Beazley vs THREE by Berkshire Hathaway

Beazley’s MediaTech is a specialty form for small technology and business-services companies, combining technology and professional E&O, media and cyber coverage; Beazley also markets a combined management-liability option. THREE is a BHDIC-issued small-business package. Compare the particular form, insurer, scheduled coverages and business eligibility rather than treating either package label as a guarantee. 1,21

Introduction

Coverage Comparison

CoverageBeazleyTHREE by Berkshire Hathaway
Business owner’s policyNot listedListed 30,22Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Commercial autoNot listedListed 30,22Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Commercial propertyListed 15Beazley offers commercial property insurance for mid-sized and large US and Canadian accounts on an excess-and-surplus-lines basis.Listed 30,22Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
CrimeListed 11Beazley offers commercial crime insurance.Not listed
Cyber liabilityListed 1,9Beazley offers cyber insurance for small and midsized businesses.Listed 30,22Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Directors and officersListed 10Beazley offers directors and officers liability insurance for private organizations through ExecuGuard.Listed 30Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Employment practices liabilityListed 10Beazley offers employment practices liability insurance for private organizations through ExecuGuard.Listed 30Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Equipment breakdownNot listedListed 30,22THREE lists equipment breakdown within the package; its displayed sample excludes machinery, equipment or listed vehicles that stop without an accident. Check the quoted form for the actual protection.
Fidelity bondsListed 11Beazley offers fidelity bonds for financial institutions.Not listed
Fiduciary liabilityListed 10Beazley offers fiduciary liability insurance for private organizations through ExecuGuard.Listed 30Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
General liabilityListed 17,13Beazley offers general liability insurance in packages such as its environmental-services policy.Listed 30,22Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Hired and non-owned autoListed 17Beazley offers hired and non-owned auto coverage within its environmental-services package.Not listed
Liquor liabilityNot listedListed 30Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy if required; the quote and issued form determine availability and protection.
Management liabilityListed 10Beazley offers management liability insurance for private organizations through ExecuGuard.Not listed
Media liabilityListed 1Beazley offers media liability insurance through MediaTech for small technology and business-services companies.Not listed
Medical malpracticeListed 13,14Beazley offers medical professional liability insurance for digital-health businesses and middle-to-large life-sciences organizations.Not listed
Product liabilityListed 14Beazley offers product liability insurance for middle-to-large life-sciences organizations.Not listed
Product recallListed 16Beazley offers product recall insurance through its manufacturing risk product.Not listed
Professional errors and omissions (E&O)Listed 1,17Beazley offers professional errors and omissions insurance through MediaTech for small technology and business-services companies.Listed 30Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Representations and warrantiesListed 12Beazley offers representations and warranties insurance.Not listed
Technology errors and omissions (E&O)Listed 1Beazley offers technology errors and omissions insurance through MediaTech for small technology and business-services companies.Not listed
Tools, equipment and inland marineNot listedListed 30Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.
Virtual care and telehealthListed 13Beazley offers virtual care insurance for digital-health businesses.Not listed
Workers’ compensationNot listedListed 30,22Marketed within THREE’s combined commercial policy; the quote and issued form determine the protection.

A listing may be arranged through an insurer or partner. “Not listed” means this catalogue has no separate offering recorded; ask the provider whether it can quote the coverage and request the policy terms.

Current Spot Scores

Each score uses the rubric for that provider’s documented role. Providers with more than one role may have a score for each.

Beazley

Hybrid provider

Broker

6.9/ 10

Assessed provider: Beazley. Scope: Beazley's US activity at the named-entity level: Beazley USA Services, Inc. as the US insurance-services and producer entity, and Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., Beazley America Insurance Company, Inc. and Beazley Excess and Surplus Insurance, Inc. as the US insurers named in the US terms and ratings table. Authority and authorisation are verified in Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania and Colorado only. No Beazley US programme has an evidenced carrier or reinsurance panel: the reviewed material maps no product to an issuing entity, so capacity is assessed at entity authorisation level and no programme-level capacity claim is made. Beazley plc group evidence is contextual, and Lloyd's syndicate ratings are excluded from the US entity assessment.

Carrier & MGA

5.5/ 10

Assessed provider: Beazley. Scope: Beazley's US activity at the named-entity level: Beazley USA Services, Inc. as the US insurance-services and producer entity, and Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., Beazley America Insurance Company, Inc. and Beazley Excess and Surplus Insurance, Inc. as the US insurers named in the US terms and ratings table. Authority and authorisation are verified in Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania and Colorado only. No Beazley US programme has an evidenced carrier or reinsurance panel: the reviewed material maps no product to an issuing entity, so capacity is assessed at entity authorisation level and no programme-level capacity claim is made. Beazley plc group evidence is contextual, and Lloyd's syndicate ratings are excluded from the US entity assessment.

Provider assessment

THREE by Berkshire Hathaway

Carrier

Carrier & MGA

No Spot Score

Assessed entity: Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company. Scope: Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company (BHDIC), the insurer named on the displayed THREE sample policy. THREE is the commercial product/DBA label. This assessment uses BHDIC-specific evidence only; information about parent companies, affiliates, brokers and other Berkshire insurers is not transferred to BHDIC.

Provider assessment

Review Scores

These averages can combine ratings for different products, locations, and customer groups, including approximate BBB grade conversions. Read each review for the sources, scope, and calculation.

Beazley

5.6/ 10

Review Score

1 rated source

Beazley’s available customer feedback is mixed, with a 2.8/5 WalletHub rating from 15 reviews. That small, mixed-product sample gives business buyers limited guidance.[3][9]

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THREE by Berkshire Hathaway

7.3/ 10

Review Score

2 rated sources

The inspected sources report separate measures: NerdWallet’s 4.0/5 editorial rating is excluded from the source-rating average; Trustpilot displayed 2.5/5 from five user posts and BBB displayed 4.8/5 from 265 reviews. Trustpilot and BBB include different purchase, service and agent/intermediary interactions, not a verified common policyholder cohort. BBB separately lists complaints. Any source-rating average weights eligible platforms equally and is not a pooled, representative customer-experience estimate or a claims-quality measure.[4][3][1][2]

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Specialty Forms or a Packaged Small-Business Policy

Beazley describes MediaTech as one form for technology and business-services risks that includes technology and professional E&O, media and cyber coverage. Its Execuguard product allows private organizations to select separate or shared limits for D&O, employment practices and fiduciary liability, subject to state and account eligibility. THREE markets a broader small-business package issued by BHDIC. Those are different product structures: ask which risks sit within one form, which share limits and which are separately scheduled. 1 10 21 22 23 30 31

Applicant Fit and Underwriting Route

Beazley’s MediaTech page targets small technology and business-services companies and describes broker placement. A Beazley application requests information such as products and services, employee count, US and foreign revenue, financial statements and expected changes; submission is not acceptance or binding. THREE invites small businesses to begin online and says licensed advisors can help, but eligibility varies by state and business. Compare the requested underwriting information and confirm the named insureds and accepted operations before assuming either is available. 1 13 14 1 2 21 23 21 27

Issuing Companies and Claims

Beazley’s US materials identify several underwriting companies; its application names Beazley Insurance Company, Inc., but the quote must identify the issuer for the specific policy. THREE’s sample names BHDIC as the insurer. Beazley tells claimants to check the policy first and provides a notice-of-loss route; this does not promise a handling outcome. THREE says buyers may report online or by phone and receive an account manager for claim questions. Ask each insurer for its notice deadline, reporting channel, defense-cost treatment and claims contact. 2 7 8 21 22 23 25 23

What to Confirm in Quotes

For Beazley, confirm the product-specific issuing insurer, form edition, state availability and whether limits are shared across management-liability sections. Its reviewed materials do not establish California availability for a specific MediaTech quote. For THREE, read the state-specific declarations, forms and endorsements; the displayed sample is not the buyer’s issued policy. Neither company’s public examples support a premium comparison without matching risk, term, limits, retentions, forms, fees and taxes. 1 2 5 6 10 22

Compare Services

What each provider documents about the services you may need

CriteriaBeazleyTHREE by Berkshire Hathaway
Business role

Your policy comes from a Beazley underwriting company, not the service entity: Beazley is a specialty insurance group, while Beazley USA Services, Inc. reports doing business in California as Beazley Insurance Services under company-disclosed license 0G55497. The license was not independently verified. 5,6,7Company-reported. US group and disclosed insurance-services entity; no regulator verification or product-specific producer appointment established.

THREE is the commercial brand and product form used by Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company (BHDIC), which identifies itself as doing business as THREE and names itself as issuer on the sample THREE policy. THREE’s FAQ describes THREE or THREE Insurance as the product name, not a separate insurer. The state-specific issued policy controls. 21,22,23Company-reported. U.S. THREE commercial-insurance brand and sample policy; current company identity pages checked 2026-09-28. Company-reported legal disclosure; the state-specific issued policy controls the buyer’s contract.

Berkshire Hathaway’s published company list identifies Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company (THREE) and lists Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and biBERK separately. Its 2025 annual report says BH Direct and GUARD together primarily offer commercial products to small and medium-sized businesses; it separately describes BH Direct’s admitted commercial underwriting and use of the biBERK.com and Threeinsurance.com distribution platforms. The reviewed list and report do not establish the exact direct-versus-indirect ownership chain. 28,27Company-reported. Berkshire Hathaway company list checked 2026-09-28 and 2025 annual-report discussion of BH Direct and GUARD; group relationship and commercial operating scope only, not a precise ownership-chain finding.

Customer focus

Small technology and business-services companies can consider MediaTech; digital-health buyers can look at Virtual Care, while Beazley’s Life Sciences offering targets middle and large organizations. 1,13,14Company-reported. Product-specific audiences; funding stage is not an eligibility criterion established by these sources.

THREE describes its focus as businesses and presents industries it serves. Berkshire Hathaway’s 2025 annual report says BH Direct and GUARD together primarily offer commercial insurance to small and medium-sized businesses; it separately says BH Direct underwrites through the biBERK.com and Threeinsurance.com distribution platforms. Eligibility varies by state and business. 21,27Company-reported. THREE’s company-described business focus and industry examples, plus the 2025 report’s joint BH Direct-and-GUARD SMB statement. The report does not attribute that customer-size focus to BHDIC alone; actual eligibility varies by state and business.

Application process

Prepare company services, products, employee count, US and foreign revenue, financial statements and expected changes for a MediaTech application; Beazley accepts placement through third-party platforms or email, but submission is not acceptance or binding. 1,2Company-reported. Published small-business placement description and F00859 042022; no application submitted or binding time tested.

THREE directs prospective customers to an online quote flow and says licensed Small Business Advisors can help them start or continue the process; the company’s FAQ also describes a phone quote and says an unfinished quote can be saved and resumed. This documents quote routes, not online purchase or binding by an individual customer. 21,23Company-reported. U.S. business insurance quote application. Company-described online and phone process; no customer form was submitted and no binding outcome was tested.

THREE describes a partner-agency channel. Its partner page says the Agency Service Team assists policyholders and agents and that agency partners can use the THREE platform to quote, bind, and issue policies online. This describes the partner channel, not the direct public quote flow. 26Company-reported. THREE partner agency program and platform capabilities as described by the company; these capabilities apply to partner agencies and do not establish direct-customer self-binding.

Servicing and renewals

Do not assume renewal or service speed: Beazley publishes a MediaTech renewal application, but no guarantee, dedicated account manager or policy-change turnaround was established. 4,1Company-reported. Public renewal document and service description; no policyholder account or service performance tested.

Small businesses under $35 million in revenue may consider Beazley’s broker myBeazley quote-and-bind route for eligible cyber accounts with limits up to $5 million; Full Spectrum Cyber combines breach response with security tools. These route criteria do not establish MediaTech eligibility. 9Company-reported. Small-business Full Spectrum Cyber only; services, costs and entitlements depend on actual arrangements.

THREE says policyholders can submit policy-change requests through My THREE Online or contact a Small Business Advisor. Its FAQ lists account/contact and billing tasks, vehicle and location changes, and certificate requests; it says vehicle and location requests are reviewed and processed by its team. The page does not establish automatic approval or effective dates for changes. 23Company-reported. Company-described servicing routes and request types for THREE policyholders; submitted requests may be reviewed and processed, and approval/effective dates are not established.

THREE describes its policy as a one-year term. Its payment terms say automatic bank-draft authorization renews if the customer renews the policy; they do not say that the policy itself renews automatically or explain the complete renewal-offer process. 23,24Company-reported. Published FAQ and payment terms reviewed 2026-09-28. Renewal administration beyond payment authorization was not established from these pages.

Sources

Beazley Official Website

  1. MediaTech for Small Businesses. Beazley; Opening product description; What we offer: E&O (Tech and Professional), Media, Cyber coverage includes; How can we help; SME placement paragraph; Tools & Resources. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Beazley Digital Media Tech Application. Beazley; F00859, 042022 edition, pages 1–2: notice, general information and revenue information. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Beazley MediaTech Sample Policy. Beazley; F00731, 022019 edition; printed pages 14, 16–18: definitions and exclusions (PDF pages 15, 17–19). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Beazley MediaTech Renewal Application. Beazley; F00729, 022019 edition; page 1, title and claims-made notice. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  5. US Web Services Terms of Use. Beazley; Page 1: operating entities and California insurance license table. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  6. US Contingency Toolkit. Beazley; PDF page 13: Event Tech Protect disclaimer; page 26: Disclaimer US (BZPAC211). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  7. Notify a Claim. Beazley; Policy-first guidance; Submit a Notice of Loss; US email directory. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  8. Full Spectrum Cyber for Small Businesses. Beazley; What we offer; Responsive Cyber; Vendor Services; Small and medium sized businesses. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  9. 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.
  10. Crime and Fidelity. Beazley; What we offer: Commercial Crime (commercial companies) and Financial Fidelity Bonds (financial institutions); fraudulent instruction condition. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  11. Mergers & Acquisitions. Beazley; What we offer: representations/warranties, target customers and 50-state statement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  12. Virtual Care. Beazley; Available Coverages; Who we can help; Where is this offered. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  13. Life Sciences. Beazley; What we offer; Our Coverages: Products/Completed Operations, Healthcare Professional Liability; Who we can help: middle-to-large life-sciences organizations. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  14. North American Commercial Property. Beazley; North American Commercial Property: Coverage highlights; Who we can help (middle-to-large commercial accounts); Where is this offered (US and Canadian domicile, E&S basis). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  15. Product Recall – Manufacturing Risk and Response. Beazley; What we offer; Who we can help; Where is this offered. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  16. Environmental Package Policy (BeazleyOne Environmental). Beazley; BeazleyOne environmental package: Key Coverages (General Liability, Professional Liability); Additional Coverages (Hired and Non-Owned Auto); Who we can help (environmental-service businesses). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  17. Beazley US Marine. Beazley; Beazley US Marine: What we offer: Marine Hull and Marine Liability, primary and excess. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  18. US Specialty Programs. Beazley; What we offer; Who we can help; Where is this offered. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  19. Explore All Products. Beazley; US product directory, all product categories including Small Business Solutions and Reinsurance. Accessed 2026-09-16.

THREE by Berkshire Hathaway Official Website

  1. THREE by Berkshire Hathaway — small business insurance. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Issuer, business focus, and industry scope, lines 70–81; quote/advisor route, lines 405–420; DBA footer, lines 432–434. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  2. The Policy. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Sample declarations, limits and three-day Business Interruption waiting period (lines 58–76); Section I: interruption follows a property loss the insurer pays and ends on resumed normal operations or an applicable limit (lines 82–86); Section III: machinery/equipment/listed vehicles stopping without an accident are excluded (lines 104–112). Accessed 2026-09-29.
  3. FAQs: Understanding THREE. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Quote save/resume, lines 73–76; claim/update routes, lines 78–89; product-not-company wording, lines 98–100; one-year policy/payment terms, lines 129–130; servicing requests, lines 141–157. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  4. Terms & Conditions. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; BHDIC dba THREE, lines 20–23; recurring automatic bank draft qualification, lines 27–33. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  5. Filing a Claim: Call to get started. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Online/phone claims and account-manager assignment, lines 24–43; claim updates, lines 59–61. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  6. Become a THREE Partner. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Partner-agency program and platform permissions, lines 6–18; state availability, lines 30–35. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  7. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2025 Annual Report / Form 10-K. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; 2025 annual report, PDF page 5, printed K-4, lines 303–308: BH Direct and GUARD joint SMB focus; BH Direct platforms/admitted products. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  8. Links to Berkshire Hathaway Subsidiary Companies. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; Published subsidiary-company list; BHDIC (THREE), BHSI, and biBERK shown separately, lines 11–16. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  9. THREE online quote application. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; THREE online quote entry point inspected; the page is a route to begin an application. No form was submitted or quote generated; this source alone does not establish customer self-binding. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  10. Business Owners Policy | THREE. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Product page explicitly markets Business Liability categories (including liquor liability if required), Property (including equipment breakdown and inland marine), Business Auto (including cargo liability and hired/non-owned), Business Interruption, Cyber and Workers’ Compensation, within one combined policy description (lines 8–9, 19–21, 23–76); BHDIC dba THREE footer (lines 93–94). Accessed 2026-09-29.
  11. Benefits | THREE. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Page copy: commercial coverage category descriptions for liability, cyber, property/business interruption, business auto and workers compensation; describes product benefits, not a complete policy form. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  12. THREE logo SVG. Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company, dba THREE; Direct official SVG asset; viewBox 0 0 720 253; embedded title “Three by Berkshire Hathaway”; downloaded and preserved byte-for-byte as assets/three-logo.svg. Accessed 2026-09-29.

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