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Fidelity and crime

Any business or organization can be a victim of fraud, embezzlement or theft. Worse, when the offender is an employee, the crime can go undetected for years. Once discovered, the ultimate impact of the crime can be enormous. »ªÌå»á's fidelity and crime solution protects all sizes of businesses and organizations against loss caused by criminal acts, including burglary, robbery, computer fraud, funds transfer fraud and the most significant â€� employee theft.

We specialize in writing crime coverage for both private and public companies, nonprofit organizations, governmental entities and financial institutions. Our broad appetite and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market competitive products enable us to write fidelity and crime coverage for almost any kind of business or organization.

Target industries include:

  • Business services
     
  • Condominium/homeowner associations
     
  • Construction
     
  • Cities, towns and townships with 2,000 employees or less
  • Healthcare
    • Hospitals
    • Physician offices
  • Hotels
  • Human services
  • Manufacturing
  • Oil, gas and mining (excluding mining of gold, silver, copper or other precious stones or metals)
  • Professional services
    • Architectural/engineering
    • Consulting services
  • Restaurants
  • Retail (excluding retail of alcohol, tobacco, furs and jewelry)
  • Technology â€� information technology, software design and development
  • Third-party coverage â€� specifically protecting client assets

 

Financial institutions

  • Hedge funds
  • Insurance companies
  • Private equity firms
  • Registered investment advisors
  • Traditional non-bank lenders

 

Not in appetite

  • Abstract and escrow companies
  • Armored car companies
  • Currency exchanges and check cashiers
  • Labor unions and local, national or international
  • Stock exchanges
  • Title insurance companies
  • Virtual currency exchanges

 

Available as part of a convenient modular policy or as a standalone policy, our commercial and government crime policy includes a number of insuring agreements to protect your clients:

  • Employee theft â€� Covers loss of money, securities and tangible property
  • Forgery or alteration â€� Covers loss resulting directly from forged signatures on checks and other promises to pay, plus alterations that change the intent of documents
  • Inside the premises, theft of money and securities â€� Covers money and securities from theft, disappearance or destruction
  • Inside the premises, robbery or safe burglary or other property â€� Covers the property from robbery or safe burglary, and damage to the premises resulting from actual or attempted robbery or safe burglary
  • Outside the premises (theft and robbery) â€� Covers money, securities, and other property from losses in transit
  • Computer fraud â€� Covers loss of money, securities, and other property by means of a fraudulent transfer through a computer
  • Funds transfer fraud â€� Covers loss of funds resulting from fraudulent instruction to a financial institution directing the financial institution to transfer, pay, or deliver funds from a transfer account
  • Money orders and counterfeiting currency â€� Covers loss resulting from the acceptance in good faith of money orders not ultimately paid and for counterfeit money acquired during the regular course of business

Additional coverages include:

  • Credit, debit or charge card fraud
  • Data restorations expense
  • Personal accounts forgery protection
  • Identity fraud reimbursement
  • Investigative expense
  • In-transit coverage
  • Inside the premises coverage
  • False pretense coverage

Additional policies we can offer:

Third-party off premises policy

Any business whose employees spend time working in clientsâ€� places of business is exposing itself to losses from employee theft. Third-party off-premises coverage helps protect businesses against losses from traveling employee theft. In many cases, business consultants, computer consultants, contractors and healthcare services are often contractually obligated by their clients to have theft coverage in place. With employee theft limits up to $10M available, this policy is beneficial for clients with more significant exposures that require higher limits beyond what a Business Service Bond can provide. Coverage features include:

  • Increased deductible option for reducing premiums
  • Offered on specific contract or blanket basis
  • Option for coverage expansion to include independent contractors working on behalf of the Insured
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Excess crime policy

Extends crime protection, offering coverage beyond what is provided under an insured’s primary policy.

Financial institution bond

Provides crime protection for insurance companies, registered investment advisors, hedge funds, banks, nonbank lenders, private equity funds and other financial institutions. Key coverage features include:

  • No deductible for ERISA plans and the coverage limit will automatically increase to the maximum per plan limit required my ERISA
  • On premises and in transit
  • Counterfeit money or money orders
  • Fraudulent mortgages
  • Check kiting
  • Safe deposit liability

 

Quote and issue online

Our online quoting and issuing platform, TAP Sales, allows you to quickly quote, bind and issue a fidelity and crime policy with limits up to $1M. Our streamlined process allows you to customize your policy with just a few clicks.

You can issue a standalone crime policy, or combine the crime coverage part with other management liability coverage parts to create a modular solution. This flexibility allows for a focused plan that can accommodate a wide range of clients. This is all backed by our expert underwriters, who can also assist with any risks that are outside of the eligibility guidelines below. 

 

Management liability online quoting appetite

  • Construction
  • Cultural intuitions
  • Manufacturing
  • Personal and business services
  • Professional associations
  • Professional services
  • Technology
  • Wholesalers

 

Eligibility and availability

  • No claims
  • Up to $1M per coverage part available online (up to $5M with underwriter referral)
  • Up to $50M in revenue for private companies
  • Up to $10M in assets for nonprofit entities
  • Nonprofits must be 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6)
  • Application required to issue
  • Not available in AK or CA


To quote now, access TAP Sales via the link below and click on Small Commercial. 


 

 

 

Writing fidelity bonds requires specialized experience and expertise. Whether issued online in BONDirect or supported by our responsive team of dedicated crime underwriters, »ªÌå»á is the right choice for your ERISA and business services bonds:

 

ERISA fidelity bond

The federal government’s Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) protects employee benefit plans against losses caused by fraud and dishonesty. This act requires every fiduciary of an employee benefit plan and every person who manages funds or other property of such a plan to be bonded with specific coverage limits. The limit required by ERISA is 10% of the plan assets, with a minimum amount of $1,000 to a maximum amount of $500,000. The maximum bond amount is $1 million for plans that hold employer securities, regardless of whether a bonded person actually handles employer securities.

Our ERISA fidelity bond:

  • Protects your clientsâ€� assets in a retirement plan from acts of fraud or dishonesty committed by an employee trustee of the plan
  • Has a minimum limit of $10,000 per plan
  • Includes an automatic increase feature to ensure compliance with ERISA during the bond term (no additional premium during the current term)

Business services bonds

A business services bond provides third-party fidelity protection for service companies from the acts of their employees who work offsite. This bond protects the insured from loss if any of its employees are convicted of stealing property belonging to the insured’s customer for which the insured is legally liable. For companies with 25 employees or less, you can issue a bond with a maximum limit of $100,000 in BONDirect. Coverage can be added for the sole proprietor of the business.

Eligible businesses include:

  • Babysitting or nanny services
  • Delivery services
  • Home electronics repair or installation services
  • Home healthcare services
  • Home improvement contractors
  • Janitorial or cleaning services
  • Lawn care services
  • Pet sitting services

 

Investment advisor ERISA bonds

Like other trustees and fiduciaries, registered investment advisors must maintain an ERISA bond for employee benefit plans in their care. For each qualifying plan, a bond is required. Many investment advisors purchase fidelity coverage, but investment advisor ERISA bonds are different (the ERISA plan is the Insured) and must be purchased separately. These bonds are required in addition to any coverage the ERISA plan must purchase for its trustees.

Our investment advisor ERISA bond:

  • Provides bond protection for employment benefit plans under the care of registered investment advisors who have the authority to make investment decisions and offer investment advice for their clientsâ€� employee benefit plans
  • Higher limits required for specific plans considered

 

 

Quote and issue in real-time with BONDirect

 

 

 

 

BONDirect allows you to quote and issue most transactional ERISA bonds with limits up to $1 million and business services bonds up to $100,000 in real time and in one easy transaction. It rates, underwrites, quotes and issues a bond within minutes, enabling your agency to distinguish itself with faster, more attentive client service.

 

Our solutions protect against the unique crime risks faced by your clients. Unlock the Hanover advantage.

 

 

More options for more businesses

Commercial and government crime coverage is available as part of a convenient modular management liability policy or as a standalone policy

 

Seamless coverage

Providing ease of doing business by offering a continuous "until canceled" coverage in most states, except California, with no renewal certificate or policy issued

 

Third-party away from the premises

Client-specific or blanket basis options are available for this important coverage

 

 

Online quote and issuance

Fast and easy to secure standalone crime policies for small businesses via and ERISA and business service bonds via

 

Customer service center

Services both standard and specialty lines, including management liability, to help agencies improve operational efficiency 

 

Simplified renewals

Many accounts are eligible for auto-renewal, with no required submission

 

 

Risk management resources

Tools and services including an employment practices liability hotline, e-learning courses, background checks and employment screening services

Learn more

 

Dedicated claims professionals

Team of licensed attorneys and paralegals who are well-versed in management liability claims who work to resolve claims expediently

 

Trusted partner

We offer the support and financial strength of an "A"-rated insurance carrier

Appetite

We specialize in writing crime coverage for both private and public companies, nonprofit organizations, governmental entities and financial institutions. Our broad appetite and comprehensive portfolio of innovative and market competitive products enable us to write fidelity and crime coverage for almost any kind of business or organization.

Target industries include:

  • Business services
     
  • Condominium/homeowner associations
     
  • Construction
     
  • Cities, towns and townships with 2,000 employees or less
  • Healthcare
    • Hospitals
    • Physician offices
  • Hotels
  • Human services
  • Manufacturing
  • Oil, gas and mining (excluding mining of gold, silver, copper or other precious stones or metals)
  • Professional services
    • Architectural/engineering
    • Consulting services
  • Restaurants
  • Retail (excluding retail of alcohol, tobacco, furs and jewelry)
  • Technology â€� information technology, software design and development
  • Third-party coverage â€� specifically protecting client assets

 

Financial institutions

  • Hedge funds
  • Insurance companies
  • Private equity firms
  • Registered investment advisors
  • Traditional non-bank lenders

 

Not in appetite

  • Abstract and escrow companies
  • Armored car companies
  • Currency exchanges and check cashiers
  • Labor unions and local, national or international
  • Stock exchanges
  • Title insurance companies
  • Virtual currency exchanges

 

Product resources

Resources for you

Applications

 

Quote, bind and issue online

We offer flexible training options to help you better understand TAP Sales, BONDirect and all of our online systems and capabilities.

Resources for your customers

Our management liability risk management offerings include on-demand learning, partner offerings, risk bulletins and more.

See all of our management liability resources

 

Customer tools

Claims reporting

My Hanover Policy

 


Let's start a conversation today

Contact a member of our team who can help you craft professional and executive lines coverage for your clients.
 

Alisa Menicucci
Regional Distribution Manager
CA
707-810-4737
[email protected]

Ben Dowd
Regional Distribution Director
AR, LA, OK, TX
214-750-3925
[email protected]

 

Matt Cohen
Regional Distribution Director
ID, MT, NJ, NY, OR, PA, WA
303-819-7926
[email protected]

Jon Fritinger
Regional Distribution Director
IN, KY, MI, OH
513-405-9634
[email protected]

Adam Bennett
Regional Distribution Director
 IA, IL, MN, ND, NE, SD, WI
952-484-8907
[email protected]
 

Issac Eberhart
Regional Distribution Director
AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN
615-267-8545
[email protected]
 

Emerson Richardson
Regional Distribution Director
AZ, CO, KS, MO, NM, NV, UT, WY
 720-445-1450
[email protected]
 

 

Pete Hamm
Regional Distribution Director
DC, DE, MD, VA, WV
804-349-9432
[email protected]

Becky McLaughlin
Regional Distribution Director
CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
857-296-2185
[email protected]