Coalition vs Newfront Fiduciary Liability Insurance

Coalition’s Executive Risks fiduciary has $10 million limits and size caps; Newfront brokers Executive Risk fiduciary including excessive-fee claims.

What Is Coalition Insurance?

Coalition offers cyber insurance and technology E&O alongside cyber risk-management services. Its U.S. products are distributed through insurance producers, with separate admitted and surplus-lines routes and an executive-risk product suite. 1,2,3,4

Read the Coalition profile

What Is Newfront?

Newfront is a business-insurance and employee-benefits brokerage that combines specialist teams with online policy-management tools. It is now part of WTW. 6,7,8,9

Read the Newfront profile

What Is Fiduciary Liability Insurance?

Fiduciary liability insurance addresses covered claims alleging breaches of duties in managing employee benefit plans. 11,12

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Key Differences in Fiduciary Liability Insurance

Appointed-Broker Program Versus a Consultation Desk

Coalition distributes Executive Risks fiduciary only through appointed insurance brokers. Newfront’s Executive Risk practice brokers the line after a consultation request, and the reviewed page does not name an insurer. You cannot bind Coalition without an appointed broker; with Newfront you start a placement conversation, and the carrier is chosen later. 4 10

Size Caps Versus Funding Stage

Coalition’s eligibility is private and not-for-profit U.S. organizations with up to 1,000 employees, $500 million in assets and $500 million in plan assets. Newfront says it services private companies from seed through later funding and has worked with over 500 publicly traded companies, without a fiduciary-specific threshold. A public company or a firm above Coalition’s caps can still be in Newfront’s documented book; Coalition’s published gates would not apply to that same buyer. 4 10

How Each Describes the Claims

Coalition describes coverage for mismanagement of employee benefits and pension plans. Newfront describes safeguarding fiduciaries against breach of duty, mismanagement claims and excessive-fee allegations. If excessive-fee litigation is the exposure you care about, Newfront names it; Coalition’s public sentence does not, so the specimen is the place to match them. 4 10

Limits You Can Read Before a Quote

Coalition says limits up to $10 million per line may be available, on Zurich admitted or unaffiliated non-admitted paper. Newfront’s reviewed Executive Risk page does not publish fiduciary limits. You can walk into a Coalition quote with that ceiling in mind; Newfront’s number appears only after it markets the risk. 4 5 10

What to Confirm in Fiduciary Liability Insurance Quotes

  • Ask Newfront whether Coalition is a market, including for public-company accounts outside Coalition’s private/NFP cap. 10 4
  • Confirm excessive-fee wording on the specimen against Coalition’s mismanagement description. 10 4
  • Compare Coalition’s $10 million per-line figure with Newfront’s quoted limit. 4 10
  • Get Coalition’s admitted versus surplus issuer if that program is used. 5

Offering Details

Coalition vs Newfront Fiduciary Liability Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaCoalition Executive Risks — Fiduciary LiabilityNewfront Fiduciary Liability Insurance
Role in This Line

Coalition designs and distributes fiduciary liability as one of four coverages in its Executive Risks product suite, sold through appointed brokers. 4Company-reported. Executive Risks product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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.

Issuing Insurer

Coalition's disclaimer names Zurich American Insurance Company (NAIC 16535) as the admitted carrier for Executive Risks, and says Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc. also places Executive Risks with unaffiliated insurers on a non-admitted basis, so the carrier for a specific fiduciary policy depends on the placement route. 5Company-reported. U.S. Disclaimers page as read on 2026-09-23.

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.

Who It’s For

Coalition says Executive Risks products, including fiduciary liability, are available to private and not-for-profit U.S. organizations in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with up to $500 million in assets, up to 1,000 employees, and up to $500 million in plan assets. 4Company-reported. Executive Risks FAQ as read on 2026-09-23; the plan-assets cap is directly relevant to fiduciary eligibility.

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.

Coverage Features

Coalition says fiduciary liability provides coverage for claims of mismanagement of employee benefits and pension plans. 4Company-reported. Executive Risks product page as read on 2026-09-23; exclusions and limitations apply per the page footer, and the issued policy controls actual terms.

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.

Limits and Retentions

Coalition says limits up to $10 million per coverage line may be available for Executive Risks products, including fiduciary liability, subject to exclusions and limitations. 4Company-reported. Executive Risks FAQ as read on 2026-09-23; not a quoted or bindable limit for any specific applicant.

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.

Risk Services

Not described in the reviewed sources.

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.

How to Apply

Coalition distributes Executive Risks, including fiduciary liability, only through appointed insurance brokers rather than direct to buyers. 4Company-reported. Executive Risks product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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.

Claims Support

Not described in the reviewed sources.

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.

Full Comparison

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Sources

Coalition

  1. Tech E&O Insurance Coverage. Coalition; Who needs Technology Errors & Omissions coverage? (organizations that provide a technology product or service for a fee); Combine Technology Errors & Omissions coverage with Active Cyber Insurance; Coalition Advantage. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. U.S. Producer Compensation. Coalition; Insurance Producers; Base Commission; Contingent Commission; Business Production Incentive Programs; Non-Insurance Products. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Are there any differences between Coalition’s admitted and surplus lines products? Coalition; Cyber insurance coverage offered by Coalition: Coverage availability; Coverage offering. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Executive Risks. Coalition; Product Offering: Fiduciary Liability — provides coverage for claims of mismanagement of employee benefits and pension plans; FAQ: What type of businesses do you protect?, What limits do you offer?, What resources do you have for policyholders? Accessed 2026-09-23.
  5. U.S. Disclaimers. Coalition; Admitted Executive Risk: insurance products offered by Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc. acting on behalf of unaffiliated insurance companies and, on an admitted basis, on behalf of Zurich American Insurance Company (NAIC # 16535). Accessed 2026-09-23.

Newfront

  1. Business Insurance. Newfront; Purpose-Built Team; Full Transparency; Streamlined Program Management. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  2. Employee Benefits. Newfront; Employee Benefits heading; Tailored Solutions; Comprehensive Expertise: Benefits, Global Benefits, Compensation and Retirement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Newfront Navigator. Newfront; Total Access. Real Confidence; Explore What You Can Do in Navigator; product demonstration image. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  4. WTW Completes Acquisition Of Newfront. WTW; 27 January 2026 release; completion announcement and allocation of Business Insurance and Total Rewards to WTW segments. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  5. Executive Risk. Newfront; Key Coverages to Protect Your Business: Fiduciary; Committed to Client Advocacy: safeguarding fiduciaries against breach of duty, mismanagement claims, and excessive fee allegations; Leadership: Deirdre Finn. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Fiduciary Liability Insurance Guide

  1. Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2008-04: Guidance Regarding ERISA Fidelity Bonding Requirements. U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; Q2 pp.2–3. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Fiduciary Liability Insurance. Travelers; What Is Fiduciary Liability Insurance? Accessed 2026-09-16.

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