Accrued Insurance Claims

9 Months Ended

Oct. 30, 2021

For claims within our insurance program, we retain the risk of loss, up to certain annual stop-loss limits, for matters related to automobile liability, general liability (including damages associated with underground facility locating services), workers’ compensation, and employee group health. Losses for claims beyond our retained risk of loss are covered by insurance up to our coverage limits.

For fiscal 2021, with regard to workers’ compensation losses, we retained the risk of loss up to $1.0 million on a per occurrence basis. This retention amount is applicable to all of the states in which we operate, except with respect to workers’ compensation insurance in two states in which we participate in state-sponsored insurance funds. With regard to automobile liability and general liability losses, we retained the risk of loss up to $1.0 million on a per occurrence basis for the first $5.0 million of insurance coverage. In addition, we also retained the risk of loss for automobile and general liability for the next $5.0 million on a per-occurrence basis with aggregate loss limits of $11.5 million within this layer of retention.

For fiscal 2022, with regard to workers’ compensation losses, our retention of risk remains the same as fiscal 2021. With regard to automobile liability and general liability losses, our retention of primary risk remains the same as fiscal 2021. In addition, we reduced our coverage limit and retained $10.0 million risk of loss on a per occurrence basis for losses above $30.0 million.

We are party to a stop-loss agreement for losses under our employee group health plan. For the calendar year 2020, we retained the risk of loss, on an annual basis, up to the first $450,000 of claims per participant, as well as an annual aggregate amount for all participants of $475,000. For the calendar year 2021, we retain the risk of loss on an annual basis, up to the first $600,000 of claims per participant.

Amounts for total accrued insurance claims and insurance recoveries/receivables are as follows (dollars in thousands):


	October 30, 2021		January 30, 2021
Accrued insurance claims - current	$	39,933	$	41,736
Accrued insurance claims - non-current	51,339		70,224
Accrued insurance claims	$	91,272	$	111,960

Insurance recoveries/receivables:
Current (included in Other current assets)	$	—	$	111
Non-current (included in Other assets)	$	3,769	$	15,837
Insurance recoveries/receivables	$	3,769	$	15,948

Insurance recoveries/receivables represent the amount of accrued insurance claims that are covered by insurance as the amounts exceed the Company’s loss retention. During the nine months ended October 30, 2021, total insurance recoveries/receivables decreased approximately $12.2 million primarily due to the settlement of claims that exceeded our loss retention. Accrued insurance claims decreased by a corresponding amount.