Your Job Risks as a Federal Employee

Your Job Risks

1811s & Law Enforcement Officers

Liability insurance often becomes necessary for federal law enforcement officers when there is a major event, operational event, or one that results (or is alleged to result) in safety concerns, public alarm, injury, death, oversight or a security vulnerability or breach...

BOP Employees - PLI

The mindset, activity and sophistication of federal inmates often force Bureau of Prison (BOP) officials to make difficult, split-second decisions. These decisions are made under unique circumstances that only employees who deal with incarcerated individuals can truly appreciate. BOP employees must act quickly...

Federal Managers

There is inherent risk in everyday federal management decisions. Media sensation, negative public impact, political agendas and disgruntled employees are just a few of the reasons federal managers should have FEDS Protection in place...

State Department and Foreign Service Officers

If you’re an FSO, State or USAID employee, it’s especially important for you to compare professional liability insurance providers to ensure that coverage is available for OIG and/or DSS investigations...

Federal Judges

The FEDS Professional Liability policy provides protection to all federal judges—whether you are an Article III judge, an Administrative Law Judge under Title 5 of the U.S. Code, a Judge on a Board of Contract Appeals, National Labor Relations Board, Board of Veterans Appeal, Immigration Judge, or you perform some other...

Federal Attorneys Need PLI

For federal attorneys, charges of professional misconduct could take the form of a Congressional, Office of Inspector General (OIG), an internal administrative complaint/investigation—or even a state bar proceeding...

Wildland Firefighters

In the tragic event that an entrapment or burn-over fatality occurs on a fire you've anything do with, you could potentially be viewed at fault and need an attorney to defend your case and navigate you through the process...

IRS Managers & Employees

IRS employees like yourself are at the most at risk for administrative and disciplinary matters which result from an allegation of wrongdoing involving the performance of your official duties...

HR Specialists

HR and Employee Relations Specialists can be exposed to investigations by simply just doing their job and giving HR related advice to managers.

EPA Employees - PLI

System failures, oversights, actions and inactions of EPA employees will lead to scrutiny, criticisms, and demands of accountability from members of the public, environmental groups, co-workers, and special interest groups, IG, GAO, Congress of agency officials...

First Responders-PLI

FEMA and other federal emergency response employees are particularly vulnerable to administrative investigations but can also face civil suits and criminal allegations when simply carrying out the responsibilities and actions required of the job...

FAA Managers PLI

FAA managers are subjected to constant changes in policy, politically-charged agendas, and accountability demands. During these times, scrutiny is a given...

FSA County Employees

FAA managers are subjected to constant changes in policy, politically-charged agendas, and accountability demands. During these times, scrutiny is a given...

FSA Credit Specialists

If you are not familiar with the Farm Crisis of the 1980s, find a coworker that is – and ask about it. If you supervise employees, work with loans or tough cases, especially those that could draw internal or external scrutiny, or are involved with environmental issues that could draw suits by anti-livestock or other environmental groups, you could find yourself...

Contracting Officers

Existing and new rules aimed at increasing the transparency and public scrutiny of payments to beneficiaries of federal programs, contractors, grant recipients and other entities, explicitly require agencies to cut down on misappropriation and funding errors...

Federal Medical Professionals

The FTCA does not provide immunity for personal capacity lawsuits or constitutional torts, so ANY federal medical employee like yourself CAN BE VULNERABLE to certain types of civil actions - commonly referred to as a Biven's actions - for alleged violations of an individual's constitutional rights...

Federal Veterinarians

At this point, one of the veterinarians was forced to resign his federal employment and end his appeal because he could not afford to continue paying attorney’s fees...

CIA & Intelligence Employees

Politically-motivated criticisms and demands of accountability on national security issues have created a substantial number of both administrative and criminal investigations of intelligence officers at all levels...