Marsh vs Relm: Commercial Crime Insurance

Relm Insurance lists digital asset and smart contract crime products, sold through brokers; Marsh places crime through advisor-led engagement, with experience in complex placements of about $10 million to $110 million.

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 Marsh and Relm Insurance Crime Insurance?

Marsh’s $10 million to $110 million range describes placements it has handled, not promised policy limits. Relm names flash-loan and oracle-manipulation attack methods for crime involving digital infrastructure. [3] [5]

Marsh Placement Versus Relm’s Crime Line

Marsh’s financial and professional liability practice places commercial crime, and Marsh McLennan Agency also places crime bundled with fidelity. You engage Marsh’s crime specialists directly. Relm lists Commercial Crime as one of three crime products on its crime insurance page, alongside Digital Asset Crime and Smart Contract Crime, and sells crime coverage through insurance brokers rather than a direct online quote. Neither reviewed page names a specific issuing insurer. [3] [4] [5]

White-Collar and Hacking Risks Versus DeFi Methods

Marsh lists employee white-collar fraud, third-party fraud, collusion, hacking or computer-related crime, social-engineering fraud and tangible-asset theft, and notes that crime policies usually exclude ransomware though most cover funds stolen by hackers. Relm’s commercial crime coverage addresses embezzlement, forgery and funds-transfer fraud, alongside crime risks tied to digital infrastructure and alternative asset models. Relm says its crime underwriting considers flash-loan attacks that drain DeFi protocol liquidity and oracle manipulation. [3] [5]

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

  • Ask whether you are buying Relm Commercial Crime through a broker or a Marsh-placed policy. [5] [3]
  • If you hold digital assets, ask Relm which of its three crime products applies. [5]
  • Ask Marsh whether ransomware is excluded and whether social-engineering infill is included. [3]
  • Get the writing company and limits from both. [3] [5]

Marsh suits large programs needing complex placements or a social-engineering top-up; Relm is more relevant when theft could involve digital assets, flash loans or smart-contract oracle manipulation.

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

    Marsh · Opening positioning; The crime risks businesses cannot ignore; What does commercial crime insurance cover? (employee white-collar fraud, third-party fraud, collusion, hacking, social engineering fraud, tangible asset theft); Why Marsh: complex crime placements up to $110 million · accessed 2026-09-23

  4. 04
    Expert Executive and Professional Liability Insurance

    Marsh McLennan Agency · Our policies include D&O, E&O, EPL, commercial crime/fidelity, network security privacy risk/cyber, fiduciary, media liability, IP, architects and engineers, lawyers professional, and kidnap and ransom · accessed 2026-09-23

  5. 05
    Crime Insurance

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

  6. 06
    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

  7. 07
    Crime Non-Financial Applications and Forms

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

  8. 08
    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

Crime coverage

Marsh

  • role: Marsh's financial and professional liability practice places commercial crime insurance; Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), the middle-market subsidiary, also places crime coverage bundled with fidelity as part of its executive and professional liability practice. Marsh corporate commercial crime page and MMA executive and professional liability page.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • coverage: Marsh lists employee white-collar fraud (including fidelity losses from trusted employees), third-party fraud, collusion, hacking or computer-related crime, social engineering fraud, and tangible asset theft as risks a commercial crime policy can address. It notes that crime policies usually exclude ransomware, though most cover direct financial losses from funds stolen by hackers. Commercial crime insurance page; the page is Marsh's global/UK financial-professional-liability practice content and cites a UK-based crime leader, so figures and coverage descriptions may not reflect a US-specific program.company-reportedSource ↗
  • limits: Marsh says its team has experience handling complex crime placements ranging from about $10 million to $110 million (also stated in GBP as £10 million to £100 million elsewhere on the page), but does not publish standard limits, retentions or premiums for a specific placement. Commercial crime insurance page; a description of Marsh's placement experience range, not a quoted limit for any individual buyer.company-reportedSource ↗
  • insurer: The reviewed pages do not name a specific crime insurer. Marsh says definitions and extensions for crime coverage differ across insurers and that it works to secure coverage aligned with a client's risks, implying the carrier varies by placement. Commercial crime insurance page as read on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • services: Marsh says it provides insights on emerging crime risks, claim examples, market conditions and product education throughout renewal and placement, and offers infill and top-up social engineering cover in excess of a client's existing program. Commercial crime insurance page, Why Marsh section.company-reportedSource ↗
  • application: You engage Marsh's crime specialists (Marsh corporate or MMA) directly to identify crime exposure and place coverage; the reviewed pages describe advisor-led placement rather than an online quote tool. Commercial crime insurance and MMA executive and professional liability pages.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗

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 ↗

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