Alliance Risk vs Lockton Crime Insurance

Alliance Risk brokers crime with listed exclusions; Lockton places crime and fidelity and assigns claims to an integrated Professional & Executive Risk Claims team.

What Is Alliance Risk?

Alliance Risk describes itself as an independent commercial insurance brokerage serving complex businesses, including technology startups. Its offering includes technology E&O placement and review of existing policies. 1,2

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What Is Lockton?

Lockton is a privately held insurance brokerage that arranges commercial risk, employee benefits and retirement programs. US pages describe a technology practice and intermediary placement with insurers, not Lockton as the policy’s insurer. 5,6,7

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What Is Crime Insurance?

Crime insurance addresses business losses from specified theft and fraud risks, such as robbery, forgery and embezzlement. 9

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Key Differences in Crime Insurance

Brokered Crime, Different Claims Handling

Alliance Risk arranges crime insurance as a brokerage. Lockton places crime and fidelity insurance as a brokered program, not a policy Lockton underwrites. Lockton says its Professional & Executive Risk Claims team, which integrates insurance and claims counsel within the broking team rather than treating claims advocacy as a separate profit center, handles crime and fidelity claims. Alliance Risk’s reviewed crime pages do not describe a dedicated claims team for this line. 3 8

Financial Institution Bonds

Lockton says crime coverage is relevant to nonprofit, private and public organizations of any sector, calls out small businesses as particularly exposed because they often lack fraud-prevention and auditing resources, and notes financial institutions are frequently required to carry a financial institution bond, distinct from general crime coverage. Alliance Risk lists cash-handling businesses, accounting teams, nonprofits with volunteer financial oversight, and finance, retail, healthcare or logistics, without separating a financial-institution bond product on the reviewed crime page. 8 3

Insuring Agreements on the Public Lists

Lockton lists employee theft, forgery or alteration of negotiable instruments, theft on or off premises, computer fraud, counterfeit currency, and social-engineering impersonation fraud involving customers, vendors or employees. Alliance Risk lists employee theft and embezzlement, forgery, fraudulent EFT, social-engineering impersonation, and burglary, robbery and safe burglary, with client-property theft by endorsement, and states exclusions including cyber hacking and undiscovered losses. Neither page names the insurers used for placements. 8 3

What to Confirm in Crime Insurance Quotes

  • If you are a financial institution, ask Lockton whether you need a financial institution bond rather than general crime. 8
  • Ask how Lockton’s Professional & Executive Risk Claims team would handle a crime notice, and who Alliance Risk would assign. 8 3
  • Get the issuing insurer from both. 8 3
  • Match on- or off-premises theft and counterfeit currency (Lockton’s list) with burglary and EFT (Alliance Risk’s list) on the actual forms. 8 3

Offering Details

Alliance Risk vs Lockton Crime Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaAlliance Risk Crime InsuranceLockton Crime and Fidelity Insurance Brokerage
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. 3,4Company-reported. Crime product page and the general brokerage disclosure on the coverage catalogue page.

Lockton places Crime and Fidelity insurance to protect businesses against financial losses from theft, fraud, forgery and embezzlement by employees or third parties; it describes this as a brokered program, not a policy Lockton underwrites. 8Company-reported. Crime and Fidelity product page as read 2026-09-23.

Issuing Insurer

The crime insurance page does not name an issuing insurer or carrier for the coverage. 3Not publicly disclosed. Crime product page as read on 2026-09-23.

The page does not name the insurers Lockton places crime and fidelity coverage with. 8Not publicly disclosed. Crime and Fidelity page checked 2026-09-23.

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. 3Company-reported. Crime product page, Who Needs Crime Insurance? section.

Lockton says crime coverage is relevant to nonprofit, private and public organizations of any sector, and calls out small businesses as particularly exposed because they often lack fraud-prevention and auditing resources. It also notes financial institutions are frequently required to carry a financial institution bond, distinct from general crime coverage. 8Company-reported. Crime and Fidelity product page as read 2026-09-23.

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. 3Company-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. 3Company-reported. Crime product page, What Doesn't Crime Insurance Cover? section.

Lockton lists the claim types a crime and fidelity program is meant to address: employee theft, forgery or alteration of negotiable instruments, theft on or off premises, computer fraud, counterfeit currency, and social engineering (impersonation) fraud involving customers, vendors or employees. 8Company-reported. Product page as read 2026-09-23; a capability/claim-type list, not a specimen policy.

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. 3Not publicly disclosed. Crime product page as read on 2026-09-23.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Claims Support

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Lockton says its Professional & Executive Risk Claims team, which integrates insurance and claims counsel within the broking team rather than treating claims advocacy as a separate profit center, handles Crime and Fidelity claims. 8Company-reported. Product page as read 2026-09-23. Describes Lockton's advocacy role, not an insurer's claim-paying obligation.

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Sources

Alliance Risk

  1. About Us. Alliance Risk; Our Story. 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. 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.
  4. 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.

Lockton

  1. Lockton United States. Lockton; Opening description of independent insurance brokerage for risk, benefits and retirement; Ask an Expert link to contact-us. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Technology. Lockton; Industry introduction; cyber liability heading; dedicated technology team; listed services including claims advocacy, contract review, directors and officers liability, and international program design; 24/7 service model. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. US Terms of Business. Lockton; Opening entity definition; Surplus Lines; Use of a Particular Insurer; Compensation Disclosure; servicing, claims handling and renewal language in Confidentiality section; Intermediaries. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Crime and Fidelity Insurance. Lockton; What is Crime and Fidelity Insurance?; Who needs to purchase Crime and Fidelity Insurance?; Types of Crime and Fidelity claims; Claims management. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Crime Insurance Guide

  1. Commercial Insurance Guide. California Department of Insurance; Crime. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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