What Is an ERISA Fidelity Policy?

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Travelers ERISA Fidelity Policy  

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TEXT: Are your employees’ retirement nest eggs protected?  

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Your employees have worked hard to build their retirement nest eggs. Can they count on you to protect them before they're hatched?  

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Say your benefit plan manager acting as a fiduciary embezzles plan funds for personal use.  

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A cat sneaks in on a nearby branch and tries to steal the eggs. 
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Or what if your bookkeeper, a fiduciary of your company's 401(k) plan, pays herself using plan funds?  

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Fraud scenarios like these could put a serious crack in your employees’ nest eggs ... not to mention your business.  

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ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, mandates ERISA fidelity coverage, which protects insured benefit plans  

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against loss by acts of fraud or dishonesty committed by a benefit plan fiduciary.  

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And a Travelers ERISA fidelity policy protects your employees’ dreams of a secure retirement.  

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Don't let fraud threaten the nest eggs your employees are counting on for their retirement years.  

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Let Travelers help you keep those years golden.  

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TEXT: Talk to your Travelers agent about an ERISA fidelity policy today.  

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Talk to your Travelers agent about an ERISA fidelity policy today.  

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