What Fiduciary Liability Insurance Requirements Apply in Georgia?

Georgia’s Department of Labor says state law does not specify a general list of voluntary deductions or require written consent in every case; it advises keeping authorization evidence and paying the full net wages due. Coverage review should identify which people make discretionary plan decisions and which staff perform the state payroll task; give the broker both roles.

What Is Fiduciary Liability Insurance?

Fiduciary liability can protect your company and plan fiduciaries when participants claim mishandling of an employee benefit plan. If you sponsor a retirement or health plan, check who is insured and whether both administration errors and fiduciary-breach claims are addressed. Read the national Fiduciary liability guide.

What to Watch for With Fiduciary Liability in Georgia

Evidence of voluntary authorization
Use evidence of voluntary authorization as the state checkpoint. Keep the supporting eligibility record, employee authorization, exemption certification, or program notice with payroll reconciliation so the employer can trace how it applied the rule. ¹
Name The Decision Makers
For Georgia, evidence of voluntary authorization is a state payroll or program checkpoint. Assign an operational owner to track it, and separately identify the people who select investments, resolve eligibility disputes, or monitor the plan provider; those discretionary roles matter to the fiduciary application. ^1,²
Set An Exception Review
At renewal, sample Georgia payroll or program records against evidence of voluntary authorization. Record the reviewer, any missed authorization, enrollment, or remittance step, the correction date, and the plan fiduciary who reviewed the exception. ¹

Which Fiduciary Liability Providers Have Georgia License Records?

These providers publish a national listing for Fiduciary liability; the license records below name the licensed entities and roles. Some records rely on company-reported information rather than independent regulator verification. A national listing does not confirm the product is available in Georgia. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm state availability for your business when requesting a quote.

Coalition
Insurance producer, Surplus-lines broker · checked 2026-09-28
Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc.
Coalition’s license page lists producer and surplus-lines licenses for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc. in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The page separately lists insurers; this record covers the brokerage entity only. ⁸
Coalition offers fiduciary liability through its executive-risks product for private and nonprofit US organizations.
Corgi
Insurance producer · checked 2026-09-28
Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.
Corgi’s company producer-license table lists 50 jurisdictions: 49 states and the District of Columbia, including DC license 3003091619. New Mexico does not appear in the table and is not included here; the omission does not establish that Corgi is unlicensed there. The company-reported table has no stated as-of date and does not establish product availability. ⁹
Corgi lists fiduciary liability in its coverage catalog and package options.

Who Regulates Insurance in Georgia?

Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire

Georgia’s elected Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner licenses and regulates insurance companies and insurance professionals, investigates insurance fraud, and oversees consumer complaint services. The Office’s state license lookup covers agents, agencies, and companies. ^3,^4,⁵

Website: Regulator website
License lookup: Search licensed producers
Complaints: File a complaint
Phone: (800) 656-2298

Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Georgia

Reported tax rate. 4% of total premium when Georgia is the home state ⁶

Georgia charges 4% on the total premium written and received by a surplus-lines broker when Georgia is the insured’s home state. Current fee treatment is not described here because the Department’s latest fee bulletin could not be retrieved as readable text; ask your broker for the policy-declaration and tax breakdown. This record does not state a Georgia-specific guaranty-fund conclusion.

Questions to Ask Before You Buy Fiduciary Liability in Georgia

What state-specific eligibility, authorization, or remittance rule applies to the employer’s retirement arrangement?
Who reviews payroll-to-plan reconciliations and records exceptions under that rule?
Which people exercise plan discretion, and are they identified in the fiduciary application?

Fiduciary Liability Insurance in Georgia: Frequently Asked Questions

What state retirement or payroll rule should an employer in Georgia check first?

Does hiring a plan administrator remove an employer’s fiduciary responsibility in Georgia?

No. Provider selection does not end the plan fiduciary’s duty to monitor the provider. Document who retains that review, and assign a separate owner for the state checkpoint: evidence of voluntary authorization. ^2,¹

Sources for Fiduciary Liability Insurance in Georgia

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Employer Handbook — Wage and hour requirements. Georgia Department of Labor; “Allowable Deductions”: state law does not specify voluntary deduction categories or require written consent in every case; handbook recommends written authorization and identifies voluntary benefit assignments. Accessed 2026-09-29.
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Retirement plan fiduciary responsibilities. Internal Revenue Service; Employer plan fiduciaries must act prudently and solely in participants’ interests; hiring a provider does not remove the duty to monitor that provider. Accessed 2026-09-29.
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Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire. Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire; Official homepage; regulator role, elected commissioner, complaint and license lookup links. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Agents, Agencies and Licensing. Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire; Official state license lookup for agents, agencies, and companies. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Report Complaints & Fraud. Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire; Consumer Services complaint instructions and official complaint portal. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Non-Admitted Insurance: Premium Tax FAQs. Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire; 4% applies to total broker-written and received premium when GA is home state. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licenses. At-Bay; Current producer introduction and state table; At-Bay Insurance Services LLC; P&C and surplus-lines identifiers. Accessed 2026-09-21.
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Licenses and Carriers. Coalition; Licenses and Carriers, re-read 22 September 2026: Insurance Licenses table for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc., national producer number 18419475, with producer and surplus-lines numbers for all 50 states and DC including California 0L76155, Georgia 196479, Texas 2199630 and 2205589, Pennsylvania 815731 and 817452, Colorado 539028 and Wisconsin 3000108852. Insurance Carriers table naming, with NAIC numbers, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company 36420, Arch Specialty Insurance Company 21199, Ascot Specialty Insurance Company 45055, Ascot Insurance Company 23752, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company 10717, Chaucer Insurance Company DAC, Coalition Insurance Company 29530, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Corporation 11380, Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company 16823, Lloyd's of London, MSIG Specialty Insurance USA Inc. 34886, MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company 41807, Steadfast Insurance Company 26387, Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company 16275 and Zurich American Insurance Company 16535. Accessed 2026-09-22.
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Insurance Producer Licenses. Corgi Insurance; Current complete Insurance Producer Licenses table for Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.; 50 rows covering 49 states and DC (DC 3003091619); no New Mexico row; no NPN or as-of date shown. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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About Hiscox US Insurance. Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder for Syndicates 33 and 3624; surplus-lines placements through licensed surplus-lines brokers; A.M. Best rating statement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
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Licenses. ERGO NEXT Insurance; Current entity-by-state license table reopened 28 September 2026: 50 rows under Next First Insurance Agency, Inc., including Washington, DC; New York rows instead list Next Insurance Services PC-1423070 and AP Intego BR-1198885. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Insurance Licenses by State. TechInsurance; Current state table; identifies TechInsurance as a division of Specialty Program Group LLC d/b/a SPG Insurance Solutions; lists DC 3000041536 and labels Rhode Island “Individual licenses,” without an agency license number. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licenses. Vouch; Effective 16 January 2025: Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, NPN 19926463; P&C table (50 states and DC); surplus-lines table includes Idaho 870820; footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses; Idaho retained as producer-only due to conflict. Accessed 2026-09-15.

What Fiduciary Liability Insurance Requirements Apply in Georgia?

What Is Fiduciary Liability Insurance?

What to Watch for With Fiduciary Liability in Georgia

Evidence of voluntary authorization

Name The Decision Makers

Set An Exception Review

Which Fiduciary Liability Providers Have Georgia License Records?

Coalition

Corgi