Painters DC 4 fund bonds.
$800 flat.
Federal law requires every fiduciary of an employee benefit plan, and everyone who handles plan money, to be bonded against fraud or dishonesty — 29 U.S.C. § 1112, ERISA § 412. A fiduciary or fund official of the Painters District Council No. 4 Health and Welfare Fund — the painters' union welfare trust fund administered out of Cheektowaga, NY, near Buffalo — files this bond at a $20,000 penal sum. Ours is $800 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score.
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A plan fidelity bond is one of the simpler filings in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your details, an effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. No financials, no lengthy underwriting queue.
Pay & e-sign
Filings like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. The credit consent authorizes a soft pull only — it never affects your score. At most, 1–2 business days.
File it
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the DC No. 4 Health and Welfare Fund office or keep on record as your fiduciary bond. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
ERISA — the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act — requires every fiduciary of an employee benefit plan, and every person who handles plan funds or other property, to be bonded under 29 U.S.C. § 1112. The rule applies to trustees, fund officials, and staff of the Painters District Council No. 4 Health and Welfare Fund — the multi-employer welfare trust fund that provides benefits to the painters' union's members, administered from the Funds office in Cheektowaga, NY.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal, the bonded fiduciary or fund official), the surety carrier, and the plan itself as the obligee. The statute sets the bond at not less than 10% of the funds handled in the prior reporting year, with a $1,000 floor and a $500,000 ceiling — the Fund office has this filing written at a fixed $20,000 for the covered role. If a bonded person commits fraud, theft, or dishonest conduct that costs the plan money, the plan can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. It must stay active while you handle plan funds, so confirm your renewal date with the Fund office and we'll track it from there.
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One application, quick turnaround.
These are the actual issuing fields — your details, an effective date, and a consent that authorizes a soft credit pull only.
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$800 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.