What Fiduciary Liability Insurance Requirements Apply in Maryland?

Maryland requires a covered employer to establish a payroll-deposit retirement arrangement after program enrollment opens, unless it offers a qualifying employer savings arrangement; coverage turns on payroll-system use and statutory exclusions. 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 Maryland

Annual-report fee waiver and exemption
Use covered-employer and qualifying-plan tests 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. ^1,³
Name The Decision Makers
For Maryland, covered-employer and qualifying-plan tests 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 Maryland payroll or program records against covered-employer and qualifying-plan tests. 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 Maryland 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 Maryland. 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. ¹⁰
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. ¹¹
Corgi lists fiduciary liability in its coverage catalog and package options.

Who Regulates Insurance in Maryland?

Maryland Insurance Administration

The Maryland Insurance Administration licenses producers and insurers, reviews rates and forms, and investigates complaints about insurance companies and producers. You can use its state lookup or complaint service to check a license or raise an insurance issue. ^4,^5,⁶

Website: Regulator website
License lookup: Search licensed producers
Complaints: File a complaint
Phone: 800-492-6116

Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Maryland

Reported tax rate. 3% of gross premiums less returned premiums when Maryland is the insured's home state; excludes risks of Maryland and its political subdivisions ^7,⁸

When Maryland is the insured's home state, the tax is 3% of gross premiums less returned premiums, except insurance of risks of the State or a political subdivision. For policies effective on or after July 21, 2011, Maryland taxes the entire premium and the broker must charge the tax in addition to premium. Maryland's property and casualty guaranty corporation excludes surplus-lines policies.

Questions to Ask Before You Buy Fiduciary Liability in Maryland

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 Maryland: Frequently Asked Questions

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

After enrollment opens, Maryland requires covered employers to establish a payroll deposit retirement arrangement unless they offer a qualifying employer savings arrangement. Check the § 12-101 covered-employer definition and § 12-301 employer requirement. ^1,³

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

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: covered-employer and qualifying-plan tests. ^2,^1,³

Sources for Fiduciary Liability Insurance in Maryland

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Maryland Code, Labor and Employment § 12-101 — Definitions. Maryland General Assembly; § 12-101(d): covered-employer scope and exclusions, including employers with a qualifying employer-offered savings arrangement. 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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Maryland Code, Labor and Employment § 12-301 — Employer requirements. Maryland General Assembly; § 12-301(a): after program enrollment opens, a covered employer establishes a payroll deposit arrangement or offers an employer-offered savings arrangement. Accessed 2026-09-29.
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Maryland Insurance Administration. Maryland Insurance Administration; Homepage and consumer contact. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Insurance License Lookup. Maryland Insurance Administration; State-designated producer/company search. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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File an Insurance Complaint. Maryland Insurance Administration; State complaint process and contact. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Md. Code, Insurance §3-324. Maryland General Assembly; Insurance §3-324(a)-(b), (d)-(f): government-risk exclusion; 3% of gross premiums less returns; entire-premium home-state basis from July 21, 2011, with tax charged in addition. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Maryland Insurance Article (2026). Maryland General Assembly; Insurance §9-303(5), (7): surplus-lines and unauthorized insurers excluded from property and casualty guaranty subtitle; 2026 Insurance Article PDF. 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 Maryland?

What Is Fiduciary Liability Insurance?

What to Watch for With Fiduciary Liability in Maryland

Annual-report fee waiver and exemption

Name The Decision Makers

Set An Exception Review

Which Fiduciary Liability Providers Have Maryland License Records?

Coalition

Corgi