Beazley vs Chubb Tech E&O Insurance

Beazley folds tech E&O into MediaTech for small businesses; Chubb folds it into DigiTech ERM with media and cyber for named tech segments.

What Is Beazley?

Beazley is a specialty insurance group whose MediaTech product combines technology and professional E&O, media and cyber coverage. Separate offerings address executive liability, digital health and other specialty risks. 1,2,3,4

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What Is Chubb?

Chubb is the marketing name for a global insurance group whose U.S. companies underwrite commercial property, casualty, cyber and financial-lines coverage, including technology-focused DigiTech ERM and small-business packages. Founders and finance teams typically work through an appointed agent, then receive a policy issued by a named Chubb-group insurer rather than by the Swiss holding company. 7,8,9

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What Is Technology Errors and Omissions (E&O) Insurance?

Technology errors and omissions (E&O) insurance addresses claims that a technology product or service caused a customer or other third party a financial loss. It doesn't extend to cyber incidents, bodily injury or professional services outside the quoted product. 11,12,13

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Key Differences in Tech E&O Insurance

Two Combined Forms, Different Audiences

Beazley’s reviewed MediaTech pages present technology E&O inside that small-business form, alongside professional E&O, media and cyber, rather than as a standalone tech E&O policy for that segment. Chubb underwrites DigiTech ERM as a single policy combining tech E&O with media and cyber, aimed at software and system developers, technology-services and consulting firms, and electronics and hardware manufacturers (VARs, integrators, IT consultants, distributors). Both are combined products; Beazley’s reviewed materials frame an SME placement, Chubb’s a named industry list. 1 9 10 7

Product Failure and Delay Language

Beazley’s sample form insures a Tech Product Wrongful Act when a Tech Product fails to perform as intended or for software copyright infringement, and excludes patent infringement and trade-secret misappropriation connected to Tech Products. Chubb says DigiTech ERM adds third-party financial injury from products or services, a broadened “technology incident,” software copyright infringement and product-recall loss of use, with no exclusion for delays or failure to deliver. Those delay and patent points are not interchangeable. 6 9

Quoting and Services

Beazley names Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. on the Digital MediaTech Application cover and places SME business through third-party platforms or email, with claims-made coverage and defense reducing the limit. Agents and brokers can quote DigiTech ERM through Chubb’s Cyber Central or Marketplace platforms. DigiTech ERM policyholders get Chubb’s cyber panel, 24/7 hotline and Cyber Alert app; Beazley describes a cyber and tech claims team that has handled software-failure, implementation and IP E&O claims. Chubb’s reviewed pages do not publish DigiTech limit amounts. 5 6 1 9

What to Confirm in Tech E&O Insurance Quotes

  • Whether the quote is MediaTech or DigiTech ERM and which agreements are included. 1 9
  • Patent, trade-secret, delay and failure-to-deliver wording. 6 9
  • Limits, retentions, claims-made versus other triggers, and issuing insurer. 6 9
  • Which incident-response panel or claims team attaches. 9 1

Offering Details

Beazley vs Chubb Tech E&O Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaBeazley MediaTech for Small BusinessesChubb DigiTech ERM (Technology Errors & Omissions)
Role in This Line

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. 1Company-reported. US small-business MediaTech product page; does not address Beazley's larger-account technology E&O programs, if any.

Chubb underwrites technology errors and omissions coverage through DigiTech ERM, a single policy that combines tech E&O with media and cyber exposures rather than selling tech E&O standalone. 9Company-reported. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products page, DigiTech ERM section.

Issuing Insurer

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. 5Company-reported. Application form F00859, 042022 edition; not a regulator record and not evidence of the entity for every state or route.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Who It’s For

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Chubb targets DigiTech ERM at software and system developers, technology-services and consulting firms, and electronics and hardware manufacturers, naming examples such as value-added resellers, system integrators, IT consultants and hardware distributors. 9Company-reported. DigiTech ERM Target Clients list.

Coverage Features

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. 6Company-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. 6Company-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.

Beyond the Cyber ERM base, Chubb says DigiTech ERM adds technology errors and omissions coverage for third-party financial injury from the insured's products or services, a broadened definition of "technology incident," and coverage for software copyright infringement and product-recall loss of use, with no exclusion for delays or failure to deliver. 9Company-reported. DigiTech ERM Product Features list; subject to the policy as issued.

Limits and Retentions

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. 6,5Company-reported. Sample policy form F00731; application form repeats the same notice; specific tail pricing and duration are set in the declarations, not disclosed publicly.

The reviewed pages do not publish specific limit or retention amounts for DigiTech ERM's technology E&O coverage. 9Not found in reviewed sources. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products page as read on 2026-09-23.

Risk Services

Not described in the reviewed sources.

DigiTech ERM policyholders get the same cyber services as Cyber ERM, including a panel of pre-approved incident response providers, a 24/7 hotline and Cyber Alert app. 9Company-reported. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products page; DigiTech ERM includes "all the features of Cyber ERM."

How to Apply

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. 5Company-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. 1Company-reported. MediaTech product page SME placement paragraph; describes the stated distribution channel only.

Agents and brokers can quote DigiTech ERM through Chubb's Cyber Central or Marketplace quoting platforms, and Chubb lists E&O/Cyber among the coverage solutions available to technology companies generally. 9,7Company-reported. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products quoting section; technology-industry products list.

Claims Support

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. 1Company-reported. MediaTech product page claims paragraph; outcome and volume figures are Beazley's own description and not independently verified.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

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Sources

Beazley

  1. MediaTech for Small Businesses. Beazley; Opening product description; What we offer: E&O (Tech and Professional), Media, Cyber coverage includes; SME placement paragraph; claims team paragraph. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  2. Execuguard (Combined EPL, D&O, and Fiduciary). Beazley; ExecuGuard product introduction: combined EPL, D&O and fiduciary coverage for private organizations; What we offer: separate or shared limits, admitted or non-admitted; How can we help. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Virtual Care. Beazley; Available Coverages; Who we can help; Where is this offered. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Beazley Digital Media Tech Application. Beazley; F00859, 042022 edition, Beazley Insurance Company, Inc.; page 1 claims-made-and-reported notice and General Information; page 1-2 Revenue Information; pages 3-4 Contractual Controls and Ransomware Controls. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  5. Beazley MediaTech Sample Policy. Beazley; F00731, 022019 edition; Media, Tech, Data & Network Liability insuring agreement; Definitions: Tech & Professional Services Wrongful Act, Tech Product Wrongful Act, Professional Services, Tech Services; Exclusions: Patent & Misappropriation of Information; Limit of Liability and Coverage; Optional Extension Period. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Chubb

  1. Insurance for Technology Companies. Chubb; Products and services: E&O/Cyber listed among Chubb's technology-industry offerings. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  2. Terms Of Use. Chubb; Acceptance of Terms identifying Chubb Group Holdings Inc.; surplus-lines producer restriction; products not available to all users or jurisdictions; Chubb Limited safe-harbor language; Internet Portals for Chubb Business. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products. Chubb; DigiTech Enterprise Risk Management section: target clients and product features beyond Cyber ERM. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  4. Insurance for Software Product & System Developers. Chubb; Property & casualty and financial-lines coverage solutions lists for software and systems developers. Accessed 2026-09-23.

Tech E&O Insurance Guide

  1. Insurance and Bonding Guidelines. Georgia Department of Administrative Services; Professional Liability / Errors and Omissions p.6; Technology Errors & Omissions (Cyber Liability) §9 pp.7–8. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Technology Errors and Omissions Insurance. The Hartford; What Is Technology Errors and Omissions Insurance?; differences between cyber liability and errors and omissions; How Technology Errors and Omissions Insurance Works With Contracts. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. DigiTech Enterprise Risk Management. Chubb; Coverage Synopsis > Third-Party Liability Coverage > Technology Errors and Omissions; Cyber, Privacy and Network Security Liability; footer product-summary disclaimer. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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