What Digital Asset Business Insurance Requirements Apply in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania’s 2025 law treats paid virtual-currency transmission under its Money Transmitter Act, subject to statutory exceptions; the regulator’s policy had already interpreted virtual currency as “money.” FinCEN separately classifies personal use differently from businesses that exchange, administer, or transmit virtual currency, so give your broker the exact customer, custody, and transfer flow before comparing policy terms.

What Is Digital Asset Insurance?

Digital-asset coverage may address custody, theft and business-liability risks, but a custodian’s policy may protect the custodian rather than you. If you hold or safeguard assets, verify the insured entity, wallets, key-loss protection and valuation. Read the national Digital assets guide.

What to Watch for With Digital Asset in Pennsylvania

Map the State-Law Trigger
Pennsylvania’s law excludes specified commercial-contract transfers and self-hosted-wallet use, subject to the statutory conditions. Ask your broker to map those exceptions to actual customer contracts and control of keys. ¹
Separate Licensing From Asset Protection
The law’s licensing trigger is fee or other consideration for transmission with or on behalf of an individual. Describe business-to-business, consumer, custodial, and exchange activity separately. ¹
Describe the Actual Service
Pennsylvania’s source-of-law split matters to a digital-asset business: the 2024 policy states the agency’s interpretation, and Act 7 later amended the statute. Give the broker the current enacted law, not only the older policy. ¹

Which Digital Asset Providers Have Pennsylvania License Records?

No provider in our research has both a state license record and a listing for this coverage line. This does not establish that providers are unlicensed. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm availability with a provider when requesting a quote.

Who Regulates Insurance in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania Insurance Department

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department publishes state tools to check licensed producers, agencies, and insurers, and its Consumer Services Online portal accepts complaints about insurers, agents, brokers, and public adjusters. The department also oversees Pennsylvania insurance business and consumer services. ^3,^4,⁵

Website: Regulator website
License lookup: Search licensed producers
Complaints: File a complaint

Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office in Pennsylvania

Reported tax rate. 3% of gross premium (2% for eligible surplus-lines risk retention groups) ^6,^7,^8,⁹

Pennsylvania charges 3% of gross surplus-lines premiums (2% for an eligible surplus-lines risk-retention group); the tax is in addition to premium, is borne by the insured, and is collected by the producer. For multistate risks, the 2025 Revenue instructions say all gross premiums are taxable when Pennsylvania is the home state, while Insurance Company Law §1621(d) says tax is levied only on premium reasonably ascribable to Pennsylvania risk; confirm allocation with your producer or the state. Surplus-lines coverage is excluded from the guaranty association, and qualifying large risks or exempt commercial purchasers may use distinct no-search routes, with the ECP route requiring disclosure and written request.

Questions to Ask Before You Buy Digital Asset in Pennsylvania

Does this policy cover the Pennsylvania service and legal entity that actually receives, holds, or transfers customer assets?
How does the form treat customer property, keys, and assets held by a custodian or third-party wallet provider in Pennsylvania?
Are regulatory defense, fraud response, and customer claims covered when a state-specific licensing or kiosk rule affects our operation?

Digital Asset Insurance in Pennsylvania: Frequently Asked Questions

Is a digital-asset business required to get a license in Pennsylvania?

It depends on the activity. Pennsylvania’s 2025 law treats paid virtual-currency transmission under its Money Transmitter Act, subject to statutory exceptions; the regulator’s policy had already interpreted virtual currency as “money.” Ask the state regulator how the rule applies to your exchange, custody, and transfer functions. ¹

Does a federal money-services-business analysis settle Pennsylvania licensing?

No. FinCEN distinguishes personal use from business exchange or administration under federal BSA rules. For Pennsylvania, start with this rule: Pennsylvania’s 2025 law treats paid virtual-currency transmission under its Money Transmitter Act, subject to statutory exceptions; the regulator’s policy had already interpreted virtual currency as “money.” Check both analyses against your actual customer and transfer flows. ^2,¹

Does a money-transmitter license insure customer crypto in Pennsylvania?

No. The rule in Pennsylvania—Pennsylvania’s 2025 law treats paid virtual-currency transmission under its Money Transmitter Act, subject to statutory exceptions; the regulator’s policy had already interpreted virtual currency as “money.”—sets a regulatory boundary; it does not promise to reimburse customer token losses. Review the policy’s insured entities, covered assets, causes of loss, and custody terms. ¹

Sources for Digital Asset Insurance in Pennsylvania

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Virtual Currency—Statement of Policy. Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities; 10 Pa. Code §19.1a; Act 7 of 2025; effective Oct. 15, 2024 policy. Accessed 2026-09-29.
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Application of FinCEN’s Regulations to Persons Administering, Exchanging, or Using Virtual Currencies. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; FIN-2013-G001, Users of Virtual Currency; Administrators and Exchangers of Virtual Currency. Accessed 2026-09-29.
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pennsylvania insurance regulator. State insurance regulator; PID official agency page and the search/consumer-help service map. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Pennsylvania Insurance Industry Search Tool Library. State insurance regulator; PID identifies consumer Sircon and detailed individual, business-entity, and company search tools. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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File a Complaint with Your Insurance Company, Agent, Broker, or Public Adjuster. State insurance regulator; PID directs insurance complaints and questions to its Consumer Services Online portal. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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RCT-123 Gross Premiums Tax - Surplus Lines Agents (2025). Pennsylvania Department of Revenue; Instructions p. 4, imposition/base/rate: 3% on gross premiums; insured bears tax, producer collects/remits; RRG exception 2% per statute. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Insurance Company Law, §1621. Pennsylvania General Assembly; Subsection (d): multi-state tax is levied only on premium reasonably ascribable to Pennsylvania risk. This differs from the 2025 RCT-123 instructions, which state all gross premiums taxable if PA is home state; see source tax. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Insurance Department Act, surplus-lines notice provision. Pennsylvania General Assembly; Policy legend: insurer is not licensed and surplus-lines insurance is NOT covered by Pennsylvania Insurance Guaranty Association. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Pennsylvania Insurance Company Law §§1604 and 1610 (40 P.S. §§991.1604, 991.1610). Pennsylvania General Assembly; Act 28 of 2011 §1610(a), (a.1): large-risk criteria and ECP disclosure followed by written request exempt from diligent-search requirements. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licenses. At-Bay; Current producer introduction and state table; At-Bay Insurance Services LLC; P&C and surplus-lines identifiers. Accessed 2026-09-21.
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Licenses and Carriers. Coalition; Licenses and Carriers, re-read 22 September 2026: Insurance Licenses table for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc., national producer number 18419475, with producer and surplus-lines numbers for all 50 states and DC including California 0L76155, Georgia 196479, Texas 2199630 and 2205589, Pennsylvania 815731 and 817452, Colorado 539028 and Wisconsin 3000108852. Insurance Carriers table naming, with NAIC numbers, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company 36420, Arch Specialty Insurance Company 21199, Ascot Specialty Insurance Company 45055, Ascot Insurance Company 23752, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company 10717, Chaucer Insurance Company DAC, Coalition Insurance Company 29530, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Corporation 11380, Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company 16823, Lloyd's of London, MSIG Specialty Insurance USA Inc. 34886, MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company 41807, Steadfast Insurance Company 26387, Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company 16275 and Zurich American Insurance Company 16535. Accessed 2026-09-22.
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Insurance Producer Licenses. Corgi Insurance; Current complete Insurance Producer Licenses table for Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.; 50 rows covering 49 states and DC (DC 3003091619); no New Mexico row; no NPN or as-of date shown. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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About Hiscox US Insurance. Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder for Syndicates 33 and 3624; surplus-lines placements through licensed surplus-lines brokers; A.M. Best rating statement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
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Licenses. ERGO NEXT Insurance; Current entity-by-state license table reopened 28 September 2026: 50 rows under Next First Insurance Agency, Inc., including Washington, DC; New York rows instead list Next Insurance Services PC-1423070 and AP Intego BR-1198885. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Insurance Licenses by State. TechInsurance; Current state table; identifies TechInsurance as a division of Specialty Program Group LLC d/b/a SPG Insurance Solutions; lists DC 3000041536 and labels Rhode Island “Individual licenses,” without an agency license number. Accessed 2026-09-28.
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Licenses. Vouch; Effective 16 January 2025: Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, NPN 19926463; P&C table (50 states and DC); surplus-lines table includes Idaho 870820; footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses; Idaho retained as producer-only due to conflict. Accessed 2026-09-15.