What Fiduciary Liability Insurance Requirements Apply in Minnesota?

Minnesota Secure Choice uses a phased employer deadline: employers with 100 or more employees reached June 30, 2026, while smaller groups have later statutory deadlines; new hires must be enrolled within 30 days when covered. 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 Minnesota

  • Deadline tier and 30-day enrollment

    Use deadline tier and 30-day enrollment 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 Minnesota, deadline tier and 30-day enrollment 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 Minnesota payroll or program records against deadline tier and 30-day enrollment. 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota. 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. 12

    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. 13

    Corgi lists fiduciary liability in its coverage catalog and package options.

Who Regulates Insurance in Minnesota?

Minnesota Department of Commerce

The Minnesota Department of Commerce regulates insurance companies and producers, reviews rates and forms, and investigates complaints. You can use its state lookup or complaint service to check a license or raise an insurance issue. 3,4,5

Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Minnesota

Reported tax rate. 3% of taxable gross premiums less return premiums, plus a 0.04% stamping fee on taxable premium when Minnesota is the insured's home state 6,9,7,8,10

When Minnesota is the insured's home state, 3% tax applies to taxable gross premiums less return premiums; the separate 0.04% stamping fee on taxable premium is paid by you to the broker. Minnesota requires a policy warning that insolvency loss payment by a nonadmitted insurer is not guaranteed. A diligent search generally applies unless a Minnesota-licensed producer unaffiliated with the surplus-lines broker refers the risk, which the statute deems unavailable from a licensed insurer; an exempt commercial purchaser also has a separate written-request route after the required admitted-market disclosure.

Minnesota Surplus Lines Association

Questions to Ask Before You Buy Fiduciary Liability in Minnesota

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

Fiduciary Liability Insurance in Minnesota: Frequently Asked Questions

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

Minnesota Secure Choice uses a phased employer deadline: employers with 100 or more employees reached June 30, 2026, while smaller groups have later statutory deadlines; new hires must be enrolled within 30 days when covered. 1

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

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: deadline tier and 30-day enrollment. 2,1

Fiduciary Liability Insurance Guides for Other States

Other coverage in MinnesotaEvery coverage guide for Minnesota, plus the regulator and surplus-lines details.

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This guide is informational and does not determine whether a policy is available or meets your needs. Editorial policy. To suggest a correction, contact Spot with a supporting source.

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