Governmental Fiduciary Liability Insurance: Protecting Trustees

Are your governmental benefit plan clients protected by fiduciary liability insurance? Euclid Specialty has published an article featured in PRIMA’s Public Risk Magazine - Governmental Fiduciary Liability Insurance: Protecting Trustees – detailing the risks and fiduciary exposures of Trustees faced with personal liability. While serving on governmental plan boards, many trustees falsely believe sovereign immunity and statutory indemnification provisions provide foolproof protection. As the article explains, the best and only reliable way to protect against personal liability is through the purchase of fiduciary liability insurance. Link to Full Article The article reviews: Why governmental trustees have fiduciary exposure despite not being subject to ERISA The limits of governmental indemnification, including sovereign immunity and statutory indemnification provisions which, unlike ERISA, are not uniform and vary from state to state Increase in claims against governmental plans Key features of governmental fiduciary liability insurance The need for trustees to purchase fiduciary liability insurance…