Alliance Risk vs Pie Insurance 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.

Pie says it helps small businesses get the best cyber coverage 'from our insurance carrier partners,' identifying itself as an intermediary rather than the underwriter for this line. ⁸Company-reported. Cyber Insurance product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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.

The reviewed page refers only to 'our insurance carrier partners' and does not name a specific insurer for Pie's cyber product. ⁸Not publicly disclosed. Cyber Insurance product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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Pie markets cyber insurance to small businesses generally, cross-selling it alongside workers' compensation, commercial auto, and BOP insurance on other small-business product pages. ⁸Company-reported. Cyber Insurance product page as read on 2026-09-23; no minimum size, revenue, or industry restriction was published.

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.

Pie describes its cyber policies as varying by business need, with first-party coverage for expenses when a business's own data is stolen or network hacked, and third-party coverage to help if the business is sued over a cybercrime affecting others. ⁸Company-reported. Cyber Insurance product page as read on 2026-09-23; the issued policy controls the specific insuring agreements and exclusions.

Pie lists identity theft (for an employee or customer's stolen identity), cyber extortion (help regaining private information after an extortion event), and financial protection against related lawsuits as scenarios its cyber coverage responds to. ⁸Company-reported. Cyber Insurance product page as read on 2026-09-23.

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.

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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.

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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.

Pie directs cyber buyers to contact the company to start a quote through its website. ⁸Company-reported. Cyber Insurance product page as read on 2026-09-23.