Liberty Mutual vs Relm: Commercial Crime Insurance

Liberty Mutual lists employee dishonesty, embezzlement and safe burglary within ProShield; Relm Insurance lists commercial, digital asset and smart contract crime products and sells them through brokers, with no direct online quote described.

Van Ness Partners presents a practical comparison of source materials relevant to financial crime exposures.Research updated 2026-09-30

What Are the Key Differences Between Liberty Mutual and Relm Insurance Crime Insurance?

Conventional Fraud or Digital-Asset Risks

Liberty Mutual lists employee dishonesty, embezzlement, safe burglary, and computer fraud within ProShield. Relm describes commercial crime that addresses traditional theft and fraud alongside risks involving digital infrastructure and alternative-asset models, including flash-loan attacks and oracle manipulation. A business holding digital assets or relying on smart contracts should ask whether Relm’s proposed form names those loss mechanisms; buyers with conventional employee or premises exposures can compare those terms with ProShield’s listed examples. [3] [4] [4]

Package Placement and Purchase Route

Liberty Mutual puts crime in ProShield, a package combining several management-liability coverages. Relm describes commercial crime as a distinct product and says buyers purchase through insurance brokers. Compare the proposed crime limit and how it interacts with other lines: ProShield is presented as one package policy, while Relm’s reviewed record does not establish whether its crime quote bundles with other coverage. [3] [4] [4]

Eligibility and Issuing Insurer

Relm says crime is relevant to businesses holding fiat or digital assets, while Liberty Mutual identifies private and nonprofit organizations as ProShield’s audience. Relm’s reviewed page does not name the issuing insurer, and neither description establishes an individual buyer’s eligibility. Ask the broker to confirm the insurer and whether your asset type falls within the quoted form. [4] [3] [4]

What Should You Confirm in Liberty Mutual and Relm Insurance Crime Insurance Quotes?

  • Ask Relm to identify the insurer and spell out coverage, exclusions, and sublimits for digital-asset theft, flash-loan attacks, and oracle manipulation. [4] [4]
  • Ask Liberty Mutual for ProShield’s policy wording, aggregate, deductibles, and treatment of computer fraud and employee theft. [3]
  • Confirm whether the Relm crime proposal is standalone or can be coordinated with the other lines in your insurance program. [4]

Crime coverage

Liberty Mutual

  • role: Liberty Mutual includes crime coverage in its ProShield management-liability package for private and not-for-profit organizations. Liberty Mutual’s cited product or program overview 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 ProShield page lists employee dishonesty, embezzlement, safe burglary, computer fraud and other crime exposures, plus selected coverage enhancements; these are marketing summaries, not policy terms. Liberty Mutual’s cited product or program overview 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 source scopes ProShield to private and not-for-profit organizations; a specific organization’s eligibility is not established. Liberty Mutual’s cited product or program overview 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 ↗
  • services: Liberty Mutual describes ProShield as one package policy that combines multiple management-liability coverages and is designed to reduce the need for separate endorsements. Liberty Mutual’s cited product or program overview 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 ↗

Liberty Mutual’s ProShield overview names employee dishonesty, embezzlement, safe burglary, and computer fraud. Relm describes commercial crime for traditional theft and fraud as well as risks tied to digital infrastructure and alternative assets, with placement through brokers.

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
    ProShield

    Liberty Mutual Business Insurance · Opening paragraphs identify package combining directors and officers, employment practices, fiduciary, and crime coverages; D&O and crime sections describe examples of exposures and selected coverage features. Examples are not policy terms. · 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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