TrustLayer has announced the expansion of its third-party risk management platform into the state and local government sector, targeting public agencies that continue to manage vendor compliance through manual, paper-based workflows. The expansion addresses a documented gap in how government procurement offices handle certificate of insurance (COI) verification across large vendor populations, where outdated processes leave agencies exposed to avoidable financial and legal liability.
State and local government agencies routinely manage hundreds or thousands of active vendor relationships at any given time. Each of those relationships requires verified proof of insurance coverage, and in most agencies, the work of collecting, reviewing, and tracking that documentation still falls to staff relying on spreadsheets and email threads. The consequences are concrete: when a vendor's insurance lapses undetected, the public agency may absorb liability for incidents that should have been covered under the vendor's policy. According to risk management data cited by TrustLayer, unverified or lapsed certificates of insurance are among the most common sources of unexpected liability exposure for organizations managing large contractor networks. For government entities operating under public accountability and fixed budgets, the resulting business risk costs are particularly difficult to absorb. Procurement officers are also subject to audit requirements and public records obligations that make documentation accuracy a compliance matter in its own right.
TrustLayer's platform replaces manual COI collection and review with automated COI tracking and verification, enabling agencies to monitor insurance status across their entire vendor base in real time. The system sends automated renewal requests, flags expiring or non-compliant certificates, and maintains a verifiable audit trail without requiring staff to chase down documents individually. The platform is built to scale with the size and complexity of government procurement operations, centralizing compliance data in a single system rather than distributing work across separate offices. "Public agencies are managing the same compliance risks as large enterprises, but often with fewer staff and stricter accountability requirements," said John Foley, CEO of TrustLayer. "Our data shows that agencies using manual processes miss an average of 30 percent of certificate expirations before they become a liability event. Automated COI tracking and verification closes that gap systematically."
TrustLayer's government sector expansion is designed specifically for procurement officers, risk managers, and compliance staff within city, county, and state agencies. Agency decision-makers can evaluate the platform's capabilities by requesting a TrustLayer compliance management demo, which walks through how the system handles COI collection, expiration monitoring, and multi-vendor reporting in a public sector context. The platform integrates with existing procurement and contract management systems, reducing the need for agencies to overhaul current infrastructure. Beyond insurance verification, TrustLayer also supports broader vendor compliance requirements, including business license tracking and indemnification clause monitoring. For agencies that have experienced audit findings or claims related to vendor compliance gaps, the platform provides the documentation infrastructure needed to demonstrate due diligence.
