CFC vs The Hartford: Commercial Crime Insurance

Nonprofit, public and private firms can get crime from The Hartford as one of five options in its Private Choice Premier package; CFC includes it in its US Management Liability package, which declines California-domiciled business and US publicly traded companies.

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

What Are the Key Differences Between CFC and The Hartford Crime Insurance?

Management-Liability Package Versus Private Choice and Bank Tracks

CFC includes crime in US Management Liability but declines California-domiciled and U.S. public companies. The Hartford offers crime in Private Choice Premier for private companies, publicly traded companies and nonprofits, plus separate commercial-crime and bond options for financial institutions. Choose The Hartford if you are a public company or nonprofit seeking a management-liability package, or a financial institution needing its separate track; choose CFC if you meet its company eligibility and want crime within US Management Liability. [5] [8]

How Each Describes the Cover

The Hartford says crime insurance helps cover business-related crimes like employee theft, forgery or robbery, giving as an example an employee stealing money from a cash register. CFC’s brochure lists employee theft, funds-transfer fraud, credit-card and currency fraud, client crime, and on- or off-premises theft, and separately sells crime inside a fintech package. [8] [5] [3]

Claims and Limits on the Reviewed Pages

CFC provides a US claim-notification route and a dedicated claims adjuster. CFC’s brochure does not publish a dollar limit or retention for crime. The Hartford’s reviewed management-liability page does not publish crime limits either. CFC’s regulatory page does not name the issuer for a given US crime policy. [2] [5] [6] [8]

What Should You Confirm in CFC and The Hartford Crime Insurance Quotes?

  • Ask The Hartford whether crime is inside Private Choice Premier or the financial-institutions bond and commercial crime track. [8]
  • Ask CFC whether a public company or California-domiciled business is declined, and whether crime is the management or fintech package. [5] [3]
  • Get crime limits, retentions and issuing entities from both. [5] [6] [8]
  • Confirm whether The Hartford’s cash-register-style employee theft example matches the funds-transfer and client-crime exposures you need. [8] [5]

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 ↗

The Hartford

  • role: The Hartford's crime insurance is one of five options in its Private Choice Premier management-liability package, and is offered separately as bond and commercial crime (fidelity) coverage within its financial-institutions product track. Management liability product page as read 2026-09-23.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: The Hartford says crime insurance helps cover business-related crimes like employee theft, forgery or robbery, giving as an example an employee stealing money from a cash register. Management liability product page as read 2026-09-23. General coverage description; the issued policy controls.company-reportedSource ↗
  • eligibility: The Hartford's crime coverage is available to nonprofit organizations, publicly traded companies and privately-held companies as part of its management-liability lineup. Management liability product page as read 2026-09-23.company-reportedSource ↗

CFC excludes California-domiciled and U.S. public companies from its management-liability package; The Hartford offers crime in Private Choice Premier to private, public and nonprofit buyers, plus a financial-institutions track.

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
    Management Liability Insurance | Get a Quote

    The Hartford · Crime Insurance section; Who Does Management Liability Insurance Protect?; Management and Professional Liability Insurance for Financial Institutions (Bond and commercial crime (fidelity)) · accessed 2026-09-23

  9. 09
    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

  10. 10
    Crime Non-Financial Applications and Forms

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

  11. 11
    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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