GENERAL LIABILITY
Employee Benefits Liability Insurance
Protect your business with Employee Benefits Liability Insurance.
Employee Benefits Liability (EBL) coverage protects your trucking company against liability when a team member makes an error, omission, or administrative mistake involving your employee benefits program.
It is one of the three types of insurance your company needs when you are an employer administering benefits programs and handling employee funds under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Recommended EBL coverage includes:

Dishonesty Coverage
Dishonesty coverage protects your trucking business from theft of funds by a program administrator. Dishonesty coverage is mandated by federal law.
Dishonesty Coverage
Dishonesty coverage protects your trucking business from theft of funds by a program administrator. Dishonesty coverage is mandated by federal law.

Fiduciary Liability Coverage
Fiduciary Liability coverage protects your business from errors in the management of employee benefits, pension plans, and plan assets.
Fiduciary Liability Coverage
Fiduciary Liability coverage protects your business from errors in the management of employee benefits, pension plans, and plan assets.

Employee Benefits Liability Coverage
EBL coverage protects your trucking business from legal liability from errors, omissions, and negligence in administering your employee benefits programs.
Employee Benefits Liability Coverage
EBL coverage protects your trucking business from legal liability from errors, omissions, and negligence in administering your employee benefits programs.
Why do I need insurance for administering benefits?
Although your human resources staff does its best to prevent errors, employee benefits are complex programs. Clerical mistakes are surprisingly common.
EBL protects your business from
liability due to:
- Failing to accurately describe a benefits plan or eligibility rules
- Neglecting to sign up a new employee for requested medical insurance
- Making an error in terminating a benefit for an active employee
- Failing to offer optional maternity benefits
- Neglecting to offer coverage for dependents
- Miscommunicating a spouse’s option for a retirement plan
- Accidentally deleting coverage
Unfortunately, a single benefits error—such as failing to enroll a new truck driver in a medical plan—can quickly become a large financial burden. If the driver is hurt or has a serious medical problem, they’ll likely sue you for compensation. That one mistake can leave your company liable for thousands of dollars in damages, not to mention legal fees.
Employee Benefits Liability insurance can provide your trucking business with financial protection against the fallout.
Why do trucking companies get Employee Benefits Liability Coverage?
One of the primary reasons trucking companies purchase EBL coverage is to pay for legal defense costs.
While your company may have a great Commercial General Liability policy, General Liability doesn’t cover financial injuries caused by clerical errors.
That’s where Great West’s Employee Benefits Liability coverage comes in. It is actually an endorsement (or amendment) that is added to your Commercial General Liability policy that fills the errors and omissions coverage gap for benefits administration. It tends to be one of the least expensive kinds of insurance, and you can elect coverage up to the limit of your Commercial General Liability coverage.

What type of benefit programs are covered?
Employee Benefits Liability insurance from Great West covers clerical errors for a number of employee and financial benefit programs, including:
- Group life, health, dental, or disability insurance
- Profit-sharing plans
- IRAs
- Savings plans
- Pension plans
- Stock subscription plans
- Unemployment insurance, Social Security benefits, or Workers Compensation and disability benefits
- Auto, homeowners, and legal advice insurance
- Travel and vacation plans
- Education tuition-reimbursement plans
Noteworthy EBL Exclusions:
- Bodily injury, property damage, personal injury, or advertising injury
- Any act of you or your staff which is an ERISA fiduciary responsibility
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