patients

Ensuring seamless care continuity. When practices are financially protected against unexpected setbacks, patients receive uninterrupted, high-quality restorative care.

How It Works: The Syndicate

Commercial malpractice and liability insurance is a sunk cost. You pay premiums year after year, and if you have no claims, the insurer keeps the profit. The captive model flips that equation.

💡 From Sunk Cost to Wealth Retention

❌ Commercial Insurance (The Old Way)

Each dentist pays premiums to a commercial carrier. No claims? The insurer keeps the profit. Your premiums are gone—an unrecoverable sunk cost with zero upside for your practice.

✅ Captive Syndicate (The Risk Runners Way)

12 dentists form a syndicate and pay premiums into their own captive. The captive protects every member's P&L from unexpected setbacks. Good loss experience? The dentists share in the dividends.

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Cash Flow Smoothing

Predictable premium payments replace unpredictable out-of-pocket losses. Budget for insurance costs instead of absorbing random claim shocks that disrupt your practice.

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Practice Innovation Protection

New techniques carry inherent risk during adoption. The captive absorbs fortuitous failures while your practice builds expertise—reducing the financial penalty for innovation.

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Collective Risk Pooling

12 dentists sharing risk means no single practice bears catastrophic losses alone. The pool's diversity across specialties and geographies stabilizes outcomes for all members.

The Path to Captive Membership

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Join the Syndicate

Commit to the captive and become a member-owner with an equity stake in the insurance entity.

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Pay Premiums

Predictable annual premiums adjusted for your practice's experience and risk profile.

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Innovate Confidently

Adopt advanced techniques knowing fortuitous risks are covered. Focus on patients, not fear.

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Share in Success

Good loss experience benefits all members through lower future premiums and potential dividends.

Covered vs. Excluded Risks

The captive covers fortuitous events only—unexpected, unintentional incidents that disrupt your practice. Speculative risks are expressly excluded.

✅ Covered Fortuitous Risks

  • Equipment failures (CBCT scanners, 3D printers, autoclaves)
  • Unforeseen complications with advanced procedures (implants, laser dentistry)
  • Cybersecurity breaches and patient data exposure
  • Material compatibility issues discovered during treatment
  • Subcontractor or lab errors on novel restorations
  • Supply chain disruptions for specialized components
  • Unexpected regulatory or code interpretation changes
  • Third-party system failures affecting practice operations

🚫 Speculative Risks — Expressly Excluded

The following are not fortuitous events and fall outside the scope of captive coverage. These represent deliberate business decisions or market forces, not insurable risk.

  • Market condition changes or patient volume declines
  • Practice expansion gambles or speculative investments
  • Intentional malpractice or willful negligence
  • Elective business restructuring losses
  • Known pre-existing equipment deficiencies
  • Fraud, misrepresentation, or criminal acts

Coverage applies strictly to fortuitous events. If you chose the risk, the captive does not cover it.

Scalable Architecture

Protected Cell Company (PCC)

As the captive grows, each dentist operates within a legally segregated cell—isolated assets and liabilities—beneath the Risk Runners umbrella. One cell's losses never touch another.

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Risk Runners Umbrella
Shared Compliance · Admin · Reinsurance
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Cell 1
Dr. A
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Cell 2
Dr. B
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Cell 3
Dr. C
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Cell 4
Dr. D
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Cell 5
Dr. E
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Cell 6
Dr. F
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Cell 7
Dr. G
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Cell 8
Dr. H
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Cell 9
Dr. I
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Cell 10
Dr. J
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Cell 11
Dr. K
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Cell 12
Dr. L
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Asset Protection
Each cell's assets and liabilities are legally segregated. A claim against Cell 3 cannot reach Cell 7's reserves. Failure in one cell never cascades to others.
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Cost Efficiency
Compliance, administration, actuarial review, and reinsurance costs are shared across all 12 cells—dramatically reducing per-practice overhead versus standalone captives.

Simulations

Monte Carlo analysis with 5,000 simulations demonstrates actuarial soundness of the dental captive syndicate.

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