Chubb vs Newfront 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.

Newfront's Executive Risk practice brokers fiduciary liability coverage, negotiating placement for management-liability lines. Deirdre Finn, the Executive Risk Solutions Practice Leader, oversees the D&O, employment-practices and fiduciary book of business. ¹⁰Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page and Leadership section.

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The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue a fiduciary liability policy placed through Newfront. ¹⁰Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

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.

Newfront says it services private companies from seed round through every series of funding and has worked with over 500 publicly traded companies, without a fiduciary-specific eligibility threshold. ¹⁰Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not fiduciary liability specifically.

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.

Newfront lists Fiduciary among its Executive Risk Key Coverages, and says its work includes "safeguarding fiduciaries against breach of duty, mismanagement claims, and excessive fee allegations" for benefit-plan decision makers. ¹⁰Company-reported. Key Coverages list and Committed to Client Advocacy section.

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.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not publish fiduciary-liability limits or retentions. ¹⁰Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

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.

Newfront says clients get 24/7 access to their insurance program through its connected dashboard, and that renewal submissions use automated, pre-populated historical data. ¹⁰Company-reported. Industry-Leading Technology section; described across Executive Risk lines, not fiduciary-specific.

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.

You start a fiduciary liability placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ¹⁰Company-reported. Executive Risk page call-to-action; no online quoting or binding described.

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Newfront says it provides "integrated claims and coverage negotiation" for its Executive Risk lines, which would apply to a fiduciary liability claim. ¹⁰Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not a fiduciary-specific claims workflow.