Coverdash vs Founder Shield Crime Insurance

Coverdash arranges commercial crime coverage as a broker rather than an insurer, placing coverage with a carrier under its standard brokerage terms. ^3,4Company-reported. General brokerage terms applied to the crime page; not specific to any one carrier or state.

Founder Shield is a retail insurance brokerage, described on its site as “the innovation arm of The Baldwin Group,” and places Founder Shield Crime Insurance with third-party carriers rather than underwriting the policy itself. ¹²Company-reported. About-us page; applies to Founder Shield's brokerage model generally, restated here for this line.

The commercial crime page does not name the insurer that issues the policy. ⁴Not publicly disclosed. Reviewed commercial crime page as of 2026-09-23; the page describes coverage without naming a specific carrier.

Founder Shield says it places policies, including Founder Shield Crime Insurance, only with carriers rated A- or better by AM Best, chosen for the client's industry. It does not name the issuing insurer for this line; that depends on which carrier the policy is placed with. ⁸Company-reported. General carrier-selection FAQ, not specific to this line's placements.

Coverdash markets commercial crime coverage to any business that handles money, payroll or valuable inventory. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page eligibility description; actual acceptance depends on underwriting.

Founder Shield calls this coverage a priority for healthcare, financial services, non-profit and manufacturing/retail companies because of their exposure to internal or external theft. ¹¹Company-reported. Crime Insurance product page.

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. ⁴Company-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. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. Comparison of the cyber and crime-coverage product pages; overlap-resolution language was not found on either page.

Founder Shield lists employee dishonesty (theft or embezzlement by an identified employee), forgery or alteration of financial instruments, computer fraud, and funds-transfer fraud from social engineering as the branches of crime coverage it places. ¹¹Company-reported. Product page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

The commercial crime page does not publish specific limit, retention or deductible amounts. ⁴Not publicly disclosed. Reviewed commercial crime page as of 2026-09-23; figures are quote-specific and not shown on the public product page.

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. ⁴Company-reported. Product-page company information and cross-sell section.

You request Founder Shield Crime Insurance through Founder Shield's website or an insurance advisor rather than binding coverage directly; Founder Shield says its placement team then approaches carriers on the client's behalf. ^12,8Company-reported. About-us and carrier-selection pages describe the general placement process, not a line-specific application form.