CFC vs Zurich U.S.: How Do They Compare for Crime Insurance?

CFC’s management-liability package includes company crime and client crime, while Zurich offers standalone or package commercial crime policies and describes direct employee and electronic-fraud loss. 5,6,11

What Is CFC Insurance?

CFC fits technology businesses seeking one eligible package for E&O, cyber, media/IP and general liability; buyers wanting to bind directly online should compare other routes. Its cyber policies may also include 24/7 incident support. 1,2,3,4

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Zurich U.S. Business Insurance: Products, Access, and Claims

Zurich U.S. serves Middle Market businesses and large or national accounts with commercial property-casualty and specialty insurance. Buyers can explore product lines and work through an agent or broker; the insurer named on a quote or policy identifies which Zurich company underwrites that coverage. 9,10

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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. 12,13,14,15,16

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Key Differences in Crime Insurance

Package placement and covered theft

CFC includes crime within its US Management Liability package rather than offering it as standalone within that package. Its brochure lists employee theft, funds-transfer fraud, card and currency fraud, client crime and on- or off-premises theft. Zurich offers crime as a standalone policy or package solution and describes employee theft or forgery, plus computer and funds-transfer fraud. Buyers should compare CFC’s bundled sections with Zurich’s proposed structure and check which third-party and client losses are included. 5 11

Eligibility and claims contact

CFC identifies California-domiciled and US publicly traded businesses among risks it declines for the package, and says a dedicated adjuster manages claims from notice through resolution. Zurich describes public and private companies as customers and offers a crime-risk assessment through Zurich Resilience Solutions. Applicants should confirm CFC’s package eligibility before evaluating terms and ask Zurich which risk assessment or claims contacts are available. 5 11

What to Confirm in Crime Insurance Quotes

  • Ask CFC how its crime limits sit within the management-liability package and whether the fintech package is different. 5
  • Ask Zurich for standalone versus package limits and the definitions of client and electronic fraud. 11

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.

CFC

-/ 10

Review Score

No reviews found

The reviewed sources did not yield customer reviews of CFC; the available survey concerns UK brokers. The one rating we found is from UK brokers: 4.76 out of 5 in Insurance Times’ 2024/25 survey.[4][11]

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Zurich U.S.

-/ 10

Review Score

No reviews found

The available Zurich review evidence is mixed and comes from distinct populations: a car-rental-business editorial rating, broad global and U.S. review-platform snapshots, and a BBB business-profile grade. These are not a representative measure of every Zurich commercial policy or claim.[1][4][5][6][7]

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Offering Details

CFC vs Zurich U.S.: Crime Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaCFC CrimeZurich 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.

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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.

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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.

Zurich offers commercial crime insurance as standalone policies and as package solutions for public and private companies. 11Company-reported. Zurich U.S. brand; issuer varies by product/state; Commercial Crime Insurance; United States. Product structure and company class only; terms, underwriting and availability vary.

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.

Zurich describes employee-theft coverage for direct loss or damage to money, securities or property caused by employee theft or forgery. 11Company-reported. Zurich U.S. brand; issuer varies by product/state; Commercial Crime Insurance; United States. Summary only; form definitions, exclusions, limits and conditions control.

Zurich describes computer-fraud losses as loss of or damage to money, securities or property resulting directly from computer use to fraudulently cause a transfer originating from the insured’s business or banking premises. It separately describes Funds Transfer Fraud as direct loss of money or securities from fraudulent instructions to a financial institution to transfer funds from the insured’s transfer account. Policy forms govern. 11Company-reported. Zurich U.S. brand; issuer varies by product/state; Commercial Crime Insurance; United States. These are the page’s summary descriptions, not policy definitions. Actual definitions, causation requirements, exclusions and limits are in policy forms.

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.

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Risk Services

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Zurich Resilience Solutions offers crime-risk assessment services intended to identify vulnerabilities, followed by specialist recommendations for crime resilience. 11Company-reported. Zurich U.S. brand; exact risk-service provider/issuer relationship not mapped; Commercial Crime Insurance risk-assessment service; United States. Company-described service; no guarantee of loss prevention and no insured coverage grant.

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.

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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.

Zurich U.S.

  1. About Us | Zurich U.S. | Commercial Insurance. Zurich U.S.; About Zurich U.S.; customer and industry description; FAQ on U.S. product focus. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  2. Agents and Brokers | Zurich U.S. Zurich U.S.; Agent/broker route and locator. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  3. Commercial Crime & Fidelity Insurance Coverage | Zurich U.S. Zurich U.S.; Crime product, standalone/package availability, loss examples, risk assessment services. Accessed 2026-09-28.

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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