CFC vs Coverdash Crime Insurance

CFC underwrites crime as a management-liability module with stated declines; Coverdash brokers commercial crime through a digital quote-to-purchase flow.

What Is CFC Insurance?

CFC provides specialty insurance through an MGA model, with technology products for startups through multinational businesses. Its U.S. technology materials describe combined liability and cyber protection, while California eligibility requires product-specific confirmation. 1,2,3,4

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What Is Coverdash Insurance?

Coverdash is an insurance brokerage and digital platform for small businesses, startups and e-commerce sellers. Buyers can compare quotes, purchase policies and manage coverage directly or through an embedded partner service. 9,10,11

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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. 14

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Key Differences in Crime Insurance

Underwriter Versus Broker

CFC includes crime inside its US Management Liability package rather than presenting it as a standalone product in those materials. Coverdash arranges commercial crime as a broker under its standard brokerage terms, so the policy is issued by a carrier Coverdash places, not by Coverdash. 5 12 11

Coverage Lists and Cyber Overlap

CFC’s brochure describes company crime including employee theft, funds-transfer fraud, and credit-card and currency fraud, plus client crime and on- or off-premises theft. Coverdash describes protection against employee theft of money, property or assets, forged checks and counterfeit currency, fraudulent funds-transfer instructions, and social-engineering losses when an employee is tricked into sending funds. Coverdash’s hub lists commercial crime separately from cyber; the pages do not state how overlapping funds-transfer claims are coordinated. 5 12 13

Appetite and How You Buy

CFC’s brochure lists California-domiciled business and US publicly traded companies among declined risks for the package that carries this crime coverage. Coverdash markets commercial crime to any business that handles money, payroll or valuable inventory, and describes a fully digital quote-to-purchase process with the option to add other coverages. CFC’s reviewed pages describe the package and a US claim-notification route, not that digital bind path. 5 8 12

Limits and Named Insurers

Neither CFC’s brochure nor Coverdash’s commercial crime page publishes specific crime limits or retentions. Coverdash’s crime page does not name the issuing insurer; CFC’s regulatory page likewise does not name the carrier or syndicate for a given US crime policy. 5 4 12

What to Confirm in Crime Insurance Quotes

  • Ask CFC whether crime is inside the management package or the fintech package, and whether California or public-company status blocks the quote. 5 7
  • Get the issuing insurer on the Coverdash placement; the crime page does not name it. 12
  • Ask both for limits and retentions; neither reviewed crime-focused page publishes them. 5 12
  • Ask Coverdash how a funds-transfer or social-engineering loss would be coordinated with a separate cyber policy. 13

Offering Details

CFC vs Coverdash Crime Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaCFC CrimeCoverdash Commercial Crime Insurance
Role in This Line

CFC includes crime coverage inside its US Management Liability package. The reviewed management-liability materials do not offer it as a standalone product within that package. 5,6Company-reported. Management-liability product page and brochure; package composition as CFC describes it.

Coverdash arranges commercial crime coverage as a broker rather than an insurer, placing coverage with a carrier under its standard brokerage terms. 11,12Company-reported. General brokerage terms applied to the crime page; not specific to any one carrier or state.

Issuing Insurer

CFC's regulatory page discloses CFC Underwriting Limited's FCA authorization and CFC's Lloyd's Syndicate 1988, managed by Asta Managing Agency Ltd, but neither the regulatory page nor the management-liability brochure names the carrier or syndicate that would issue a given US crime policy. 4,5Not publicly disclosed. Regulatory information page and brochure as read on 2026-09-23.

The commercial crime page does not name the insurer that issues the policy. 12Not publicly disclosed. Reviewed commercial crime page as of 2026-09-23; the page describes coverage without naming a specific carrier.

Who It’s For

CFC's brochure lists California-domiciled business and US publicly traded companies among the risks it declines for the package that carries this crime coverage. 5Company-reported. Brochure's 'What we decline' list; underwriting still applies to any individual business.

Coverdash markets commercial crime coverage to any business that handles money, payroll or valuable inventory. 12Company-reported. Product-page eligibility description; actual acceptance depends on underwriting.

Coverage Features

CFC's brochure describes company crime cover including employee theft, funds transfer fraud, and credit card and currency fraud. 5Company-reported. Brochure's 'Crime cover' description; the issued policy wording determines the actual insuring agreements and any sub-limits.

The brochure also lists client crime, meaning fraud by clients or their staff, and on-premises and off-premises theft, as part of the crime section. 5Company-reported. Brochure's 'Crime cover' description.

CFC separately sells crime coverage for employee infidelity and third-party fraud within its fintech package. The reviewed pages do not state whether that fintech crime coverage is the same crime coverage sold inside the management-liability package. 7,5Company-reported. Fintech product page compared against the management-liability brochure; both accessed 2026-09-23. This does not establish overlap or difference in wording between the two products.

Coverdash describes commercial crime coverage as protecting against employee theft of money, property or assets, forged checks and counterfeit currency, fraudulent funds-transfer instructions, and losses when an employee is tricked by social engineering into sending funds to a bad actor. 12Company-reported. Product-page coverage cards; the issued policy and declarations control actual wording, limits and exclusions.

Coverdash's coverage hub lists commercial crime separately from cyber insurance, even though both can respond to funds-transfer fraud and social-engineering losses; the two pages do not state how overlapping claims are coordinated between policies. 12Not found in reviewed sources. Comparison of the cyber and crime-coverage product pages; overlap-resolution language was not found on either page.

Limits and Retentions

The reviewed brochure does not publish a dollar limit, sublimit or retention for crime coverage. Those figures appear only on the quote and declarations. 5Not publicly disclosed. Brochure as read on 2026-09-23.

The commercial crime page does not publish specific limit, retention or deductible amounts. 12Not publicly disclosed. Reviewed commercial crime page as of 2026-09-23; figures are quote-specific and not shown on the public product page.

How to Apply

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Coverdash describes a fully digital quote-to-purchase process for commercial crime coverage, with the option to add other coverages alongside it. 12Company-reported. Product-page company information and cross-sell section.

Claims Support

CFC provides a US claim-notification route by phone, email and online form, and says a dedicated claims adjuster manages a claim from notification through resolution. 8Company-reported. Claims page as read on 2026-09-23; not specific to crime claim outcomes or timing.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Full Comparison

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Sources

CFC

  1. About CFC. CFC; Matt Taylor biography: independent MGA and Syndicate 1988. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Technology. CFC; Introduction; Technology key features; Digitally traded. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Technology — United States product brochure. CFC; Page 1: coverage sections, including Products and services liability; Response app highlights; Limits and deductibles. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Regulatory information. CFC; CFC Underwriting Limited; CFC Lloyd's Syndicate 1988. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  5. Management liability — United States product brochure. CFC; Crime cover; At a glance: What we like; What we decline; What else is in the policy? Accessed 2026-09-23.
  6. Management liability. CFC; Our management liability products: Management liability, Side A DIC. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  7. Fintech insurance. CFC; What does CFC's fintech policy cover? Crime coverage for employee infidelity and third-party fraud. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  8. Claims. CFC; Notify a claim or cyber incident; We're in it with you. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Coverdash

  1. Frequently Asked Questions. Coverdash; Getting a quote & buying coverage; Claims & certificates; Billing & managing your policy; About Coverdash. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  2. About Us. Coverdash; How Coverdash Works: direct and embedded channels; Our Investors. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  3. Terms And Conditions. Coverdash; "Coverdash does not provide any underwriting services"; broker/agent of record designation. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  4. Commercial Crime Insurance. Coverdash; Product introduction; Types of Coverage cards for Employee theft, Forgery and fraud, Funds transfer fraud, Social engineering; Who It's For. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  5. Coverage Hub. Coverdash; Cyber & Crime category listing Cyber Insurance, Crime Coverage and Kidnap & Ransom. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Crime Insurance Guide

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

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