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Variable Interest Entities

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Variable Interest Entities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]  
Variable Interest Entities
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Variable Interest Entities

Ryan Specialty Group Holdings Inc. is a holding company and the sole managing member of RSG LLC. The Company's principal asset is a controlling equity interest in RSG LLC. The Company considers itself the primary beneficiary for RSG LLC as the Company has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and is expected to receive benefits that are significant to the Company. As the primary beneficiary of RSG LLC, the Company consolidates the results and operations of RSG LLC for financial reporting purposes under the variable interest consolidation model guidance in ASC 810 Consolidations. The Company's relationship with RSG LLC results in no recourse to the general credit of the Company. Further, the Company has no contractual requirement to provide financial support to RSG LLC. The Company shares in the income and losses of RSG LLC in direct proportion to the Company's ownership percentage.

The Company’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows effectively represent those of RSG LLC as of and for the period ended March 31, 2022, with the exception of the entire balance of the Tax receivable agreement liabilities of $280.7 million and Deferred tax assets of $391.7 million on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, which are attributable solely to the Company.

Through the acquisition of Keystone, the Company has an ownership interest in two entities that hold segregated account protected cell captives. These entities are structured with protected cell captives for each insured (“Captive Cells”) and the core regulated companies (“Core Companies”). The Core Companies are owned and operated by the Company, and are not exposed to the insurance and investment risks that the Captive Cells are designed to create and distribute on behalf of the insureds. While these Captive Cells exist within a single legal entity, legally the activities and assets are segregated into distinct pools from which each respective Captive Cell’s liabilities can be funded. This allows clients to insure their risks in a cost-effective manner to allow insureds to participate and capture any underwriting profit and investment income which would then be available for use by the insureds, typically to reduce future costs of insurance coverage.

The equity holders of the Captive Cells are individual third parties that are not affiliated with the Company. The assets of the Captive Cells are restricted to settling the liabilities of the Captive Cells, and the Core Companies have no obligation to use their assets to settle the obligations of the Captive Cells. The Company has a variable interest in the Core Companies due to the ownership interest, however, as the Core Companies are not exposed to the variability of the Captive Cells, only the activity of the regulated Core Companies are recorded in our consolidated financial statements, including cash and any expenses incurred to operate the Captive Cells.