Beazley vs TechInsurance Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Beazley underwrites employment practices liability (EPL) coverage as a standalone product on its dedicated EPL page and as one of three coverages bundled in its ExecuGuard package policy alongside D&O and fiduciary liability. ^5,3Company-reported. US EPL as described on the two reviewed product pages; does not establish which entity issues a particular policy.

TechInsurance arranges employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) and says it can be purchased standalone or paired with directors and officers insurance in a management liability bundle. ⁸Company-reported. EPLI product page.

The EPL product page does not name the specific Beazley insurance entity that issues the policy. ⁵Not found in reviewed sources. EPL page as read on 2026-09-23; the issued policy's declarations control the actual insurer.

The reviewed page does not name the issuing insurer for an EPLI policy. ⁸Not publicly disclosed. EPLI product page as read on 2026-09-23.

Beazley says it considers employers in all industries with up to 30,000 employees, with no stated employee-count limit for staffing firms, and describes an appetite for harder-to-place classes such as law firms, hospitality, high-tech, healthcare, retail and transportation; healthcare risks are instead written through Beazley Remedy. ⁵Company-reported. EPL product page eligibility description; actual acceptance depends on underwriting review of a specific applicant.

TechInsurance targets EPLI at small businesses with a sizable workforce, and specifically notes that companies too small to have a dedicated HR team may face employment lawsuits more often since they often lack the resources to resolve disputes before they become legal claims. ⁸Company-reported. EPLI product page, Why do I need employment practices liability insurance? section.

The EPL policy covers a broad range of discrimination, harassment and other "inappropriate employment conduct" claims, lets the policyholder choose between "duty to defend" and "pay on behalf" claim handling, and includes industry-specific wordings for classes such as law firms, accountants, staffing firms and PEOs. ⁵Company-reported. EPL product page coverage description; exclusions and conditions are set by the issued policy.

Beazley lists sublimited extensions for immigration-practices defense costs and OSHA proceedings, and a wage-and-hour defense-costs sublimit subject to underwriting; standalone wage-and-hour indemnity (not just defense costs) is sold separately through Beazley's Workplace Protect product. ⁵Company-reported. EPL product page; sublimit amounts are not published and appear only on a quote.

TechInsurance says EPLI covers claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, negligent handling of employee benefits, breach of employment contract, and invasion of privacy, and is typically written as a claims-made policy. ⁸Company-reported. EPLI product page; general policy description, not a specific policy form.

Beazley advertises EPL limits up to US $20 million. The reviewed page does not publish standard retentions. ⁵Company-reported. Advertised maximum capacity, not a guaranteed quote amount or published retention.

TechInsurance says EPLI policyholders pay a median of $257 per month, with most businesses paying between about $750 and more than $14,000 a year, depending on profession risk, policy limits and deductible, employee count, turnover rate, and claims history. ⁸Company-reported. EPLI product page cost section; a company-reported median and range from TechInsurance's own book of business, not a published rate table.

EPL policyholders get free access to BeazleySure, Beazley's online risk-management platform, which the EPL page says includes sexual harassment training, a telephone hotline, wage-and-hour tutorials, and model policies and procedures in English and Spanish. ⁵Company-reported. EPL product page service description; actual entitlements depend on the policy purchased.

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Beazley lists an ExecuGuard application, an EPL renewal application and a staffing supplemental application as downloadable tools on the EPL page; the reviewed page does not describe a self-service online quoting flow for new business. ⁵Company-reported. EPL product page Tools & Resources section as read on 2026-09-23.

You request EPLI quotes online through a short application; TechInsurance says licensed agents are available to help, and a certificate of insurance is typically available the same day you buy coverage. ⁸Company-reported. EPLI product page.

Beazley says it has dedicated employment claims personnel, including a named EPL claims focus-group leader, who work with outside employment lawyers across the country to resolve claims; no claims-outcome statistics are published on the page. ⁵Company-reported. EPL product page team listing; claims-handling quality is not independently assessed.

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