Chubb vs Newfront Crime Insurance

Chubb underwrites Crime Insurance as one of seven coverage parts within its ForeFront Portfolio for private companies, not-for-profit and healthcare organizations, insuring against theft and embezzlement by trusted employees and outsiders. ⁴Company-reported. ForeFront Portfolio Crime Insurance product sheet.

Newfront brokers crime coverage as part of its Executive Risk practice, which it groups with fidelity coverage under one Key Coverages entry. It negotiates placement rather than underwriting the risk. ¹⁰Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page; crime and fidelity are listed together, not as separately described products.

Chubb's Crime Insurance product sheet states that insurance is provided by ACE American Insurance Company and its U.S.-based Chubb underwriting company affiliates. ⁴Company-reported. Product sheet insurer-disclosure footer; product and jurisdiction can still change which Chubb affiliate issues a given policy.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue a crime policy placed through Newfront. ¹⁰Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

On Chubb Marketplace, the ForeFront Portfolio's target underwriting appetite is organizations with fewer than 250 employees and less than $50 million in revenue. ⁴Company-reported. Online Ease section; applies to Marketplace-quoted ForeFront business generally, not exclusively Crime coverage.

Newfront says its Executive Risk practice services private companies from seed round through every series of funding, and describes work with over 500 publicly traded companies, without a crime-specific eligibility threshold. ¹⁰Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not crime coverage specifically.

Chubb lists social engineering fraud, employee theft (including temporary and contracted workers), client theft of a client's money or property by an employee, and funds transfer fraud for losses from fraudulent electronic transfers unreimbursed by the insured's bank. ⁴Company-reported. Crime Risks: Real & Rising list; illustrated with claim scenarios, not policy wording.

Newfront lists "Fidelity and Crime" among the Key Coverages of its Executive Risk program. The page does not separately describe crime-specific insuring agreements such as employee theft, computer fraud or funds-transfer fraud. ¹⁰Company-reported. Executive Risk page Key Coverages list; crime and fidelity are bundled in one line item.

The reviewed product sheet illustrates claim scenarios with losses ranging from over $100,000 to over $1 million but does not publish specific policy limits, sublimits or retentions for Crime coverage. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. Crime Insurance product sheet as read on 2026-09-23; illustrative claim examples, not policy terms.

Newfront's Executive Risk page does not publish limits or retentions for crime coverage. ¹⁰Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Newfront says clients get 24/7 access to their insurance program, including policies, certificates of insurance and billing, through its connected dashboard, and that renewal submissions use pre-populated historical data. ¹⁰Company-reported. Industry-Leading Technology section; described across Executive Risk lines, not crime-specific.

The ForeFront Portfolio, including Crime coverage, is available on Chubb Marketplace, Chubb's platform for quoting, binding and issuing business digitally. ^4,5Company-reported. Online Ease section; agents and brokers use Marketplace to place the policy.

You start a crime coverage placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ¹⁰Company-reported. Executive Risk page call-to-action; no online quoting or binding described.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Newfront says it provides "integrated claims and coverage negotiation" for its Executive Risk lines, which would apply to a crime claim. ¹⁰Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not a crime-specific claims workflow.