Alliance Risk vs Coalition Cyber Insurance

Alliance Risk designs cyber programs backed by breach response planning, forensic support and advisory, as a brokerage that arranges placement rather than underwriting the policy itself. ^3,4Company-reported. Cyber product page, opening section, and the general brokerage disclosure on the coverage catalogue page.

Coalition designs and distributes its own cyber policy and pairs it with security monitoring and incident-response services. ⁹Company-reported. U.S. Active Cyber Insurance for small and midsize businesses, as described on the product page.

The cyber page does not name the insurer that would issue an Alliance Risk-placed cyber policy. It separately lists carriers active in the broader cyber market, including Chubb, AIG, Coalition, Hiscox and others, as general market education rather than as Alliance's own carrier panel. ³Not publicly disclosed. Cyber product page, Choosing Cyber Insurance Carriers and Brokers section, as read on 2026-09-23.

Admitted cyber policies are issued by Coalition Insurance Company. Non-admitted (surplus lines) policies are placed with unaffiliated insurers, so the carrier depends on the policy route. ¹¹Company-reported. U.S. disclaimers for admitted and non-admitted cyber; restates the verified provider fact insurer-route.

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Coalition states that its admitted and surplus lines cyber policies are offered in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. ¹²Company-reported. Availability help article; eligibility for a particular business depends on underwriting.

Alliance Risk's cyber offering combines first-party coverage (data recovery, business interruption, breach notification, credit monitoring, forensic investigation, crisis management and cyber extortion or ransomware payments) with third-party coverage (legal defense, settlements and judgments, regulatory fines and penalties, PCI-DSS assessments, and media liability). ³Company-reported. Cyber product page, First-Party vs. Third-Party Cyber Coverage section; actual policy structure depends on the carrier and the policy as issued.

Alliance Risk says its cyber programs include coverage for legal expenses and fines imposed by data protection authorities such as the FTC, HIPAA enforcers or GDPR enforcers. ³Company-reported. Cyber product page, The Alliance Risk Difference section.

Coalition says breach-response expenses have a separate limit, so response costs do not use up the limit for other coverages. ⁹Company-reported. Product-page description; the issued policy and declarations control.

Coalition lists pay-on-behalf cyber extortion coverage, funds transfer fraud and business interruption losses among its cyber coverages. ⁹Company-reported. Product-page coverage highlights, subject to exclusions and the policy as issued.

Alliance Risk's cyber page says most small businesses buy $1 million per-occurrence and $1 million aggregate limits with roughly $2,500 deductibles, and it publishes a recommended-limit table by business profile, ranging from $500,000-$1 million for sole proprietors to $5 million or more for healthcare and finance companies. These are general guidance, not a quoted limit for a specific business. ³Company-reported. Cyber product page, How Much Cyber Insurance Do You Need? section.

Coalition offers U.S. surplus lines excess cyber coverage above an underlying policy. Its public pages do not publish maximum primary limits or retentions. ^14,9Company-reported. Excess product help article; limit and retention amounts appear only on quotes.

Alliance Risk says it provides dedicated incident response planning ahead of a breach, with designated forensic, legal and notification vendors on standby, along with data exposure and network vulnerability analysis. ³Company-reported. Cyber product page, Our Approach to Cyber Liability and The Alliance Risk Difference sections.

Alliance Risk says its cyber programs often come bundled with proactive security services from cybersecurity vendors, such as vulnerability scans, employee security training and phishing simulations. ³Company-reported. Cyber product page, The Alliance Risk Difference section.

Policyholders get Coalition Control at no additional cost, including attack-surface monitoring, vendor risk monitoring, zero-day alerts and Login Security for Microsoft or Google accounts. ¹⁰Company-reported. Coalition Control policyholder features page.

You request a cyber quote or book a risk assessment with an Alliance Risk advisor through the calls to action on the cyber product page; the page does not list specific underwriting information required for a cyber submission. ³Company-reported. Cyber product page quote and consultation calls to action.

You buy Coalition cyber through an appointed insurance broker. Underwriting considers industry, finances, operations and security posture. ¹³Company-reported. Qualification help article; restates the verified provider fact broker-application.

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Coalition describes an in-house cyber claims team and an affiliated incident response firm, Coalition Incident Response, and says it often recovers stolen funds after transfer fraud. ⁹Company-reported. Product page claims and incident-response sections; outcome statistics are company-reported and not independently verified.