Heffernan vs Marsh: Fidelity Bonds

Heffernan Insurance Brokers arranges different fidelity bond types for home-care agencies and financial firms. 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

What Are the Key Differences Between Heffernan Insurance Brokers and Marsh Fidelity Bonds?

Named Bonds Versus Crime Coverage

Heffernan lists an Employee Dishonesty Bond for home-care agencies and a Fidelity/financial-institution bond for family offices. Marsh’s pages group fidelity with commercial crime rather than listing a standalone bond; MMA presents commercial crime/fidelity together. Marsh says employee-fidelity losses account for about half of crime-policy notifications in its data. [3] [2] [5] [4] Choose Heffernan if you are a home-care agency or family office; choose Marsh if you want employee-fidelity discussed within a broader crime program.

What Each Description Emphasizes

Heffernan’s pages name the products but do not describe insuring agreements, exclusions or claim triggers. Marsh describes employee white-collar fraud by trusted staff who exploit systems for personal gain, and says those fidelity losses make up about half of crime-policy notifications in its data. [3] [2] [4]

Who You Talk To

Heffernan’s listings sit on home-care and family-office practice pages. Marsh’s reviewed pages send you to a Marsh or MMA crime-and-fidelity specialist because the cover is placed with commercial crime. Neither names the issuing insurer. [3] [2] [4] [5]

What Should You Confirm in Heffernan Insurance Brokers and Marsh Fidelity Bonds Quotes?

  • Ask Heffernan which listed product applies if you are neither a home-care agency nor a family office. [3] [2]
  • Ask Marsh whether the placement is a crime policy, a fidelity or FI bond, or both. [4] [5]
  • Compare who the bond protects: Heffernan’s home-care wording versus Marsh’s employee-fraud-against-the-business framing. [3] [4]
  • Get carrier, penalty and claims contact from both. [2] [4]

Crime coverage

Heffernan Insurance Brokers

  • role: Heffernan arranges fidelity-type bonds as one line within two specialty practices: an Employee Dishonesty Bond for home-care agencies and a Fidelity/financial institution bond for family offices and financial firms. It places these bonds with insurers rather than issuing them itself. Home Care and Family Office practice-page listings; no dedicated fidelity-bond product page was found.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • eligibility: Heffernan lists fidelity-type bonds for two named buyer segments: home care, home health, and hospice agencies, and family offices, trustees, financial advisors, private equity firms, and foundations. Direct practice-page listings; no minimum size or other eligibility criteria for the bond specifically were published.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • coverage: Heffernan uses two different bond product names for its two client segments: "Employee Dishonesty Bond" for home-care agencies and "Fidelity/financial institution bond" for family offices and financial firms. Neither page describes the bond's insuring agreement, exclusions, or claim triggers. Home Care and Family Office pages as read on 2026-09-23.company-reportedSource ↗Source ↗
  • insurer: The reviewed pages do not name the insurer or bond underwriter for either the home-care Employee Dishonesty Bond or the family-office fidelity bond. Home Care and Family Office pages as read on 2026-09-23.not-disclosedSource ↗Source ↗
  • limits: Neither the home-care nor the family-office page publishes a bond penalty amount, limit, or deductible for the fidelity coverage. Home Care and Family Office pages as read on 2026-09-23.not-foundSource ↗Source ↗
  • services: Heffernan's published claims-advocacy services list workers' compensation, general liability, auto, and property claims support; fidelity or crime-bond claims handling is not described on that page. Claims Advocacy page as read on 2026-09-23; does not establish that fidelity-bond claims receive no support, only that this page does not describe it.not-foundSource ↗

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 ↗

Heffernan names bonds for home-care agencies and family offices; Marsh includes employee fidelity within commercial-crime coverage and describes its role in reported losses.

Sources consulted

  1. 01
    Claims Advocacy

    Heffernan Insurance Brokers · Services We Offer: Workers' Compensation Claims Expertise; Medical Triage Services; General Liability, Auto & Property Claims Support; Online Risk Management & HR Support; Streamlined Vendor Compliance · accessed 2026-09-23

  2. 02
    Family Office

    Heffernan Insurance Brokers · Coverage for Family Offices, Trustees & Financial Firms: ... Trustee liability insurance, Property and auto insurance, Fiduciary liability insurance, Fidelity/financial institution bond, Cyber liability insurance, Crime insurance, General liability insurance · accessed 2026-09-23

  3. 03
    Home Care Business Insurance

    Heffernan Insurance Brokers · We offer comprehensive coverage for: ... Crime - Third Party Theft, Employee Dishonesty Bond, Cyber & Identity Theft, Medical Billing E&O, Property Coverage and more · accessed 2026-09-23

  4. 04
    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

  5. 05
    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

  6. 06
    Glossary of Insurance Terms

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

  7. 07
    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

  8. 08
    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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