Founder Shield vs Newfront Crime Insurance

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. ⁷Company-reported. About-us page; applies to Founder Shield's brokerage model generally, restated here for this line.

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. ¹²Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page; crime and fidelity are listed together, not as separately described products.

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. ³Company-reported. General carrier-selection FAQ, not specific to this line's placements.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue a crime policy placed through Newfront. ¹²Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

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. ⁶Company-reported. Crime Insurance product page.

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. ¹²Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not crime coverage specifically.

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. ⁶Company-reported. Product page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

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. ¹²Company-reported. Executive Risk page Key Coverages list; crime and fidelity are bundled in one line item.

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Newfront's Executive Risk page does not publish limits or retentions for crime coverage. ¹²Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

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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. ¹²Company-reported. Industry-Leading Technology section; described across Executive Risk lines, not crime-specific.

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. ^7,3Company-reported. About-us and carrier-selection pages describe the general placement process, not a line-specific application form.

You start a crime coverage placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ¹²Company-reported. Executive Risk page call-to-action; no online quoting or binding described.

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Newfront says it provides "integrated claims and coverage negotiation" for its Executive Risk lines, which would apply to a crime claim. ¹²Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not a crime-specific claims workflow.