Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102
§441 Surety Company Reports; Contents; Waiver or Modification of Requirements Respecting Contents of Reports
Title 29 › CHAPTER 11 — LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE › SUBCHAPTER III — REPORTING BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, AND EMPLOYERS › § 441
Summary
Surety companies that issue bonds under this law or ERISA must file a yearly report with the Secretary for each fiscal year with bonds. The report, signed by president and treasurer or other officers, must list premiums, claims paid, recoveries, and expenses as required. The Secretary may modify or waive items that are impractical or uninformative.
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Title 29, §441
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Each surety company which issues any bond required by this chapter or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.] shall file annually with the Secretary, with respect to each fiscal year during which any such bond was in force, a report, in such form and detail as he may prescribe by regulation, filed by the president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers of the surety company, describing its bond experience under each such chapter or Act, including information as to the premiums received, total claims paid, amounts recovered by way of subrogation, administrative and legal expenses and such related data and information as the Secretary shall determine to be necessary in the public interest and to carry out the policy of the chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Secretary finds that any such specific information cannot be practicably ascertained or would be uninformative, the Secretary may modify or waive the requirement for such information.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–406, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 829, which is classified principally to chapter 18 (§ 1001 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1974—Pub. L. 93–406, § 112(a)(2)(D), formerly § 111(a)(2)(D), as renumbered by Pub. L. 117–328, substituted “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” for “Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2022 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–328 applicable to plan years beginning after Dec. 31, 2022, see section 320(c) of Pub. L. 117–328, set out as a note under section 414 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
Effective Date
of 1974 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93–406 effective Jan. 1, 1975, except as provided in section 1031(b)(2) of this title, see section 1031(b)(1) of this title.
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 441
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102