Beazley vs Gallagher Crime Insurance

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.

Gallagher Small Business arranges Fidelity and Crime coverage with outside carriers for small-business clients; its group-level Executive and Financial Risk practice separately places the same coverage for larger accounts. Gallagher does not underwrite either policy. ^11,8Company-reported. Small-business crime product page and the group-level executive-risk practice page.

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Neither the small-business crime page nor the executive-risk practice page names the insurer that would issue a given client's crime policy. ^11,8Not publicly disclosed. Checked both pages on 2026-09-23.

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.

Gallagher recommends this coverage for small businesses exposed to funds-transfer fraud, computer fraud, employee fraud, or destruction of personal property. ¹¹Company-reported. Small-business crime product page "Do you need Fidelity and Crime insurance?" list; actual acceptance depends on underwriting.

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.

Gallagher describes Fidelity and Crime insurance as covering losses from fraudulent or dishonest acts, including credit card forgery, computer fraud, funds-transfer fraud, employee fraud, theft and destruction of property. ¹¹Company-reported. Small-business crime product page; a coverage description, not a specific policy's insuring agreement or exclusions.

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.

Neither page publishes specific crime coverage limits or premium ranges. ^11,8Not publicly disclosed. Checked both pages on 2026-09-23.

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.

For larger accounts, Gallagher says its methodology for setting crime coverage limits includes peer analysis using third-party databases and an exposure index developed by the Surety Association of America with the American Institute of Accountants. ⁸Company-reported. Group-level executive-risk practice page; not confirmed as applied to the small-business product.

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.

The small-business crime page routes buyers to a Connect With An Advisor form asking for company details, business description, other coverage interests, employee count and annual revenue. ¹¹Company-reported. Product page inquiry form, inspected without submission.

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.

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