Cyber Insurance for Tech Companies

Technology companies can hold sensitive information, rely on cloud infrastructure and become deeply embedded in customer operations. Cyber coverage should be reviewed with those dependencies in mind.

Match the insurance program to the contracts, technology and growth stage.

Technology companies can create losses that do not look like traditional property or general-liability claims. The right review starts with what you sell, what you promise customers, what data and systems you touch, and how the company is funded and staffed.

Incident responseForensics, legal counsel, notification and other response expenses may be central after a covered event.
Ransomware & extortionCoverage terms, controls and insurer requirements can be important for extortion-related events.
Business interruptionNetwork outages can stop revenue even when no physical property is damaged.
Dependent systemsA cloud or technology vendor outage can create contingent business interruption concerns.
Privacy liabilityHandling customer, employee or user information can create regulatory and third-party exposure.
Security controlsMFA, backups, endpoint protection, access management and response planning can affect underwriting.

Questions worth answering before you go to market.

What information should a technology company prepare for a quote?

Useful information often includes revenue, headcount and payroll, services and products, customer contracts, largest clients, data handled, security controls, claims history, funding and ownership, geographic reach, and current insurance requirements.

Why review customer contracts with insurance?

Contracts can require specific policies, limits and endorsements and can also create indemnification obligations. The insurance program should be compared with those promises rather than reviewed in isolation.

Can cyber and technology E&O overlap?

They can. Some policies combine cyber and technology professional liability, while others separate them. The trigger, exclusions, limits and allocation between coverage parts should be reviewed on the actual form.

Coverage descriptions are general. Actual coverage depends on the specific policy forms, endorsements, limits, exclusions and facts of a claim.

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