Marsh vs Newfront Crime Insurance

Marsh's financial and professional liability practice places commercial crime insurance; Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), the middle-market subsidiary, also places crime coverage bundled with fidelity as part of its executive and professional liability practice. ^5,6Company-reported. Marsh corporate commercial crime page and MMA executive and professional liability page.

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. ¹¹Company-reported. Executive Risk offering page; crime and fidelity are listed together, not as separately described products.

The reviewed pages do not name a specific crime insurer. Marsh says definitions and extensions for crime coverage differ across insurers and that it works to secure coverage aligned with a client's risks, implying the carrier varies by placement. ⁵Not publicly disclosed. Commercial crime insurance page as read on 2026-09-23.

The reviewed Executive Risk page does not name the insurer or insurers that would issue a crime policy placed through Newfront. ¹¹Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23; carrier depends on the specific placement.

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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. ¹¹Company-reported. Here for the Long Run section; figures describe the executive-risk practice broadly, not crime coverage specifically.

Marsh lists employee white-collar fraud (including fidelity losses from trusted employees), third-party fraud, collusion, hacking or computer-related crime, social engineering fraud, and tangible asset theft as risks a commercial crime policy can address. It notes that crime policies usually exclude ransomware, though most cover direct financial losses from funds stolen by hackers. ⁵Company-reported. Commercial crime insurance page; the page is Marsh's global/UK financial-professional-liability practice content and cites a UK-based crime leader, so figures and coverage descriptions may not reflect a US-specific program.

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. ¹¹Company-reported. Executive Risk page Key Coverages list; crime and fidelity are bundled in one line item.

Marsh says its team has experience handling complex crime placements ranging from about $10 million to $110 million (also stated in GBP as £10 million to £100 million elsewhere on the page), but does not publish standard limits, retentions or premiums for a specific placement. ⁵Company-reported. Commercial crime insurance page; a description of Marsh's placement experience range, not a quoted limit for any individual buyer.

Newfront's Executive Risk page does not publish limits or retentions for crime coverage. ¹¹Not publicly disclosed. Executive Risk page as read on 2026-09-23.

Marsh says it provides insights on emerging crime risks, claim examples, market conditions and product education throughout renewal and placement, and offers infill and top-up social engineering cover in excess of a client's existing program. ⁵Company-reported. Commercial crime insurance page, Why Marsh section.

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. ¹¹Company-reported. Industry-Leading Technology section; described across Executive Risk lines, not crime-specific.

You engage Marsh's crime specialists (Marsh corporate or MMA) directly to identify crime exposure and place coverage; the reviewed pages describe advisor-led placement rather than an online quote tool. ^5,6Company-reported. Commercial crime insurance and MMA executive and professional liability pages.

You start a crime coverage placement by requesting a consultation through Newfront's Executive Risk page. ¹¹Company-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. ¹¹Company-reported. The Newfront Difference section; described across Executive Risk lines, not a crime-specific claims workflow.