The Robin S. Weingast Knowledge Center
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Robin S. Weingast and Associates offers comprehensive guides on Retirement Planning, Business Benefits Planning, and Estate Planning. These guides are designed to give you the information you need to make sound decisions for yourself, your employees, and your company.
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ERISA/FIDELITY BOND
ERISA mandates qualified plans be covered by a fidelity bond. The minimum bond amounts required must be for a least 10% of plan assets as of the beginning of the plan year plus the anticipated contribution for the plan year or $1,000, whichever is greater. The maximum bond required is generally $500,000.
Every administrator, officer, and employee of any plan who handles funds or other property of such plan must be bonded. The bond protects the plan against loss “by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty” on the part of an administrator, officer, or employee.
FIDUCIARY LIABILITY INSURANCE
Fiduciaries have important responsibilities and are subject to standards of conduct because they act on behalf of participants in a retirement plan and their beneficiaries. With the additional focus on fiduciaries and their responsibilities for ERISA plans, many employers are discussing fiduciary liability insurance.
ERISA section 410 allows a plan to purchase insurance for its fiduciaries or for itself covering losses occurring from fiduciary breach.
We have partnered with Colonial Surety Company, a leading provider of ERISA/Pension Fidelity Bonds. They are a national insurance company registered in all 50 states and all U.S. territories, providing insurance products since 1930. They are the largest direct seller of ERISA/Pension Fidelity Bonds in the U.S.
Learn More: Why do I need Fiduciary Liability Insurance?