Newfront vs USI Insurance Services Fiduciary Liability Insurance

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. ⁵Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page and Leadership section.

USI brokers fiduciary liability coverage, which protects a company and its plan fiduciaries against claims of mismanaging an employee benefit plan; USI places it individually or reviews it as part of a management liability program under its ExecuSafe endorsement package. ^9,10Company-reported. Business Services catalogue and ExecuSafe article.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue a fiduciary liability policy placed through Newfront. ⁵Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

Neither page names the insurer USI uses for fiduciary liability placements. ⁹Not publicly disclosed. Pages as read on 2026-09-23.

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. ⁵Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not fiduciary liability specifically.

USI's Business Services practice targets building and maintenance, repair service, janitorial, staffing and printing companies for its broader coverage catalogue, which includes fiduciary liability; the ExecuSafe article separately targets small- and medium-sized businesses generally for management liability review. ^9,10Company-reported. Company description of client segments for each source.

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. ⁵Company-reported. Key Coverages list and Committed to Client Advocacy section.

USI lists fiduciary liability among the coverages it places for business-services clients, and separately says its ExecuSafe review looks for gaps in a client's existing fiduciary liability coverage as part of a management liability review. ^9,10Company-reported. Catalogue listing plus the ExecuSafe review description; actual insuring agreements and exclusions are set by the issued policy.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not publish fiduciary-liability limits or retentions. ⁵Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

Neither page publishes fiduciary liability limit or retention figures. ⁹Not publicly disclosed. Pages as read on 2026-09-23.

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. ⁵Company-reported. Industry-Leading Technology section; described across Executive Risk lines, not fiduciary-specific.

USI's Business Services practice says it offers classification and exposure reviews, claim advocacy and risk control across its coverage lines, including fiduciary liability, and its ExecuSafe process specifically reviews existing fiduciary liability policies for coverage gaps. ^9,10Company-reported. Combines the general Business Services service list with the ExecuSafe-specific review step.

You start a fiduciary liability placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ⁵Company-reported. Executive Risk page call-to-action; no online quoting or binding described.

USI directs business-services inquiries to pcinquiries@usi.com or a local office, and ExecuSafe/management-liability inquiries to Select.Business@usi.com. ^9,10Company-reported. Contact instructions on each page.

Newfront says it provides "integrated claims and coverage negotiation" for its Executive Risk lines, which would apply to a fiduciary liability claim. ⁵Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not a fiduciary-specific claims workflow.

Not described in the reviewed sources.