Delaware Crime Insurance Guide

Delaware requires licensed money transmitters to maintain a surety bond whose amount the State Bank Commissioner sets between $100,000 and $500,000. The bond benefits the state and consumers harmed by specified misconduct in money transmission, while the statute excludes claims by employees, agents, business creditors, and third-party service providers. Transmitters should evaluate those statutory limits separately from crime protection for their own employee or vendor losses.

What Is Crime Insurance?

Crime insurance can help reimburse specified business losses from theft and fraud, including employee theft and forgery. Compare those protections separately and ask whether a payment sent after an impersonation scam is covered. Read the national Crime guide.

Delaware Crime Insurance Requirements

RequirementDetails
Licensed money transmitter bondA Delaware money-transmission licensee must file an original corporate surety bond. The Commissioner sets the principal amount from $100,000 to $500,000, considering average daily in-state transmission liability, tangible net worth, total assets, and other relevant factors. The bond must run to the State and benefit the Office of the State Bank Commissioner and qualifying consumers. 1

What Should You Watch for With Crime Insurance in Delaware?

  • Read the bond’s claimant limits

    The statutory bond compensates actual losses for qualifying consumer claims involving a licensee’s wrongful act, omission, default, fraud, or misrepresentation in its money-transmission activity. It does not pay claims made by a business creditor, third-party service provider, agent, or person employed by the licensee. 1

  • Check whether the activity is licensed or exempt

    The licensing requirement applies to providing or holding out money transmission in Delaware. The Code excludes some activities, including certain agents of payees collecting payment for the payee’s goods or services when a written agreement, public-facing agency, discharged payor obligation, and no payor risk of loss are all present. Confirm the facts and any applicable exemption before treating the bond rule as applicable. 2,3

  • Do not use the bond as a proxy for employee coverage

    Because the statute excludes employees and agents as bond claimants, a transmitter should ask separately how a crime policy handles internal dishonesty, collusion, and vendor or delegate conduct. Policy response depends on the actual wording, parties, loss, and conditions. 1

Which Crime Insurance Providers Have Delaware License Records?

These providers publish a national listing for Crime; the license records below name the licensed entities and roles. Some records rely on company-reported information rather than independent regulator verification. A national listing does not confirm the product is available in Delaware. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm state availability for your business when requesting a quote.

  • Coalition

    Insurance producer, Surplus-lines broker · checked 2026-09-28

    Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc.

    Coalition’s license page lists producer and surplus-lines licenses for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc. in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The page separately lists insurers; this record covers the brokerage entity only. 10

    Coalition offers crime insurance through its executive-risks product for private and nonprofit US organizations.

  • Corgi

    Insurance producer · checked 2026-09-28

    Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.

    Corgi’s company producer-license table lists 50 jurisdictions: 49 states and the District of Columbia, including DC license 3003091619. New Mexico does not appear in the table and is not included here; the omission does not establish that Corgi is unlicensed there. The company-reported table has no stated as-of date and does not establish product availability. 11

    Corgi lists crime insurance among its main policies.

  • RiskCube

    Insurance producer · checked 2026-09-28

    RiskCube Insurance Services, LLC

    RiskCube’s license page, effective February 11, 2026, lists property-and-casualty producer/broker licenses in California and Delaware and names NPN 21694336. The company says it is expanding its licensing footprint; no other states are listed. 14

    RiskCube arranges commercial crime insurance for startups.

  • Vouch

    Insurance producer, Surplus-lines broker · checked 2026-09-28

    Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC

    Vouch’s licenses page, effective January 16, 2025, lists producer licenses in all 50 states and DC. Its separate surplus-lines table includes Idaho number 870820, while a footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses. Because those statements conflict for Idaho, this record keeps Idaho producer-only and does not treat the table number as established agency surplus-lines authority. The page is company-reported and does not establish product availability. 16

    As of September 16, 2026, Vouch lists crime among the coverages in its technology-company programs.

Who Regulates Insurance in Delaware?

Delaware Department of Insurance

The Delaware Department of Insurance licenses and regulates insurers and insurance producers, reviews regulated insurance activity, and handles complaints. Its consumer division can help you raise an insurance concern and its services page links to official license searches. 4,5,6

Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Delaware

Reported tax rate. 3% of gross premium, less return premium, when Delaware is the home state 7,8

When Delaware is the insured’s home state, its 3% surplus-lines premium tax applies to the entire premium of a multistate policy, less returned premiums and excluding federal and state taxes and examination fees. Ask the surplus-lines broker to confirm the home-state determination and tax calculation, and separately explain how exposures are allocated in the required reports; those allocations do not reduce the premium subject to Delaware’s tax.

What Should You Ask Before Buying Crime Insurance in Delaware?

  1. Do our payment flows meet Delaware’s money-transmission definition, or do we satisfy every element of an exemption such as the payee-agent provision?
  2. What liability, net-worth, and asset information did the Commissioner consider when setting our surety bond amount?
  3. How would a loss caused by an employee, agent, or service provider be handled when that person cannot claim under the statutory bond?
  4. Does our crime wording address customer property, social-engineering payments, and dishonest acts involving authorized delegates, and what limits or exclusions apply?

Crime Insurance in Delaware: Frequently Asked Questions

How much is the Delaware money-transmitter bond?

The Commissioner sets the principal amount between $100,000 and $500,000, considering in-state transmission liability, tangible net worth, total assets, and other relevant factors. 1

Can a Delaware transmitter’s employee claim against that bond for an internal theft loss?

The statute says bond compensation is not payable for claims made by a person employed by the licensee. A business should discuss separate insurance options with its broker rather than assume the statutory bond protects it from internal theft. 1

Crime Insurance Guides for Other States

Other coverage in DelawareEvery coverage guide for Delaware, plus the regulator and surplus-lines details.

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