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An Employee Dishonesty Bond is a fidelity bond that covers your company and your customers against loss caused by employee dishonesty. These fraudulent activities can include, but are not limited to employee’s theft of money,…
Read Moreabout Employee Dishonesty Bonds Do Not Cover Employers

The ERISA Act requires that every person who handles employee benefit plan assets or funds as well as any plan fiduciary be bonded with an ERISA fidelity bond. Those bonded must be bonded for at…
Read Moreabout Your Bond Might Not Be an ERISA Bond

Plans can very easily come under threat. Whether it’s from larceny, forgery, embezzlement, or misappropriation, theft, and fraud are unfortunate facts of plan administration. So how do you protect your plan against those threats of…
Read Moreabout Why Does Your Plan Need an ERISA Fidelity Bond?

In a November 6, 2018 ERISA Advisory Council report, the Council recommended the Department of Labor (DOL) issue new ERISA fidelity bond guidance after evaluating current DOL regulations and guidance. In the report to Secretary of Labor…
Read Moreabout ERISA Advisory Council Recommends New DOL ERISA Bond Guidance

Keeping track of every plan sponsor’s ERISA fidelity bonding status can be tough. No matter how many plans you are in charge of, it is difficult to remember what is what with information the spread…
Read Moreabout The Bond Compliance Program for Pension Professionals

Every person who “handles funds or property” of an employee benefit plan must be covered by an ERISA Fidelity Bond  unless they fall under an ERISA Act exemption. But exactly how much fidelity bond coverage…
Read Moreabout How Much ERISA Fidelity Bond Coverage Do I Need?

Employee benefit and retirement plans make companies and business that offer them fantastic places to work. Yet mistakes or dishonesty can happen to even the best companies, which can put those benefits at risk. That’s…
Read Moreabout Four Important Facts About ERISA Fidelity Bonds