Connecticut Management Liability Insurance

Connecticut’s Fair Employment Practices Act defines an employer to include any person or employer with one or more people in its employ. An optional certificate provision for a business corporation can limit director money damages to no less than compensation received for serving the corporation during the year of the violation, with listed exceptions and no effect on earlier conduct.

What Is Management Liability Insurance?

Management liability packages can combine D&O and employment-practices coverage for leader and workplace claims, while benefit-plan protection may be a separate part. Shared limits can let a claim in one part reduce what is available for another, so compare the limits across the quote. Read the national Management liability guide.

What to Watch for With Management Liability in Connecticut

Confirm which harassment training tier applies
Connecticut’s statute requires employers with three or more employees to post and distribute sexual-harassment information and provide training to employees; it sets different supervisor training duties for employers with fewer than three employees. Ask how the EPL form handles this allegation type, including wage-and-hour exclusions, defense sublimits, and notice triggers. ³
Private Company Indemnification
Only a certificate that adopts § 33-636(b)(4) can limit director money damages, and the limit cannot be below compensation received for serving the corporation during the violation year. It applies only to later conduct, not earlier acts or omissions; compare the actual certificate with the policy. As a private company, compare your bylaws and indemnity agreement with the policy’s advancement language; § 33-636(b)(4) does not itself promise insurance payment. ¹
An Inquiry Is Not The Formal Chro Filing
CHRO says a phone call, letter, visit, or online inquiry begins intake, but does not count as filing the formal complaint. For alleged acts on or after October 1, 2021, the signed and sworn formal complaint must be filed within 300 days. For earlier acts, § 46a-82(f) provides transition rules: generally 180 days before October 1, 2019, and 300 days for specified claims from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021; a separate 30-day period applies to specified former § 46a-80 claims. Ask who will log the first written notice and confirm the policy reporting date. ^4,³

Which Management Liability Providers Have Connecticut License Records?

No provider in our research has both a state license record and a listing for this coverage line. This does not establish that providers are unlicensed. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm availability with a provider when requesting a quote.

Who Regulates Insurance in Connecticut?

Connecticut Insurance Department

The Connecticut Insurance Department licenses insurance producers and companies, oversees insurers and regulated insurance activity, and investigates insurance complaints. Its complaint and license-search services let you raise an issue or check an insurance professional or company. ^7,^8,⁹

Website: Regulator website
License lookup: Search licensed producers
Complaints: File a complaint
Phone: (800) 203-3447

Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Connecticut

Reported tax rate. 4% of gross premium when Connecticut is the home state ^10,^11,¹²

When Connecticut is the insured’s home state, surplus-lines tax is 4% of gross premium; certain state and local government insureds are exempt, and broker or policy fees are not part of the premium-tax base. Connecticut’s required notice says these policies are outside the state guaranty association. Most placements require three declinations or an export-list qualification; an exempt commercial purchaser may qualify for the federal § 8205 search exception after disclosure and a written request.

Questions to Ask Before You Buy Management Liability in Connecticut

Which Connecticut employment-law allegations and agency notices did you account for, and how do the EPL form’s wage-and-hour exclusion and defense sublimit apply?
For our Connecticut private company, when do the charter, bylaws, or indemnification agreements require us to advance a leader’s defense costs, and when does the policy respond?
Does the quote include fiduciary-liability coverage, and which plan fiduciaries need a separate ERISA fidelity bond?
Does the policy treat an agency charge, written demand, and filed lawsuit as separate claim triggers, and what notice date applies to each?

Management Liability Insurance in Connecticut: FAQ

What employment-law exposure should a Connecticut business discuss when buying management liability?

Connecticut’s Fair Employment Practices Act defines an employer to include any person or employer with one or more people in its employ. The policy notice deadline is separate from any agency filing deadline. ^3,⁴

Does Connecticut corporate law determine what a D&O policy pays?

An optional certificate provision for a business corporation can limit director money damages to no less than compensation received for serving the corporation during the year of the violation, with listed exceptions and no effect on earlier conduct. The statute does not itself define what the insurer must defend or pay; check those terms in the policy. ^3,^4,¹

Is a plan fidelity bond the same as fiduciary-liability insurance for a Connecticut business?

No. ERISA requires a fidelity bond for covered plan fiduciaries who handle plan funds; An optional certificate provision for a business corporation can limit director money damages to no less than compensation received for serving the corporation during the year of the violation, with listed exceptions and no effect on earlier conduct addresses a separate company-law issue. Ask whether the policy includes fiduciary-liability coverage in addition to the bond. ^4,^3,^5,^6,¹

Sources for Management Liability Insurance in Connecticut

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Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 601: Business Corporations. Connecticut General Assembly; §§ 33-636(b)(4)–(5), 33-771, 33-776, director liability and indemnification. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 602: Nonstock Corporations. Connecticut General Assembly; § 33-1026(b)(4)–(5), separate nonstock director-liability and indemnification provisions. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 814c — Human Rights and Opportunities. Connecticut General Assembly; Current codification: § 46a-51(10) defines employer as any person or employer with one or more persons employed; § 46a-54(15) sets separate sexual-harassment notice/training duties by headcount; § 46a-60 protected employment grounds; § 46a-82(f) sets a 300-day period for acts on or after 2021-10-01. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Complaint Processing. Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities; Formal complaint deadline and procedure: initial contact/online inquiry starts intake but is not a formal filing; signed, sworn complaint; response, assessment, and mandatory mediation. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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29 U.S.C. § 1112, ERISA fidelity bonding. U.S. Government Publishing Office; ERISA § 412(a)–(e): covered plan fiduciaries and persons handling plan funds/property; fraud-or-dishonesty protection; statutory exceptions; amount and procurement rules. Authenticated U.S. Code text records amendments through 2019, accessed 2026-09-28. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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29 C.F.R. § 2580.412-6, Handling test for ERISA bonding. Office of the Federal Register, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations; Current eCFR displayed as of 2026-09-24; § 2580.412-6(a)–(b): risk-based handling definition, access/control/disbursement examples, negligible-risk qualification. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Connecticut Insurance Department. Connecticut Insurance Department; Official Department homepage; mission and department resources. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licensing. Connecticut Insurance Department; Department licensing resource landing page; links to state agent and company license lookup. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Ask a Question or File a Complaint. Connecticut Insurance Department; Online complaint form and consumer affairs helpline. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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FAQs: Surplus Lines Brokers. Connecticut Insurance Department; Current tax rate, tax base and exemptions, diligent-search rules, guaranty-fund notice. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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FAQs: Surplus Lines Brokers. Connecticut Insurance Department; Question on surplus-lines notice states Connecticut Insurance Guaranty Association does not cover these policies. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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15 U.S.C. § 8205: Streamlined application for commercial purchasers. U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Law Revision Counsel; Broker's due-diligence search exception for an exempt commercial purchaser requires prior disclosure that admitted-market insurance may offer greater protection/regulatory oversight and the purchaser's subsequent written request for nonadmitted placement. 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.