The community
A working community — not another industry event
SIG National is designed around the work members are already doing. The rhythm combines peer exchange, practical resources, and relationships that deepen over time.
How it is different
Three commitments that set the tone
Peer-led
Real administrators bring real questions.
Sessions are driven by the operating problems members are working on this month — not by a speaker circuit or a sponsor's agenda.
Practical
Experience becomes usable.
Every discussion is aimed at a decision, a tool, or a repeatable practice you can take back to your group and apply.
Built for continuity
Two generations at once.
The community strengthens today's leader and prepares the next one, so knowledge does not leave when a person does.
The rhythm
Bring a live problem. Leave with a next move.
Membership is not a subscription to content. It is a standing appointment with people who understand your job.
Working sessions
90-minute sessions built around real SIG challenges. Bring a live problem. Leave with a next move.
Tools and playbooks
A growing body of practical knowledge — frameworks, benchmarks, worksheets, and templates you can use the same day.
Trusted relationships
Connections with peers, successors, and specialists that deepen across years, not conference weekends.
The five parts
What SIG National is being built to become
Each part stands on its own. Together they form a permanent national resource for the profession.
A national network
SIG leaders and operators connected across states, programs, and generations.
The expertise already exists. It is distributed across states, programs, generations, and individual relationships. SIG National connects that experience so every administrator can learn faster, decide with greater confidence, and build for the long term.
A practical body of knowledge
A complete, working reference on how to build and run a self-insured group.
Not theory and not another newsletter. Decisions, tools, benchmarks, and repeatable practices captured from operators who have already solved the problem in front of you.
Vetted partners
An ecosystem a member can rely on, built one relationship at a time.
Technology, investments, claims, governance, and leadership partners — personally vetted, so members can find the right expertise with less noise and less risk.
A succession system
A structured, do-it-yourself way to capture, transfer, and renew what one leader knows.
Too much institutional knowledge lives in one person's memory and relationships. SIG National gives administrators a practical way to design continuity before it becomes urgent.
A unified voice
Shared experience turned into constructive influence on the regulatory environment.
Compare patterns across states, surface issues early, and inform better regulation with evidence from the people who operate these programs every day.
A practical operating model
A practical path to stronger performance
Groups arrive at different stages of maturity. The model is a way to locate yourself honestly and identify the next useful step.
Not a scorecard for judgment — a roadmap for the next useful step.
- 01
Foundational / Reactive
Stabilize the essentials and reduce avoidable surprises.
- 02
Managed / Disciplined
Build consistent systems, measures, and management rhythms.
- 03
Optimized / Strategic
Use insight, leadership depth, and foresight to create durable value.
Succession as a system
Design continuity before it becomes urgent
Too much institutional knowledge lives in one person's memory and relationships. SIG National gives administrators a practical way to capture, transfer, and renew that knowledge.
Capture
Decisions, relationships, routines, and judgment — written down.
Transfer
Deliberate development through real responsibility, not shadowing.
Renew
A successor who can lead forward — not merely preserve what already exists.
Beyond the individual organization
Stronger groups create a stronger field
Trusted ecosystem
Find the right expertise with less noise and less risk
Members gain access to specialists and partners who have been personally vetted for relevance, trust, and practical value — so evaluating a provider does not have to start from zero.
Unified voice
Turn shared experience into constructive influence
Regulatory environments differ by state, but the underlying issues rarely do. A national community can compare patterns, surface issues early, and inform better regulation with evidence from the people who operate these programs.
Let's talk
Help shape the community you wish had existed.
SIG National launches in January 2027. Founding members will help set priorities, test the model, and define what this becomes.