Chubb vs Lockton Fiduciary Liability Insurance

Chubb underwrites Fiduciary Liability insurance directly through ForeFront Portfolio 3.0, designed to protect a privately owned company, its fiduciaries and its benefit plans against personal liability for errors, omissions or breaches of fiduciary duty related to benefit plans. ⁴Company-reported. ForeFront Portfolio 3.0 Fiduciary Liability product page.

Lockton places fiduciary liability insurance to protect companies and the individuals who manage their employee benefit plans against claims of mismanagement; Lockton is the broker, not the insurer. ⁹Company-reported. Fiduciary liability product page as read 2026-09-23.

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The page does not name the insurers Lockton places fiduciary liability coverage with. ⁹Not publicly disclosed. Fiduciary liability page checked 2026-09-23.

Chubb says private-company underwriters located across the U.S. handle this product and are experienced in a broad spectrum of industries. ⁴Company-reported. Coverage Highlights, Benefits section.

Lockton says coverage under a fiduciary liability policy it places typically extends to the organization, the benefit plans, employees, subsidiaries as defined in the policy, spouses/domestic partners, estates/heirs, past employees retained as fiduciaries or consultants, and committees and trustees. ⁹Company-reported. Fiduciary liability product page as read 2026-09-23.

Chubb lists coverage responding to allegations including wrongful denial or improper change in benefits, error or omission in plan administration, improper advice or counsel, prohibited transactions, failure to administer a plan according to its documents, conflict of interest, and imprudent investment or selection/monitoring of third-party service providers. ⁴Company-reported. Coverage Highlights, Coverage Responds to allegations list; subject to the policy as issued.

Chubb says the policy insures the company, the company's executives and employees, and the company's employee benefits plan itself. ⁴Company-reported. Coverage Highlights list.

Lockton says a typical fiduciary liability policy it places covers breaches of benefit laws, errors and omissions in plan administration, voluntary compliance loss, and, when explicitly stated, certain fines and penalties such as under HIPAA, the Pension Protection Act and the ACA. It also notes fiduciary liability is distinct from an ERISA bond, which is legally required and insures plan assets against theft under a crime/fidelity policy, whereas fiduciary liability is not legally required but covers governance and decision-making risk. ⁹Company-reported. Fiduciary liability product page as read 2026-09-23. General policy-structure description, not a specimen form.

The reviewed page does not publish specific policy limits or retentions for Fiduciary Liability coverage. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. ForeFront Portfolio 3.0 Fiduciary Liability page as read on 2026-09-23.

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Chubb says Fiduciary Liability policyholders have access to loss-prevention resources, and separately publishes Fiduciary Liability Insurance Loss Control Services materials within the ForeFront Portfolio. ^4,5Company-reported. Coverage Highlights Benefits section; ForeFront Portfolio hub page lists a separate Loss Control Services resource.

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Fiduciary Liability coverage is placed as part of the ForeFront Portfolio, which agents and brokers can quote and issue through Chubb Marketplace. ⁵Company-reported. ForeFront Portfolio hub page quoting section.

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Lockton's Professional & Executive Risk Claims team integrates insurance and claims counsel within the broking team, which Lockton says is meant to have claims strategy in place before a fiduciary liability claim arises. ⁹Company-reported. Fiduciary liability product page as read 2026-09-23.