HUB International vs Newfront Fidelity Bonds

HUB places crime and fidelity bond coverage, including financial institution bonds, through its ProEx Professional & Executive Risk practice alongside other executive-liability and financial-institution lines, rather than underwriting these bonds itself. ⁴Company-reported. ProEx page coverage list, read 2026-09-23. The page does not name an issuing insurer for Crime/Fidelity or Financial Institution Bonds.

Newfront brokers fidelity bond coverage as part of its Executive Risk practice, which it groups with crime coverage under one Key Coverages entry. It negotiates placement rather than underwriting the risk. ⁹Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page; fidelity and crime are listed together, not as separately described products.

No insurer is named for Crime/Fidelity or Financial Institution Bonds on the ProEx page; HUB says ProEx places over $2 billion in premium with carriers it calls top-rated, without naming them. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. Checked the ProEx page on 2026-09-23.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue a fidelity bond placed through Newfront. ⁹Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

No size, industry or state eligibility criteria specific to fidelity bonds or financial institution bonds were found on the ProEx page. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. Checked the ProEx page on 2026-09-23; these coverages are listed among many others without their own eligibility description.

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 fidelity-specific eligibility threshold. ⁹Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not fidelity bonds specifically.

HUB's ProEx coverage list names "Crime / Fidelity" as an Executive Liability offering and "Financial Institution Bonds" as a separate Financial Institutions offering, but the page gives no further description of insuring agreements, covered dishonest-act scenarios or exclusions for either. ⁴Company-reported. ProEx page coverage list only; these are catalogue entries, not policy-form descriptions.

Newfront lists "Fidelity and Crime" among the Key Coverages of its Executive Risk program. The page does not separately describe fidelity-specific insuring agreements such as employee-dishonesty bond limits or covered positions. ⁹Company-reported. Executive Risk page Key Coverages list; fidelity and crime are bundled in one line item.

Published bond penalty amounts, limits or retentions were not found on the ProEx page. ⁴Not publicly disclosed. Checked the ProEx page on 2026-09-23; bond amounts are set on the quote and declarations.

Newfront's Executive Risk page does not publish limits or retentions for fidelity bond coverage. ⁹Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

HUB says its ProEx team, which lists Crime/Fidelity and Financial Institution Bonds among its coverages, provides analytics, litigation support and risk-management services to clients of all sizes under a named ProEx practice leader. ⁴Company-reported. ProEx page team and services description; not specific to a single bond placement.

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. ⁹Company-reported. Industry-Leading Technology section; described across Executive Risk lines, not fidelity-specific.

HUB directs prospects for these coverages to contact a ProEx specialist rather than an online quote or bind flow. ⁴Company-reported. ProEx page call to action.

You start a fidelity bond placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ⁹Company-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 fidelity bond claim. ⁹Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not a fidelity-specific claims workflow.