Amelia Risk vs Lockton Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Amelia Risk arranges EPL coverage for clients, describing and structuring the policy to protect the employer entity against employment-related claims, rather than underwriting it directly. ⁴Company-reported. EPL product page as of 23 September 2026. Does not establish who issues a particular client's policy.

Lockton designs EPL insurance programs for clients as their risk advisor and broker; it does not underwrite the coverage it places. ¹²Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23.

The reviewed pages do not name an insurer for EPL placements; Amelia's marketing describes access to underwriters, wholesale brokers and carrier partners generally, without attributing any of them to EPL specifically. ⁴Not publicly disclosed. EPL product page, checked 23 September 2026.

The EPL page does not name the insurance carriers Lockton places employment practices liability coverage with. ¹²Not publicly disclosed. EPL product page checked 2026-09-23.

Amelia Risk lists EPL among the policies it places for startups, technology companies, CPG brands, and consumer-product companies. ^5,6,7,8Company-reported. Specialty pages' "policies to consider" lists, marketed segments rather than an underwriting appetite statement.

Amelia Risk recommends buying EPL once a company reaches roughly five to ten employees and is hiring more, and advises employers in California and New York to buy earlier in that range because those states are more litigious for employment claims. ⁴Company-reported. EPL product page timing guidance as of 23 September 2026; a general recommendation, not a stated coverage requirement.

Lockton says any organization that engages people for hire, regardless of size, industry, location, union participation or use of independent contractors, faces employment-related risk and should consider EPL insurance. ¹²Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23.

Amelia describes the EPL policy as protecting the employer against common claims including sexual harassment, wrongful termination, failure to promote or hire, discrimination, and hostile-work-environment claims. ⁴Company-reported. EPL product page description; the actual policy wording, defenses, and exclusions depend on the issuing insurer and the client's declarations.

Lockton says a typical EPL policy it places covers legal defense costs for employee claims and official employment investigations, third-party discrimination or harassment claims from non-employees, punitive damages where insurable, and immigration-related employment claims. It separately offers standalone wage-and-hour coverage for claims like misclassification and unpaid overtime, since wage-and-hour claims are typically excluded from EPL policies. ¹²Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23. Describes typical policy features Lockton places, not a specimen form for any one client.

The reviewed EPL page doesn't describe HR-related risk-control services, such as handbook or policy review, specific to EPL policyholders beyond the coverage description itself. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. EPL product page as read on 23 September 2026; does not establish that no such services exist, only that this page doesn't describe them.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

The reviewed EPL page does not describe a claims-handling process specific to employment-practices claims. ⁴Not found in reviewed sources. EPL product page as read on 23 September 2026; Amelia's general claims-advocacy description on other pages is not EPL-specific.

Lockton's Professional & Executive Risk Claims team integrates insurance and claims counsel within the broking team from the start of the engagement, which Lockton says is meant to prepare the claims strategy before an EPL claim arises. ¹²Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23.