Private Insurance Affords Feds Protection

A November 9 article on BusinessInsurance.com reminds federal employees – particularly, those with security clearance – that private insurance is available to protect against unexpected administrative investigations or disciplinary actions related to their professional responsibilities.

The ‘primary benefit’ of insurance is in defending criminal and administrative investigations, said Peter Noone, a partner in the Belmont, Mass., law firm of Avery Dooley Post & Avery. Insurance, Noone said, is valuable in cases where an agency has employees that must have security clearance to do their jobs. If an agency attempts to take a security clearance away, the result can be ‘lethal’ to the employee’s career.

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