Alliance Risk vs CNA: How Do They Compare for Crime Insurance?

Alliance Risk describes crime protections including employee theft, fraudulent transfers and optional client-property theft. CNA lists Crime as a selectable Epack 3 management-liability coverage part for private, public and nonprofit organizations. 4,9

What Is Alliance Risk?

Alliance Risk suits tech startups from pre-seed through IPO that want a broker to review their tech E&O policy for free and shop specialist insurers; if you want to buy online in minutes, use a digital insurer. Quotes take 24 hours to ten business days, depending on your risk. 1,2,3

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CNA Small Business Insurance: Products, Agents and Service

CNA directs small-business buyers to independent agents and describes CNA Connect as a businessowners policy for more than 600 small-business classes. Issuer and availability vary by policy and state, so confirm both in a quote. 6,7,8

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What Is Crime Insurance?

Crime insurance can help reimburse specified business losses from theft and fraud, including employee theft and forgery. Compare those protections separately and ask whether a payment sent after an impersonation scam is covered. 10,11,12,13,14

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Key Differences in Crime Insurance

Coverage Detail and Package Structure

Alliance Risk's crime placement description names employee theft, forgery, fraudulent electronic transfers, social engineering and burglary; theft of client property is available by endorsement. CNA identifies Crime within its Epack 3 management-liability parts, which can be combined selectively rather than as one fixed bundle. The records therefore give different levels of line detail: Alliance Risk spells out crime scenarios, while CNA emphasizes how the protection fits a modular management-liability program. 4 9 9

Placement and Eligibility Questions

Alliance Risk is a brokerage and does not name the carrier for its crime placements. CNA describes management-liability exposure for private and public companies and nonprofits and directs agents to its Agent Center for an application. Buyers should establish who issues the policy through Alliance Risk and have their CNA agent show how Crime is selected alongside other Epack 3 parts. 4 4 9 9

What to Confirm in Crime Insurance Quotes

  • Ask Alliance Risk for the issuing insurer, limit, social-engineering sublimit and client-property endorsement terms. 4 4
  • Ask the CNA agent which Epack 3 parts and crime limits appear in the issued quote. 9

Review Scores

These averages can combine ratings for different products, locations, and customer groups, including approximate BBB grade conversions. Read each review for the sources, scope, and calculation.

Alliance Risk

-/ 10

Review Score

No reviews found

Alliance Risk has no customer ratings on the review sites we checked, so there's no Review Score yet. That says nothing bad about the company; it means you'll need to ask for references.[1][4][6]

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CNA

9.0/ 10

Review Score

1 rated source

Customer feedback on CNA is mixed and hard to compare. NerdWallet gave it 4.5 out of 5 for manufacturers, while Trustpilot shows about 1.4 out of 5 from 49 mostly self-selected reviews.[1][5]

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Offering Details

Alliance Risk vs CNA: Crime Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaAlliance Risk Crime InsuranceCNA Management Liability Crime Coverage
Role in This Line

Alliance Risk arranges crime insurance placements as a brokerage; the crime page describes the coverage it places rather than an Alliance-issued policy. 4,5Company-reported. Crime product page and the general brokerage disclosure on the coverage catalogue page.

CNA describes Epack 3 as a modular policy with a selected mix of management-liability parts rather than one mandatory bundle. 9Company-reported. The page does not establish which components a buyer can select for a specific risk or whether the crime coverage is offered standalone.

Issuing Insurer

The crime insurance page does not name an issuing insurer or carrier for the coverage. 4Not publicly disclosed. Crime product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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Who It’s For

Alliance Risk lists businesses that handle cash, payments or sensitive data, companies with accounting, billing or procurement teams, nonprofits with volunteer financial oversight, and organizations in finance, retail, healthcare or logistics as common crime insurance buyers. 4Company-reported. Crime product page, Who Needs Crime Insurance? section.

CNA describes management-liability risks for private and public companies and not-for-profit organizations. 9Company-reported. This is broad segment context, not a crime-specific acceptance rule.

Coverage Features

Alliance Risk's crime insurance page covers employee theft and embezzlement, forgery or alteration of checks or documents, fraudulent electronic funds transfer, social engineering fraud and impersonation, and burglary, robbery and safe burglary, with theft of client property available by endorsement. 4Company-reported. Crime product page, What Does Crime Insurance Cover? section; actual policy structure depends on the carrier and the policy as issued.

Alliance Risk says its crime coverage excludes business income loss from crime unless endorsed, cyber breach or hacking (which it says falls under a cyber policy instead), losses not discovered during the policy period, and dishonest acts by company owners or partners. 4Company-reported. Crime product page, What Doesn't Crime Insurance Cover? section.

CNA currently lists Crime among its Management Liability coverages and says Epack 3 can flexibly combine crime with selected management-liability exposures. 9Company-reported. The product page establishes a marketed option, not that all component lines must be purchased together.

Limits and Retentions

Alliance Risk's crime page gives typical annual premium ranges ($500-$2,000 for small businesses up to $10,000-$50,000+ for large enterprises) but does not publish specific coverage limits, sublimits or retentions. 4Not publicly disclosed. Crime product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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How to Apply

Confirm in your quote.

CNA directs agents seeking an application to its Agent Center. 9Company-reported. The page does not state that a business can apply directly or identify all documents required for crime coverage.

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Sources

Alliance Risk

  1. Technology Insurance. Alliance Risk; What is Technology Insurance?; Types of Technology; Types of Coverage; startup placement introduction; quote documents and process. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Tech E&O Insurance. Alliance Risk; Opening placement description; Get Your Tech E&O Risk Review; What We Need for Your Quote; Policy Review. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Get a Quote. Alliance Risk; Request form; Prefer to Call?; Why Alliance Risk? section. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Crime Insurance. Alliance Risk; What Is Crime Insurance?; Who Needs Crime Insurance?; What Does Crime Insurance Cover?; What Doesn't Crime Insurance Cover?; How Much Does Crime Insurance Cost? Accessed 2026-09-23.
  5. Alliance Products. Alliance Risk; Footer brokerage disclosure: "Alliance Risk is an insurance brokerage focused on providing clients with commercial insurance across a wide array of industries.". Accessed 2026-09-23.

CNA

  1. Insurance for Small Businesses. CNA; Insurance for Small Businesses, lines 38-50 and 65-67 (CNA Central and agent route); lines 79-106 (product and stated appetite lists); page footer line 132 (CNA registered service mark). Accessed 2026-09-28.
  2. CNA Connect Small Businessowners Policy (BOP) | CNA Insurance. CNA; CNA Connect; coverages, product range, services. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  3. General Disclaimer. CNA; General Disclaimer paragraphs 1 and 5 (HTML lines 24 and 28): CNA describes Continental Casualty Company and its relevant affiliates; references to CNA may include one or more CCC affiliates; each particular policy/product/service is the responsibility only of the specific CNA company that issues or supplies it. Footer line 57 identifies CNA Financial Corporation as trademark registrant. Re-read 2026-09-29. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  4. Management Liability Insurance and Professional Liability. CNA; Current U.S. page: management liability names crime and kidnap/ransom/extortion; lists management product coverages and Epack 3 modular structure, application channel and caveats. Retrieved 2026-09-30. Accessed 2026-09-30.

Crime Insurance Guide

  1. Commercial Insurance Guide. California Department of Insurance; Crime. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Crime Non-Financial Applications and Forms. Travelers; Opening paragraph; Sample Policy Forms. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. 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.
  4. Social Engineering Fraud Insurance. Chubb; Opening; coverage highlights. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  5. 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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