CFC vs Coverdash: Commercial Crime Insurance

For a business that handles money, payroll or valuable inventory, Coverdash, a broker, offers a fully digital quote-to-purchase process; CFC includes employee theft and funds transfer fraud cover in its US management liability package.

Van Ness Partners presents a practical comparison of source materials relevant to financial crime exposures.Research updated 2026-09-29

Crime coverage

CFC

  • role: CFC includes crime coverage inside its US Management Liability package. The reviewed management-liability materials do not offer it as a standalone product within that package. Management-liability product page and brochure; package composition as CFC describes it.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • eligibility: CFC's brochure lists California-domiciled business and US publicly traded companies among the risks it declines for the package that carries this crime coverage. Brochure's 'What we decline' list; underwriting still applies to any individual business.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: CFC's brochure describes company crime cover including employee theft, funds transfer fraud, and credit card and currency fraud. Brochure's 'Crime cover' description; the issued policy wording determines the actual insuring agreements and any sub-limits.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: The brochure also lists client crime, meaning fraud by clients or their staff, and on-premises and off-premises theft, as part of the crime section. Brochure's 'Crime cover' description.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: CFC separately sells crime coverage for employee infidelity and third-party fraud within its fintech package. The reviewed pages do not state whether that fintech crime coverage is the same crime coverage sold inside the management-liability package. Fintech product page compared against the management-liability brochure; both accessed 2026-09-23. This does not establish overlap or difference in wording between the two products.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • limits: The reviewed brochure does not publish a dollar limit, sublimit or retention for crime coverage. Those figures appear only on the quote and declarations. Brochure as read on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • insurer: CFC's regulatory page discloses CFC Underwriting Limited's FCA authorization and CFC's Lloyd's Syndicate 1988, managed by Asta Managing Agency Ltd, but neither the regulatory page nor the management-liability brochure names the carrier or syndicate that would issue a given US crime policy. Regulatory information page and brochure as read on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗Source ↗
  • claims: CFC provides a US claim-notification route by phone, email and online form, and says a dedicated claims adjuster manages a claim from notification through resolution. Claims page as read on 2026-09-23; not specific to crime claim outcomes or timing.company-reportedSource ↗

Coverdash

  • role: Coverdash arranges commercial crime coverage as a broker rather than an insurer, placing coverage with a carrier under its standard brokerage terms. General brokerage terms applied to the crime page; not specific to any one carrier or state.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • insurer: The commercial crime page does not name the insurer that issues the policy. Reviewed commercial crime page as of 2026-09-23; the page describes coverage without naming a specific carrier.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • coverage: Coverdash describes commercial crime coverage as protecting against employee theft of money, property or assets, forged checks and counterfeit currency, fraudulent funds-transfer instructions, and losses when an employee is tricked by social engineering into sending funds to a bad actor. Product-page coverage cards; the issued policy and declarations control actual wording, limits and exclusions.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: Coverdash's coverage hub lists commercial crime separately from cyber insurance, even though both can respond to funds-transfer fraud and social-engineering losses; the two pages do not state how overlapping claims are coordinated between policies. Comparison of the cyber and crime-coverage product pages; overlap-resolution language was not found on either page.not-foundSource ↗
  • eligibility: Coverdash markets commercial crime coverage to any business that handles money, payroll or valuable inventory. Product-page eligibility description; actual acceptance depends on underwriting.company-reportedSource ↗
  • limits: The commercial crime page does not publish specific limit, retention or deductible amounts. Reviewed commercial crime page as of 2026-09-23; figures are quote-specific and not shown on the public product page.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • application: Coverdash describes a fully digital quote-to-purchase process for commercial crime coverage, with the option to add other coverages alongside it. Product-page company information and cross-sell section.company-reportedSource ↗

What Are the Key Differences Between CFC and Coverdash Crime Insurance?

Package With Management Liability vs Standalone Online Purchase

At CFC, crime comes inside the US Management Liability package, so you buy it alongside the other management-liability covers rather than on its own; CFC also sells separate crime cover for employee infidelity and third-party fraud in its fintech package. Coverdash is a broker with a fully digital quote-to-purchase flow for commercial crime, and you can add other coverages in the same session. Choose CFC if you want crime bundled with management liability and are neither California-domiciled nor publicly traded; choose Coverdash if you want crime alone, bought online, or CFC declines you. [5] [3] [8] [10]

What Each Covers

Both name employee theft, funds-transfer fraud and counterfeit currency. CFC adds credit-card fraud, client crime (fraud by your clients or their staff) and on- and off-premises theft. Coverdash adds forged checks and social-engineering losses, where an employee is tricked into sending money. Coverdash sells cyber separately and doesn’t say how a funds-transfer loss is split between the two policies. [5] [8] [9]

Claims and Unknowns

CFC takes US claims by phone, email or online form and says one dedicated adjuster handles each claim start to finish; Coverdash’s reviewed crime pages do not describe a claims process. Neither publishes crime limits or retentions, and neither names the insurer that would issue your policy. [2] [6] [8]

What Should You Confirm in CFC and Coverdash Crime Insurance Quotes?

  • Ask CFC whether your crime cover sits in the management package or the fintech package, and whether the wording differs. [5] [3]
  • Get the issuing insurer on both quotes; neither page names it. [8] [6]
  • Ask both for limits, sublimits and retentions. [5] [8]
  • Ask Coverdash how a social-engineering loss is coordinated with a separate cyber policy. [9]

CFC sells crime only as part of its US management-liability package and declines California-domiciled and US public companies; Coverdash brokers standalone commercial crime you can quote and buy online if you handle money, payroll or valuable inventory.

Sources consulted

  1. 01
    Commercial Insurance Guide

    California Department of Insurance · Crime · accessed 2026-09-16

  2. 02
    Claims

    CFC · Notify a claim or cyber incident; We're in it with you · accessed 2026-09-23

  3. 03
    Fintech insurance

    CFC · What does CFC's fintech policy cover? Crime coverage for employee infidelity and third-party fraud · accessed 2026-09-23

  4. 04
    Management liability

    CFC · Our management liability products: Management liability, Side A DIC · accessed 2026-09-23

  5. 05
    Management liability — United States product brochure

    CFC · Crime cover; At a glance: What we like; What we decline; What else is in the policy? · accessed 2026-09-23

  6. 06
    Regulatory information

    CFC · CFC Underwriting Limited; CFC Lloyd's Syndicate 1988 · accessed 2026-09-23

  7. 07
    Social Engineering Fraud Insurance

    Chubb · Opening; coverage highlights · accessed 2026-09-16

  8. 08
    Commercial Crime Insurance

    Coverdash · Product introduction; Types of Coverage cards for Employee theft, Forgery and fraud, Funds transfer fraud, Social engineering; Who It's For · accessed 2026-09-23

  9. 09
    Coverage Hub

    Coverdash · Cyber & Crime category listing Cyber Insurance, Crime Coverage and Kidnap & Ransom · accessed 2026-09-23

  10. 10
    Terms And Conditions

    Coverdash · "Coverdash does not provide any underwriting services"; broker/agent of record designation · accessed 2026-09-23

  11. 11
    Crime Terms and Conditions

    The Travelers Companies, Inc. · I.A–G, printed/PDF pages 1–4; III.RR, printed/PDF p.13; V.B.1–2, printed/PDF pp.18–20; Consideration, printed/PDF p.1; III.P p.8; V.A.3 pp.16–17; V.A.4 p.17; V.B.3 p.20; I.A.3 p.1; III.C p.7; III.S pp.8–9; III.II and III.KK p.12; III.QQ p.13; V.A.5 pp.17–18 (printed/PDF pages); IV.J–O, printed/PDF pages 14–15 · accessed 2026-09-16

  12. 12
    Crime Non-Financial Applications and Forms

    Travelers · Opening paragraph; Sample Policy Forms · accessed 2026-09-16

  13. 13
    Commercial Crime Coverage Application

    Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America · I–III pages 1–2; IX–XI pages 3–4; V–VII, printed/PDF pages 2–3 · accessed 2026-09-16

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