401(k) Lawsuits Up 5x!
What’s Your Defense?

SAFE-D delivers advanced training and new personal liability tools for CEOs, CFOs, and HR Directors.

Close the gaps in your fiduciary defense

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Personally Liable —
and Misinformed.
That's Dangerous.

Department of Labor lawsuits:

  • $3 billion+ in damages per year — up 500% in a decade
  • Anyone tell you?
  • Anyone explain why?

ERISA Liability:

  • Only fiduciaries can be sued
  • Limit: personal bankruptcy
  • No liability transfers
  • Burden of proof is on you

 These do NOT share your risk:
     Mutual funds | Brokers | Agents | Advisors
     Record keepers | Administrators | Auditors
     Business insurance | E&O and D&O insurance

 You get:

  • No pay
  • No protection
  • All the blame
  • Ruined career
  • Ruined finances

     And for what … ?

You’re told safety is the result of testing, reporting, advice and investments. That’s their expertise and their only tools.

But ERISA allows only one lawsuit ground — failure of fiduciary duty.  Their work is not the issue; yours is.

You need evidence a judge recognizes and relies on.  Most fiduciaries don’t know what that is.  It’s everything.

You deserve safety — and for that, you need proof.

Fiduciary Safety —
at No Cost to You

Fiduciary safety means one thing: the ability to fend off accusations of duty failure.  

A fiduciary simply wants to be told how to do it.

Well meaning assurances that ignore the accusation, the process, or the evidence you need won’t make you safe — they make you comfortable — and vulnerable.

You’ve never played the fiduciary lawsuit game.  Your opponents practice daily and are paid handsomely to win.  Place your bet.

Defense lawyers are not magicians. They need proof — from you — that you did your job right. Without it, they are reduced to arguing (about what?) at great expense and ultimate failure.

I’ve spent over fifteen years building the tools you need to make your attorneys look like heroes (even though you do the work).

The 401(k) Lawsuit Playbook — Their plays; your defenses
SAFE-D — analytical software that creates your evidence
Boundary Illumination videos — your training
Fiduciary SafeHarbor — your clearinghouse for, of, and by fiduciaries

No moving the plan. No changing advisors or investments. No bait and switch. I hold no licenses and do not compete with your team.

Most fiduciaries don’t know what to expect.  I do.  I’ve seen how investigations unfold — what causes defendants to settle, and what makes them succeed. 

You need to know the threats, the defenses that protect, and have them built in advance. 

I can show you and provide the defense tools that make you safe. Your cost?  Zero.

Nothing else works. Nothing else matters.

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You Get Even More Benefits

Easy Training

Boundary-Illumination videos make the essentials clear in minutes, not weeks — so you can act with confidence.

Done-4-U Docs

Download worksheets and minutes proving your fulfillment of fiduciary duty — creating your safety in minimum time.

Guard Duty

We monitor court decisions and regulatory shifts, adjusting our advice and your documents as needed.

Meet your shortcut to 401(k) fiduciary safety

SAFE-D: The Fiduciary Safety System

Step 1: Subscribe

Save time. Save money. Let our free training reveal safe vs. sued behaviors and what to fix first.

Step 2: Data Crunch

Get the evidence that makes you safe — DIY or Done-for-You. We analyze, prepare and document your fulfillment of duty.

Step 3: Smile & File

We review together, finalize your minutes, and you file your protection with confidence.

What's Included When You Work With Us

SAFE-D brings structure to what’s all too often handled by guesswork —
no theory, no fluff, just facts that keep fiduciaries safe.

The 401(k) Lawsuit Playbook

Rulebooks recite rules. This Playbook reveals real attacks and defenses that work — so you can focus on what protects you.

Heads-Up Glossary

Definitions are easy to find online — their legal implications are not. This glossary flags the terms that can work against you, so you can stay out of trouble.

Six Year Safety

ERISA liability lasts six years. Your SAFE-D documents stay accessible to YOU for six years — even if you change jobs or retire.

Client Specific

Most providers contract with the plan or employer — not the fiduciary. With SAFE-D, you’re our client too — so your interests stay protected.

First-Hand Experience

You play this game only once - if ever. Your documents reflect the experience earned by having been through the process and winning.

Shortfall Spotlight

Reveals where provider services stop and your defense zone begins — so you can spot the gaps and close them.

Boundary-Illumination Videos

Short, practical videos that show “safe” from “sued” behavior — so you learn in minutes, not weeks.

No Conflicts

Our independence means no conflicts with your service providers — no moving plans, no awkward confrontations, no scare tactics, no hidden agenda.

How-To Guides

You’ll know what and why, but also how. Step-by-step instructions turn insight into immediate action.

To get all this and more…

Trusted by Fiduciaries — and the Advisors
Who Serve Them

When fiduciary and plan compliance work together, everyone  wins – employers, service providers, fiduciaries, and plan participants

That’s why advisors and administrators refer clients to SAFE-D — to complete the circle of protection.

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Plan compliance ≠ fiduciary compliance.

Advisors, brokers, and administrators handle plan operations.

SAFE-D protects the fiduciaries personally responsible for decisions.

That’s why many service providers refer their clients here —

to complete the safety circle without creating conflicts.

SAFE-D (Structured Analysis for Fiduciary Evidence and Defense)
serving fiduciaries and advisors who serve them.

Think big investment firms are safer than a bug in a rug?

Of the TOP 20 401(k) service companies:

  1. Top 10 – most 401(k) money managed
  2. Top 10 – most 401(k) plans served

 

How many sued over their own 401(k)s?

  • 85%
  • didn’t tell you; did they?

 

WHY sued?

  • because they CAN be
  • same as you

 

They don’t make you safe; YOU do.

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How are we different?

We deliver evidence

  • Proof of ALL 5 fiduciary duties
  • Proof of your oversight
  • Signature-ready minutes
  • No conflicts of interest
  • 401(k) lawsuit updates

They don't deliver evidence

  • Only 2 Duties
  • No proof of oversight
  • No minutes
  • Significant conflicts of interest
  • No 401(k) lawsuit updates

Fiduciary risk boils down to 
Evidence and Cost

SAFE-D addresses both 

Evidence for you /  No cost to you

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