Coverdash vs Marsh: Fidelity Bonds

Coverdash brokers fidelity bonds with a digital quote and purchase flow. Marsh bundles fidelity with commercial crime insurance; a Marsh or Marsh McLennan Agency specialist can discuss the combined placement.

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

Coverdash lists a separate employee-dishonesty bond; Marsh handles fidelity as part of commercial crime rather than a standalone product.

What Are the Key Differences Between Coverdash and Marsh Fidelity Bonds?

Separate Bond or Crime-Coverage Bundle

Coverdash offers a separate fidelity bond through its surety catalog, described as protection against employee dishonesty. Marsh does not list a standalone fidelity product in the pages reviewed; it includes fidelity within commercial crime and MMA groups commercial crime/fidelity under executive liability. Choose Coverdash if you need a separate bond; choose Marsh if you want fidelity considered within a broader crime placement. [1] [3] [4]

What Each Firm Says the Cover Responds To

Coverdash’s wording is about loss from employee dishonesty affecting clients. Marsh describes employee white-collar fraud—trusted staff exploiting systems for personal gain—as a commercial-crime risk, and says those fidelity losses make up about half of the crime-policy notifications in its data. [1] [3]

How You Engage Each Firm

Coverdash describes a fully digital quote-to-purchase path that includes the fidelity option. Marsh’s reviewed pages send you to a Marsh or MMA crime-and-fidelity specialist, because the cover is placed with commercial crime rather than through a separate application. Neither names the issuing insurer. [1] [3] [4]

What Should You Confirm in Coverdash and Marsh Fidelity Bonds Quotes?

  • Ask Coverdash whether you need a surety-style fidelity bond or a commercial crime policy, and which carrier would issue it. [1]
  • Ask Marsh whether the placement is a crime policy with employee-fidelity coverage, a standalone fidelity bond, or both. [3] [4]
  • Confirm who the named insured is: Coverdash’s card speaks to protecting clients; Marsh’s crime page speaks to employee fraud against the business. [1] [3]
  • Get limits, retentions and the issuing insurer from both quotes; neither public page publishes them. [1] [3]

Crime coverage

Coverdash

  • role: Coverdash arranges fidelity bonds as a broker rather than an insurer, placing coverage with a carrier under its standard brokerage terms. General brokerage terms applied to the fidelity-bonds card on the surety-bond page; not specific to any one carrier or state.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • coverage: Coverdash's surety-bond page describes fidelity bonds in a single line as protecting clients against loss from employee dishonesty; it does not have a dedicated fidelity-bond product page. One catalog card on the surety-bond page, not a full product description. Fidelity bonds are a distinct crime-type coverage rather than a three-party surety guarantee, even though Coverdash lists them on the same page as its surety bonds.company-reportedSource ↗
  • insurer: The surety-bond page does not name the insurer that issues fidelity bonds. Reviewed surety-bond page as of 2026-09-23; the page describes coverage without naming a specific carrier.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • eligibility: The surety-bond page's eligibility description (contractors, licensed trades and businesses bidding on contracts) is written for surety bonds generally and does not separately describe who needs a fidelity bond specifically. Page-level eligibility text is shared across all four bond types on the page; it was not written specifically for employee-dishonesty coverage.not-foundSource ↗
  • limits: The surety-bond page does not publish specific limit or bond-amount figures for fidelity bonds. Reviewed surety-bond page as of 2026-09-23; figures are quote-specific and not shown on the public page.not-disclosedSource ↗
  • application: Coverdash describes a fully digital quote-to-purchase process on its surety-bond page, which includes the fidelity-bond option among its four bond types. Product-page company information and cross-sell section.company-reportedSource ↗

Marsh

  • role: Marsh does not sell fidelity coverage as a separate product line in the pages reviewed. It bundles fidelity with commercial crime insurance, and MMA lists "commercial crime/fidelity" together as one item in its executive and professional liability practice. MMA executive and professional liability page and Marsh's commercial crime page.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • coverage: Marsh describes employee white-collar fraud, meaning fidelity losses caused by trusted employees who exploit systems for personal gain, as one of the risks a commercial crime policy addresses; it says these losses make up about half of the crime-policy notifications in its data. Commercial crime insurance page; a fidelity-specific policy form was not identified as a distinct product from crime coverage.company-reportedSource ↗
  • insurer: The reviewed pages do not name a specific insurer for fidelity or crime/fidelity coverage. Commercial crime insurance and MMA executive and professional liability pages as read on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗Source ↗
  • application: You would engage a Marsh or MMA crime and fidelity specialist directly, since fidelity is placed together with commercial crime rather than through a separate application path in the reviewed pages. Commercial crime insurance and MMA executive and professional liability pages.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗

Sources consulted

  1. 01
    Surety Bonds

    Coverdash · Types of Coverage card 04, Fidelity bonds: "Protect clients against loss from employee dishonesty" · accessed 2026-09-23

  2. 02
    Terms And Conditions

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

  3. 03
    Commercial crime insurance

    Marsh · Employee white-collar fraud: Marsh data shows around 50% of crime policy notifications are for employee fidelity losses, involving trusted employees who exploit systems for personal gain · 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
    Glossary of Insurance Terms

    National Association of Insurance Commissioners · Fidelity; Surety Bond · accessed 2026-09-16

  6. 06
    Crime Terms and Conditions

    Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America · I.A.1–3 p.1; III.S pp.8–9; V.B.1–2 pp.18–20; CRI consideration p.1; III.P p.8; V.A.3 pp.16–17; V.A.4 p.17; V.B.3 p.20; IV.L p.15 · accessed 2026-09-16

  7. 07
    Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2008-04: Guidance Regarding ERISA Fidelity Bonding Requirements

    U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration · Q1–Q3 pp.2–3; Q2 pp.2–3 · accessed 2026-09-16

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