At-Bay vs Gallagher 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.

Gallagher's Technology insurance practice places technology E&O coverage with outside carriers for tech-sector clients; it does not underwrite the policy. ⁷Company-reported. Group-level technology industry practice page.

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.

The technology industry practice page does not name the insurer that would issue a given client's technology E&O policy. ⁷Not publicly disclosed. Checked the group-level technology industry practice page.

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Gallagher says its Technology insurance practice serves technology and telecommunications clients ranging from startups to middle-market businesses to global enterprises, and reports more than 7,500 such clients and over $1 billion in annual premium placed. ⁷Company-reported. Group-level technology industry practice page; company-reported client and premium figures, not independently verified.

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.

Gallagher markets technology E&O as a single policy combining coverage for errors and omissions from rendering or failing to render professional services with cyber liability coverage for perils such as data breaches, ransomware attacks and privacy violations. ⁷Company-reported. Group-level technology industry practice page; a service description, not a specific policy's insuring agreement or exclusions.

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.

The technology industry practice page does not publish limits, retentions or premium ranges for technology E&O. ⁷Not publicly disclosed. Checked the group-level technology industry practice page.

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.

Gallagher offers technology clients a digital suite including Gallagher Drive for data-driven risk analytics, Gallagher Go as a client self-service portal, Gallagher STEP for online safety training, Gallagher Submit for insurance-submission tracking, and Gallagher Verify for certificate management. ⁷Company-reported. Group-level technology industry practice page; not confirmed as included with every tech E&O placement.

Gallagher says its Technology insurance practice includes more than 250 dedicated professionals and points to named team leaders reachable at Rolling Meadows, Illinois phone numbers. ⁷Company-reported. Group-level technology industry practice page.

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.

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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.

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