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When an agent is hired to represent his/her client an agency relationship is formed whereby the agent owes the client fiduciary duties, that include, loyalty, obedience and confidentiality.
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An agent owes fiduciary duties of loyalty, good faith, and fair dealing. An agent has to always prioritize the best interests of the principal, and must never act beyond his/her authority.
The fiduciary duties created by a contract of agency are principles of loyalty, obedience, disclosure, confidentiality, and care. These duties require the agent to act in the best interests of the principal, follow their instructions, provide all relevant information, keep the principal's information confidential, and act with reasonable care and diligence. Violating these duties can result in legal consequences for the agent.
Corporate fiduciary duties demand that the "fiduciary," (who is given legal control over funds), establishes a "standard of care" that rejects normal self interest for the benefit of the corporation's finances. The fiduciary must not take advantage of or betray the confidence of the entrusting parties.
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Typically, a fiduciary prudently takes care of money for another person. So a "fiduciary receipt" is a document that a person acting in capacity of a fiduciary for another person would get in order to allow an audit of the discharge of their duties - part of a fiduciary account.
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An insurance agent is responsible for the sales of the company's insurance products/services. An agent is generally considered to be the agent of the insurer, whereas a broker is generally considered to be a representative of the insured. That is, the agent is more closely bound to the insurer that it represents, whereas a broker usually represents many insurers and shops for an insured. That said, there is becoming less of a distinction between the two. An agent also often gets involved in assisting the insurer with submitting covered claims to the insurer for payment. An agent has a fiduciary duty to the insured (a duty of trust and to act in good faith). An agent is licensed and regulated by the insurance regulatory authority of the state(s) in which he/she transacts business.
They are in breach of their fiduciary duties. They can be sanctioned by the court or forfeit their bond.