Foxquilt vs Relm: Commercial Crime Insurance

Relm Insurance lists commercial crime alongside digital-asset and smart-contract crime and sells through brokers; Foxquilt markets crime as a BOP add-on or standalone policy, highlighting small businesses that handle cash.

Van Ness Partners presents a practical comparison of source materials relevant to financial crime exposures.Research updated 2026-10-01

Relm describes commercial crime scenarios including embezzlement, forgery and funds-transfer fraud, alongside risks tied to digital infrastructure and alternative asset models. Foxquilt describes money and securities losses involving theft, employee dishonesty, fraud and forgery.

What Are the Key Differences Between Foxquilt and Relm Insurance Crime Insurance?

Relm’s commercial-crime description spans traditional theft scenarios and risks associated with digital infrastructure and alternative asset models. Foxquilt’s page centers its examples on money and securities lost through inside or outside theft, including employee dishonesty, fraud and forgery. A company with digital assets should test the proposed crime wording against the actual asset and transaction at risk. [4] [3]

Traditional theft scenarios

Both descriptions name fraud-related loss. Relm specifically lists embezzlement, forgery and funds-transfer fraud; Foxquilt describes employee dishonesty and other theft affecting money or securities. The overlap is useful for framing a discussion, but neither product summary is a policy definition. Ask each provider to show the applicable insuring agreement and covered-property definition. [4] [3]

Digital-infrastructure exposure

Relm’s cited commercial-crime page explicitly connects its discussion to digital infrastructure and alternative asset models. Foxquilt’s crime page describes employee dishonesty and theft involving money and securities, while Relm also names digital infrastructure and alternative-asset risks. Those summaries do not decide how a particular form treats a digital asset; ask how the proposed wording addresses tokens, platform balances or custody arrangements relevant to your business. [4] [3]

What Should You Confirm in Foxquilt and Relm Insurance Crime Insurance Quotes?

  • Ask Relm to map the specific digital asset and transfer mechanism to the proposed crime form. [4]
  • Ask Foxquilt for the covered-property, funds-transfer and employee-dishonesty definitions in its quote. [3]

Crime coverage

Foxquilt

  • role: Foxquilt markets Crime Insurance, either as a BOP add-on or as a standalone policy according to its product page. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: The page describes money and securities losses from inside or outside theft, including employee dishonesty, fraud and forgery. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗
  • eligibility: The page highlights small businesses that handle cash or have employees handling business funds; it does not specify underwriting eligibility. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗
  • application: The cited Foxquilt product or program page provides a quote path for the described product or program; that route does not establish that a quote will be offered or bound. Foxquilt’s cited product or program page documents this description. It does not establish the issuing insurer for an individual quote, exact state or provincial availability, the policy form, complete exclusions, or terms offered to a particular buyer; confirm those in the quote and policy documents.company-reportedSource ↗
  • limits: The cited public overview does not establish the limits, deductibles, exclusions or form terms that would apply to a specific buyer. Ask for the quote and specimen or issued policy forms before treating a listed feature as covered.not-disclosedSource ↗

Relm Insurance

  • role: Relm lists Commercial Crime as one of three crime products (alongside Digital Asset Crime and Smart Contract Crime, covered in Relm's separate digital-assets offering record) on its crime insurance line-of-business page. Relm line-of-business page (Relm sells through brokers); not a statement identifying the issuing insurer for a given placement.company-reportedSource ↗
  • eligibility: Relm says crime coverage is relevant for any business that holds assets, whether fiat or digital, arguing that even strong security controls leave a gap the insurance can close. Crime page 'Who Needs Crime Coverage?' section; not a guarantee of eligibility for a particular company.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: Relm's commercial crime coverage addresses traditional theft such as embezzlement, forgery and funds transfer fraud, alongside crime risks tied to digital infrastructure and alternative asset models. Crime page 'What is Commercial Crime Coverage?' section; the issued policy and declarations control.company-reportedSource ↗
  • coverage: Relm says its crime underwriting considers emerging attack methods such as flash-loan attacks that drain DeFi protocol liquidity and oracle manipulation that tricks smart contracts into faulty decisions, in addition to legacy fraud vulnerabilities. Crime page 'What Crime Risks Do Innovative Companies Face?' section; describes underwriting focus, not specific policy wording.company-reportedSource ↗
  • insurer: The reviewed page does not name a specific issuing insurer for commercial crime placements. Line-of-business page as read on 2026-09-23; a specific placement's insurer is product- and jurisdiction-specific.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • application: Relm sells crime insurance coverage through insurance brokers; its reviewed pages do not describe a direct online quote. Crime page framing; consistent with Relm's broader broker-distribution model.company-reportedSource ↗

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
    Smarter Crime Insurance

    Foxquilt · Current product page calls the product Crime Insurance; lines 90–104 describe money/securities, inside/outside theft and examples; lines 113–121 say crime may be included as a BOP add-on or bought as an isolated policy. Directly inspected 2026-09-29. Marketing does not establish form/limits or fidelity/surety bond coverage. · accessed 2026-09-29

  4. 04
    Crime Insurance

    Relm Insurance · What is Commercial Crime Coverage?; What Crime Risks Do Innovative Companies Face?; Who Needs Crime Coverage? · accessed 2026-09-23

  5. 05
    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

  6. 06
    Crime Non-Financial Applications and Forms

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

  7. 07
    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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