In 2009 the 6 employers’ liability insurance associations for the mining, chemical, industrial rocks and minerals, leather, paper and sugar industries formed the new RCI (raw materials and chemical industry) association and took up work as scheduled on January 1, 2010. The new liability insurance association comprises approx. 35,000 member companies with 1.3 million insured and is headquartered in Heidelberg. Additional offices in Bochum, Mainz and Langenhage also perform important central administration tasks.