Coverdash vs Gallagher: Commercial Crime Insurance

Coverdash, a broker, offers a fully digital quote-to-purchase process; Gallagher Small Business arranges fidelity and crime with outside carriers, routes small businesses to an advisor form, and sets limits for larger accounts through peer analysis.

Van Ness Partners presents a practical comparison of source materials relevant to financial crime exposures.Research updated 2026-09-25

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

If you have a large account and need help sizing a limit, Gallagher describes an analysis using peer data and an exposure index; Coverdash publishes no crime limit or limit-setting method. Small businesses start through Gallagher’s advisor form. [6] [3] [7]

Limit Method Gallagher Describes

For larger accounts, Gallagher says its methodology for setting crime coverage limits includes peer analysis using third-party databases and an exposure index developed by the Surety Association of America with the American Institute of Accountants. Coverdash’s crime page does not describe a limit-setting methodology and does not publish figures. Gallagher’s pages also do not publish specific limits. [6] [3] [7]

Perils Each Page Names

Coverdash describes employee theft, forged checks and counterfeit currency, funds-transfer fraud and social engineering. Gallagher describes Fidelity and Crime as covering fraudulent or dishonest acts, including credit card forgery, computer fraud, funds-transfer fraud, employee fraud, theft and destruction of property. Neither crime page names the issuing insurer. [3] [7]

Who It Is For

Coverdash markets to businesses that handle money, payroll or valuable inventory. Gallagher recommends the coverage for small businesses exposed to funds-transfer, computer or employee fraud, or destruction of personal property, with a separate practice for larger executive-risk accounts. [3] [7] [6]

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

  • Ask Gallagher whether your crime quote is small-business or executive-risk, and which carrier issues it. [7] [6]
  • Get Coverdash’s issuing carrier and compare both limits. [3]
  • Ask whether Gallagher’s credit-card forgery and property-destruction perils appear on Coverdash’s placed form. [7] [3]
  • Ask Coverdash how crime and cyber would coordinate on overlapping fraud. [4]

Crime coverage

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 ↗

Gallagher

  • role: Gallagher Small Business arranges Fidelity and Crime coverage with outside carriers for small-business clients; its group-level Executive and Financial Risk practice separately places the same coverage for larger accounts. Gallagher does not underwrite either policy. Small-business crime product page and the group-level executive-risk practice page.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • coverage: Gallagher describes Fidelity and Crime insurance as covering losses from fraudulent or dishonest acts, including credit card forgery, computer fraud, funds-transfer fraud, employee fraud, theft and destruction of property. Small-business crime product page; a coverage description, not a specific policy's insuring agreement or exclusions.company-reportedSource ↗
  • eligibility: Gallagher recommends this coverage for small businesses exposed to funds-transfer fraud, computer fraud, employee fraud, or destruction of personal property. Small-business crime product page "Do you need Fidelity and Crime insurance?" list; actual acceptance depends on underwriting.company-reportedSource ↗
  • services: For larger accounts, Gallagher says its methodology for setting crime coverage limits includes peer analysis using third-party databases and an exposure index developed by the Surety Association of America with the American Institute of Accountants. Group-level executive-risk practice page; not confirmed as applied to the small-business product.company-reportedSource ↗
  • application: The small-business crime page routes buyers to a Connect With An Advisor form asking for company details, business description, other coverage interests, employee count and annual revenue. Product page inquiry form, inspected without submission.company-reportedSource ↗
  • insurer: Neither the small-business crime page nor the executive-risk practice page names the insurer that would issue a given client's crime policy. Checked both pages on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗Source ↗
  • limits: Neither page publishes specific crime coverage limits or premium ranges. Checked both pages on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗Source ↗

Coverdash offers a digital route for money-handling businesses; Gallagher gives small businesses advisor intake and larger accounts peer-based limit analysis.

Sources consulted

  1. 01
    Commercial Insurance Guide

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

  2. 02
    Social Engineering Fraud Insurance

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

  3. 03
    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

  4. 04
    Coverage Hub

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

  5. 05
    Terms And Conditions

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

  6. 06
    Executive and Financial Risk Insurance

    Gallagher · Employee Dishonesty (Crime) and Fidelity Bond insurance section · accessed 2026-09-23

  7. 07
    Crime

    Gallagher Small Business · Coverage Overview; Do you need Fidelity and Crime insurance?; Connect With An Advisor form · accessed 2026-09-23

  8. 08
    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

  9. 09
    Crime Non-Financial Applications and Forms

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

  10. 10
    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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