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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, § 10108: Liability, 2009

Trust personnel handling trust funds must be bonded, with at least $100,000 coverage per covered person or equivalent fiduciary liability insurance, and bond premiums must be paid from trust assets.…

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“Trust personnel handling trust funds must be bonded, with at least $100,000 coverage per covered person or equivalent fiduciary liability insurance, and bond premiums must be paid from trust assets. Trustees must also be indemnified by the trust for covered defense expenses and final judgments.”

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Trust personnel handling trust funds must be bonded, with at least $100,000 coverage per covered person or equivalent fiduciary liability insurance, and bond premiums must be paid from trust assets. Trustees must also be indemnified by…

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Trust personnel handling trust funds must be bonded, with at least $100,000 coverage per covered person or equivalent fiduciary liability insurance, and bond premiums must be paid from trust assets. Trustees must also be indemnified by the trust for covered defense expenses and final judgments.

1. Bond. All officers, directors, employees and other agents of the trust entrusted with the custody of funds of the trust or authorized to disburse the funds of the trust must be bonded either by a blanket bond or by individual bonds with a minimum limitation of $100,000 coverage for each person covered by the bond or bonds, or equivalent fiduciary liability insurance, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. The premiums for the bond or bonds must be paid out of the assets of the trust. [PL 2011, c. 637, §5 (NEW).] 2. Indemnification. Each trustee must be indemnified by the trust against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by the trustee in connection with the defense of any action or proceeding in which the trustee is made a party by reason of being or having been a trustee and against any final judgment rendered against the trustee in that action or proceeding. [PL 2011, c. 637, §5 (NEW).]
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