At-Bay vs Beazley Tech E&O Insurance

At-Bay places Tech E&O insurance through its disclosed producer, At-Bay Insurance Services LLC, which is licensed as an insurance producer in all 50 states. At-Bay says eligible new excess-and-surplus (E&S) Tech E&O business has been written on its own carrier paper, At-Bay Specialty Insurance Company, since August 2023. ^4,5Company-reported. Producer role from the current license page; carrier role from a 2023 transition announcement covering Cyber and Tech E&O together, not confirmed for every current quote.

Beazley sells technology errors and omissions coverage bundled inside MediaTech, a single small-business form that also includes professional E&O, media liability and cyber coverage. It is not offered as a standalone tech E&O policy for this segment. ⁷Company-reported. US small-business MediaTech product page; does not address Beazley's larger-account technology E&O programs, if any.

The current Tech E&O product page does not name an issuing insurer. At-Bay's 2023 announcement says new E&S Tech E&O business is quoted on At-Bay Specialty Insurance Company paper, but that is a historical statement, not a per-quote disclosure. ^3,5Company-reported. Tech E&O product page checked today names no insurer; the carrier-transition release is dated August 2023 and does not cover every current state or account.

Beazley's posted Digital MediaTech Application names Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. as the insurer on its cover page. The actual issuing entity and state of admission for a given policy is confirmed on the quote and declarations, not the blank application. ¹¹Company-reported. Application form F00859, 042022 edition; not a regulator record and not evidence of the entity for every state or route.

At-Bay says its Tech E&O policy expands breach-of-contract coverage beyond a standard technology liability policy, carries no exclusion for breach of warranties, guarantees or consequential damages, and extends intellectual-property infringement coverage to trade-secret misappropriation, cybersquatting, improper deep-linking and source-code license violations, in addition to standard software copyright infringement. ³Company-reported. Product-page coverage highlights; the issued policy and endorsements control actual terms.

At-Bay describes negligence coverage for improper installations, coding errors, data-processing flaws, failed implementations and network outages, plus contractual-indemnity coverage for obligations a technology company owes customers from an alleged wrongful act. It also counts service credits issued to settle a claim as payable damages under the policy. ³Company-reported. Product-page coverage highlights; the issued policy and endorsements control actual terms.

The sample MediaTech form defines two technology-specific triggers: a Tech & Professional Services Wrongful Act (a negligent act, error, omission, misstatement or unintentional breach of contract in rendering Tech Services) and a Tech Product Wrongful Act (a Tech Product that fails to perform as intended, or software copyright infringement). Both are separate from the policy's Media Wrongful Act trigger. ¹²Company-reported. Sample policy form F00731, 022019 edition, insuring agreements and definitions; the issued policy's wording and any endorsements control.

The sample form excludes patent infringement and trade-secret misappropriation connected to Tech Products or other products, even though it insures Tech Product Wrongful Acts generally. ¹²Company-reported. Sample policy form F00731, 022019 edition, Patent & Misappropriation of Information exclusion; excludes only patent and the described trade-secret scenario, not all IP claims.

At-Bay says it writes primary and excess Tech E&O insurance for businesses with revenue up to $5 billion and limits up to $10 million. Through its Broker Platform, brokers can get automated quotes only for businesses up to $100 million in revenue and $3 million in limits. ³Company-reported. Published appetite ceilings, not guaranteed offers; underwriting and the appetite guide control individual accounts.

Coverage is claims-made and reported: it responds only to claims first made and reported during the policy period (or a purchased Optional Extension Period), and defense costs reduce the available limit. A buyer can purchase an Optional Extension Period (a tail) for additional premium after non-renewal or cancellation. ^12,11Company-reported. Sample policy form F00731; application form repeats the same notice; specific tail pricing and duration are set in the declarations, not disclosed publicly.

Every At-Bay Tech E&O policy includes access to At-Bay Stance, a security platform with vulnerability monitoring, vCISO advisory and tabletop exercises, and security awareness training, the same InsurSec package structure marketed with its cyber product. Managed detection and response (MDR) is a separate purchase sold by At-Bay Security, LLC. ³Company-reported. Product-page InsurSec and footnote descriptions; MDR pricing is described as estimated and subject to change.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

You apply for At-Bay Tech E&O coverage by emailing a submission to underwriting@at-bay.com or by requesting an automated quote through At-Bay's Broker Platform. ³Company-reported. Product-page submission instructions; the Broker Platform route is limited to accounts within its lower appetite ceilings.

Beazley's MediaTech application asks for employee count, US and non-US revenue for the last three years, the share of revenue from managed IT services, and answers about ransomware controls such as multi-factor authentication, VPN use, patching cadence and backup frequency. ¹¹Company-reported. Application form F00859, 042022 edition, General Information, Revenue Information and Ransomware Controls sections; a completed application does not establish acceptance.

Beazley says small and midsize MediaTech business is placed through third-party placement platforms or by email, with automated processing rather than a direct-to-consumer purchase flow. ⁷Company-reported. MediaTech product page SME placement paragraph; describes the stated distribution channel only.

At-Bay's claims-handling page describes a cyber incident roadmap and breach-coach hotline for ransomware and system-interruption events, but the reviewed page does not describe a separate process for a Tech E&O claim that does not involve a cyber incident, such as a professional-liability or contract dispute. ⁶Not found in reviewed sources. Claims-handling page as read on 2026-09-23; does not establish that no Tech E&O-specific process exists, only that this page does not describe one.

Beazley says its cyber and tech claims team, including experienced litigators, has handled thousands of E&O claims involving software failures, implementation errors and IP disputes. ⁷Company-reported. MediaTech product page claims paragraph; outcome and volume figures are Beazley's own description and not independently verified.