Company Descriptions

Housing Alliance Group, LLC (HAGL) engages in the business of assisting public housing authorities and their affiliates by sponsoring and participating in the transformation of their housing portfolio. HAGL is a limited liability company whose sole member is HIG, Inc. and it is incorporated and domiciled in Vermont. HAGL began operation on November 1, 2015 and was incorporated in July 2015. Click here for more information.

HAI sponsors programs for its membership, including insurance and risk management programs, scholarship and internship programs, and charitable activities. HAI advocates and supports legislative and regulatory issues that help to improve the public and affordable housing industries. HAI is a non- profit association incorporated in 1987.

HAPI is a licensed insurer and reinsurer providing commercial property and liability insurance coverage to public housing authorities. Available coverages include property, inland marine, equipment breakdown, auto liability, physical damage, fidelity, crime, liability, and terrorism. HAPI is owned by the members it insures. HAPI is a traditional mutual insurer domiciled and licensed in Vermont. HAPI is licensed in 48 states and the District of Columbia. HAPI began operation on August 1, 1988, as a mutual association captive. HAPI converted its charter in 2003 to a nonprofit, tax exempt, traditional mutual insurer and issues policies on a direct basis. HAPI was incorporated in Vermont on March 20, 1987.

HARRG provides liability insurance to public housing authorities. Available coverages include general liability, public officials’ errors and omissions, employment practices, law enforcement, lead-based paint, employee benefit, auto, hired and non-owned auto, mold, and terrorism. HARRG is owned by the members it insures. HARRG is a nonprofit, tax-exempt captive mutual risk retention group, operating under the Federal Risk Retention Act, licensed and domiciled in Vermont. HARRG began operation on June 1, 1987, and was incorporated on March 20, 1987.

HEIC is a licensed insurer providing commercial insurance and risk management programs to affordable housing providers. Available coverages include property, liability, inland marine, hired and non-owned auto, equipment breakdown, and terrorism. HEIC is licensed in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The company is jointly owned by HARRG and HAPI as a subsidiary. HEIC began operation in August, 2001, and converted its charter to a for-profit, admitted licensed stock insurer domiciled in Vermont on December 31, 2007. HEIC was originally formed as a sponsored captive insurer, Housing Enterprise Risk Services, Inc. (HERS), which was incorporated in Vermont on August 20, 2000.

HIS provides agent and broker services to public and affordable housing providers and their agents to procure insurance products. HIS is licensed as an agency, broker, or surplus lines broker in various states. HIS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HIG. HIS is a for- profit corporation incorporated in Connecticut on February 14, 1991.

HIG is responsible for investing in opportunities that further the missions of HARRG and HAPI. HIG is a downstream, for-profit business serving as an investment holding company owned jointly by HARRG and HAPI. HIG owns two taxable subsidiaries, HAGL and HIS. The financials of for-profit ventures have been consolidated since January 1, 1996. HIG was incorporated in Delaware in June 1995.

HSIC is an Excess and Surplus Lines insurer which provides a non-traditional insurance program to public and affordable housing providers throughout the United States. The company is jointly owned by HARRG and HAPI as a subsidiary. HSIC is a for-profit, property and casualty stock insurer domiciled in Vermont on January 15, 2014. HSIC was incorporated in Vermont on December 9, 2013.

HTI is responsible for delivering training and education programs via the Internet. HTI began operations on December 28, 1995, and originally delivered services via satellite broadcast and converted to web-streaming technology. HTI is a nonprofit organization incorporated in Connecticut in September 1993.

Innovative Housing Insurance Company, Inc. (IHIC) is a captive insurance company owned by Housing Authority Risk Retention Group, Inc. (HARRG). It engages in the business of insuring and reinsuring various types of risks. IHIC is licensed and domiciled in Vermont. IHIC began operation on November 1, 2015 and was incorporated in July 2015.

PAHRC, the non-profit research division of HAI Group, strives to be the nexus for current data and research on public and affordable housing. PAHRC, which collects primary data from the industry and compiles data from a variety of secondary sources, publishes reports on affordable housing trends and frequently partners with industry groups to support their efforts to enhance the quality of life for low-income families. PAHRC was incorporated in Connecticut in March 2011.