Beazley vs Coalition Crime Insurance

Beazley underwrites Commercial Crime up to $25 million; Coalition distributes Executive Risks crime through appointed brokers with limits up to $10 million.

What Is Beazley?

Beazley is a specialty insurance group whose MediaTech product combines technology and professional E&O, media and cyber coverage. Separate offerings address executive liability, digital health and other specialty risks. 1,2,3,4

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What Is Coalition Insurance?

Coalition offers cyber insurance and technology E&O alongside cyber risk-management services. Its U.S. products are distributed through insurance producers, with separate admitted and surplus-lines routes and an executive-risk product suite. 6,7,8,9

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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. 11

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Key Differences in Crime Insurance

Underwriter Versus Appointed-Broker Program

Beazley underwrites Commercial Crime for commercial companies. Coalition designs and distributes crime as one of four Executive Risks coverages, sold through appointed brokers rather than direct to buyers. 5 9

Published Limit Caps

Beazley advertises Commercial Crime limits of up to US $25,000,000. Coalition says limits up to $10 million per coverage line may be available for Executive Risks products, including crime, subject to exclusions and limitations. Neither public page publishes retentions. 5 9

Eligibility Bands

Coalition says Executive Risks products, including crime, are available to private and not-for-profit U.S. organizations in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with up to $500 million in assets, up to 1,000 employees, and up to $500 million in plan assets. Beazley markets Commercial Crime to ordinary commercial companies and addresses banks through Financial Fidelity Bonds instead. 9 5

Paper and Coverage Description

Coalition names Zurich American Insurance Company as the admitted carrier for Executive Risks and also places the suite with unaffiliated insurers on a non-admitted basis. Beazley underwrites Commercial Crime itself. 10 5

Coalition describes crime as theft, fraud and certain cybercrimes, subject to exclusions. Beazley includes fraudulent-instruction cover conditioned on out-of-band authentication and says underwriting and claims staff for the line work side by side. 9 5

What to Confirm in Crime Insurance Quotes

  • Compare the bound Beazley limit to Coalition’s $10 million per-line figure and Beazley’s $25 million advertised maximum. 5 9

  • Ask Coalition whether the crime policy is Zurich admitted or non-admitted unaffiliated paper. 10

  • Confirm you fit Coalition’s private or not-for-profit, 1,000-employee and asset caps, or Beazley’s commercial (non-bank) appetite. 9 5

  • Ask Beazley whether fraudulent-instruction cover requires out-of-band authentication on your quote. 5

Offering Details

Beazley vs Coalition Crime Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaBeazley Commercial CrimeCoalition Executive Risks — Crime Insurance
Role in This Line

Beazley underwrites Commercial Crime insurance for commercial companies. The same product page separately describes Financial Fidelity Bonds, a related but distinct product line for financial institutions. 5Company-reported. Crime and Fidelity product page; distinguishes the commercial-company product from the financial-institution fidelity bond described on the same page.

Coalition designs and distributes crime insurance as one of four coverages in its Executive Risks product suite, sold through appointed brokers. 9Company-reported. Executive Risks product page as read on 2026-09-23.

Issuing Insurer

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Coalition's disclaimer names Zurich American Insurance Company (NAIC 16535) as the admitted carrier for Executive Risks, and says Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc. also places Executive Risks with unaffiliated insurers on a non-admitted basis, so the carrier for a specific crime policy depends on the placement route. 10Company-reported. U.S. Disclaimers page as read on 2026-09-23.

Who It’s For

Beazley markets Commercial Crime to ordinary commercial companies, not to banks or other financial institutions, which it addresses separately through Financial Fidelity Bonds. 5Company-reported. Product page target-customer language; no industry list or size threshold is published.

Coalition says Executive Risks products, including crime, are available to private and not-for-profit U.S. organizations in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with up to $500 million in assets, up to 1,000 employees, and up to $500 million in plan assets. 9Company-reported. Executive Risks FAQ as read on 2026-09-23.

Coverage Features

Beazley says Commercial Crime protects an organization from loss of money and securities caused by theft by its own employees, plus third-party-related losses such as forgery or alteration, on-premises and in-transit loss, money-order and counterfeit-currency fraud, computer fraud, client-property loss, credit-card fraud and related expense coverage. 5Company-reported. Product-page description of insuring agreements; exclusions, conditions and available sub-limits appear only in the issued policy.

Beazley says its Commercial Crime policy includes a fraudulent-instruction (social-engineering) insuring agreement covering losses from wire transfers made on instructions from someone posing as a vendor, client or authorized employee, and that this cover is conditioned on out-of-band authentication of payment instructions. 5Company-reported. Product-page description; Beazley says the out-of-band-authentication condition can be removed for insureds with documented controls and response plans, subject to an additional premium.

Coalition says its crime coverage responds to losses from criminal activities including theft, fraud, and certain cybercrimes, flagged on the page as subject to exclusions and limitations. 9Company-reported. Executive Risks product page as read on 2026-09-23; the issued policy controls which cybercrime scenarios are actually covered.

Limits and Retentions

Beazley advertises Commercial Crime limits of up to US $25,000,000. The page does not publish retentions, sub-limits by insuring agreement, or a minimum limit. 5Company-reported. Product-page headline limit figure; the page does not split the figure between Commercial Crime and Financial Fidelity Bonds.

Coalition says limits up to $10 million per coverage line may be available for Executive Risks products, including crime, subject to exclusions and limitations. 9Company-reported. Executive Risks FAQ as read on 2026-09-23; not a quoted or bindable limit for any specific applicant.

Risk Services

Beazley says its underwriting and claims professionals for this line work side by side so that, when a claim arises, the original underwriting intent of the policy is respected. 5Company-reported. Company-stated internal process description; no independent claims-handling outcome data is provided.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

How to Apply

Beazley lists a standalone Crime application, a Massachusetts-specific Crime application and a separate Social Engineering application among its Tools & Resources, distinct from the Financial Fidelity Bond application forms on the same page. 5Company-reported. Tools & Resources section of the product page; the page does not describe an online quote or self-service purchase flow.

Coalition distributes Executive Risks, including crime, only through appointed insurance brokers rather than direct to buyers. 9Company-reported. Executive Risks product page as read on 2026-09-23.

Claims Support

The product page links to Beazley's general claim-notification channel for this line. It does not disclose a claims response-time commitment or a dedicated claims-handling process specific to Commercial Crime. 5Not publicly disclosed. Product page "Notify a Claim" link as read on 2026-09-23; response times were not found.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Full Comparison

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Sources

Beazley

  1. MediaTech for Small Businesses. Beazley; Opening product description; What we offer: E&O (Tech and Professional), Media, Cyber coverage includes; How can we help; SME placement paragraph; Tools & Resources. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary). Beazley; ExecuGuard product introduction: combined EPL, D&O and fiduciary coverage for private organizations; What we offer: separate or shared limits, admitted or non-admitted; How can we help. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Virtual Care. Beazley; Available Coverages; Who we can help; Where is this offered. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Crime and Fidelity. Beazley; What we offer: Commercial Crime for commercial companies; fraudulent-instruction/social-engineering insuring agreement and out-of-band authentication condition; Limits up to US $25,000,000; How can we help; Tools & Resources application forms. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Coalition

  1. Tech E&O Insurance Coverage. Coalition; Who needs Technology Errors & Omissions coverage? (organizations that provide a technology product or service for a fee); Combine Technology Errors & Omissions coverage with Active Cyber Insurance; Coalition Advantage. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. U.S. Producer Compensation. Coalition; Insurance Producers; Base Commission; Contingent Commission; Business Production Incentive Programs; Non-Insurance Products. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Are there any differences between Coalition’s admitted and surplus lines products? Coalition; Cyber insurance coverage offered by Coalition: Coverage availability; Coverage offering. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Executive Risks. Coalition; Product Offering: Crime — covers losses that result from various criminal activities, including theft, fraud, and certain cybercrimes* (exclusions and limitations apply; see disclaimers and the policy as issued); FAQ: What type of businesses do you protect?, What limits do you offer?, What resources do you have for policyholders? Accessed 2026-09-23.
  5. U.S. Disclaimers. Coalition; Admitted Executive Risk: insurance products offered by Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc. acting on behalf of unaffiliated insurance companies and, on an admitted basis, on behalf of Zurich American Insurance Company (NAIC # 16535). Accessed 2026-09-23.

Crime Insurance Guide

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

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