CFC vs Embroker Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance

CFC's E&O includes bodily injury and property damage while Embroker's professional liability policy excludes both.

What Is CFC Insurance?

CFC provides specialty insurance through an MGA model, with technology products for startups through multinational businesses. Its U.S. technology materials describe combined liability and cyber protection, while California eligibility requires product-specific confirmation. 1,2,3,4

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What Is Embroker?

Embroker is a business insurance broker and online platform serving startups, technology companies and professional-services firms, with proprietary programs and broker-assisted placements. 8,9,10

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

Professional errors and omissions (E&O) insurance, also called professional liability insurance, addresses claims that professional services or advice caused a client financial loss. What's covered depends on the services actually scheduled in the policy, not the product label alone. 12,13,14,15

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Key Differences in Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance

Whether Bodily Injury and Property Damage Are Even In Scope

CFC's brochure lists bodily injury and property damage among the exposures its E&O cover responds to, alongside breach of contract and IP infringement. 6 Embroker's professional liability policy instead excludes personal injury and property damage entirely, saying that exposure is handled by a general liability policy instead. 11

Home Inspectors Land on Opposite Sides

Embroker names home inspectors among its example professional-liability buyers. 11 CFC's brochure lists pre-purchase home inspectors among the professions it ordinarily declines for this product. 6

Standalone Product Against a Modular Package

Embroker sells professional liability as its own standalone product, separate from its lawyers professional liability program and its bundled technology E&O/cyber offering. 11 CFC instead treats E&O as the core of a modular package, where general liability, property and cyber can be added to the same policy. 6

What to Confirm in Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance Quotes

  • Ask CFC whether bodily injury or property damage claims tied to your professional services would actually be covered under this policy or need a separate general liability policy, as Embroker requires. 6 11
  • Confirm whether a home-inspection business would be accepted at all; CFC's brochure lists it as a declined profession. 6
  • Ask Embroker whether you'd choose an aggregate deductible or a first-dollar-defense option, since the two apply the deductible differently to legal costs. 11
  • Get the issuing insurer for both; neither reviewed source names one. 5 11

Offering Details

CFC vs Embroker Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaCFC Professional ServicesEmbroker Professional Liability Insurance
Role in This Line

CFC sells professional errors & omissions as a modular package policy it calls "Professional services" (branded on the brochure as "Miscellaneous professional liability"), which pairs E&O with optional general liability, property and cyber add-ons rather than selling E&O alone. 5,6Company-reported. Professional liability product page's "Professional services" tile and the miscellaneous professional liability brochure.

Embroker sells professional liability, also called errors and omissions insurance, as a standalone product for professional-services businesses, separate from its lawyers professional liability program and its bundled technology E&O/cyber product. 11Company-reported. Product-page description; not a statement about the issuing insurer.

Issuing Insurer

The reviewed professional liability page and brochure describe CFC as the policy designer and point of contact but do not name the insurer that carries the risk for this product. 5,6Not publicly disclosed. Professional liability product page and professions brochure as read on 2026-09-23. CFC's own materials describe it as an underwriting manager rather than a risk-bearing insurer, so a specific carrier for this product would need to come from the quote or declarations.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

Who It’s For

CFC says it favors business, educational, environmental, food, HR, market-research, quality-assurance, security and traffic consultants, event organisers, freight brokers, loss adjusters, private investigators and trade associations, and ordinarily declines debt collectors, financial advisors, health and safety consultants, insurance agents, lawyers, mortgage brokers, pre-purchase home inspectors, stockbrokers, tour operators and valuers. 6Company-reported. Brochure's "What we love" and "What we ordinarily decline" lists; actual acceptance depends on individual underwriting.

Embroker markets the policy to anyone who provides professional advice or services for a fee, listing accountants, bookkeepers, consultants, real estate agents, home inspectors, and IT and healthcare professionals as example buyers, while noting lawyers and doctors typically use specialized malpractice coverage instead. 11Company-reported. Product-page eligibility and industry-example sections; not a guarantee of coverage for a particular business.

Coverage Features

CFC says the E&O cover includes breach of contract, bodily injury, property damage, vicarious liability of subcontractors, IP infringement, pollution liability, libel, slander, defamation, document loss and withheld fees, with worldwide legal cover. 6Company-reported. Brochure's "Comprehensive errors & omissions cover" and "Comprehensive legal cover" sections; exact wording and exclusions are set by the policy as issued.

Businesses can add a separate commercial general liability limit, property, and cyber and privacy liability to the E&O policy, plus optional umbrella liability that sits over the E&O and CGL layers. 6Company-reported. Brochure's "Modular package policy" and "Umbrella liability" sections; availability depends on underwriting.

Embroker lists coverage for claims of errors, omissions or negligence, failing to meet expected standards or deadlines, false or misleading statements, breach of contractual obligations, and attorney fees from covered claims. 11Company-reported. Product-page What's covered section; the issued policy and declarations control.

Embroker says the policy does not cover personal injury or property damage (handled by general liability), cyberattacks and data breaches (some tech E&O policies offer limited cyber coverage, but full protection needs a separate cyber policy), employee injuries, or employee discrimination claims (handled by EPLI). 11Company-reported. Product-page What's not included and 'Do I need Professional Liability insurance if I already have General Liability coverage?' sections.

Limits and Retentions

CFC's brochure lists maximum limits of $10,000,000 for E&O, $6,000,000 for CGL and $5,000,000 for umbrella, with a $0 minimum deductible, minimum premiums starting at $475-$500 depending on the coverage part, and no revenue threshold for eligibility. 6Company-reported. Brochure's "Limits, deductibles, premiums, revenue threshold" section; the terms actually issued depend on underwriting.

Embroker says the policy carries a deductible, that a higher deductible generally lowers the premium, and that buyers can choose an aggregate (once-annually capped) deductible or a first-dollar-defense option that applies the deductible only to damages, not legal costs. 11Company-reported. Product-page 'Does it have a deductible?' section; specific dollar limits and deductible amounts are not published and depend on underwriting.

How to Apply

CFC publishes a dedicated application form for this policy and also says its professional liability class can be traded directly through its Connect platform or through named API partners, in addition to the standard broker-submitted application. 5Company-reported. Professional liability product page's downloads and "Digitally traded" sections; not confirmed specifically for the professions/miscellaneous professional liability product versus the class as a whole.

Embroker offers an online quote for professional liability through its digital platform, describing underwriting factors including business size, industry risk, location and claims history. 11Company-reported. Product-page 'Quick quotes' feature and cost-factor list; no quote was requested during this research.

Claims Support

CFC lists a named Claims Manager for Professions on its claims team, indicating professional-liability claims are routed to a dedicated professions unit rather than a generalist adjuster. 7Company-reported. CFC's claims page team listing; the page does not publish claim volumes or turnaround times specific to this product.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

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Sources

CFC

  1. About CFC. CFC; Matt Taylor biography: independent MGA and Syndicate 1988. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Technology. CFC; Introduction; Technology key features; Digitally traded. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Technology — United States product brochure. CFC; Page 1: coverage sections, including Products and services liability; Response app highlights; Limits and deductibles. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Regulatory information. CFC; CFC USA Inc.; CFC Underwriting Limited; CFC Lloyd’s Syndicate 1988. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  5. Professional liability. CFC; Professional services tile description; Digitally traded Connect section; downloads (brochure, application form). Accessed 2026-09-23.
  6. Miscellaneous professional liability | Product brochure | United States. CFC; Comprehensive errors & omissions cover; Modular package policy; Umbrella liability; At a glance: What we love / What we ordinarily decline; Optional extras; Limits, deductibles, premiums, revenue threshold. Accessed 2026-09-23.
  7. Claims. CFC; Our claims team: Professions team, led by Laura Bennett, Claims Manager, Professions Claims & Kidnap, War & Piracy (KWP). Accessed 2026-09-23.

Embroker

  1. Embroker. Embroker; Industry navigation; quote and sign-in links; coverage options; footer availability qualification. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  2. Terms And Conditions. Embroker; Introduction; §§2A–B Insurance services, 13 Applications and quotes, 15 Insurance companies and underwriting guidelines, 16 Certificates, 21 Surplus lines products, 22 Payments. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  3. Embroker Access. Embroker; EMIS announcement; appointed-broker quoting, binding and issuance; product links; footer identifies Embroker Insurance Services, LLC. Accessed 2026-09-15.
  4. Professional Liability Insurance Coverage & Quotes. Embroker; Why it's essential; Who needs this coverage; What is Professional Liability insurance?; What's covered; What's not included; Do I need Professional Liability insurance if I already have General Liability coverage?; Does it have a deductible? Accessed 2026-09-23.

Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance Guide

  1. FAQ: Professional liability insurance. Texas Department of Insurance; What’s professional liability coverage?; What types of damages…; What’s general liability insurance?; Do I need professional liability… if I have general liability…?; Is professional liability insurance required?; Can a client require…?; What’s the difference between occurrence policies and claims-made policies. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Professional liability insurance. Insurance Information Institute; Opening paragraphs (professional services/advice and E&O name); Claims not covered by general liability; What types of businesses need professional liability insurance?; What’s covered… and what’s not (claims-made versus occurrence, defense and judgments, non-financial/intentional limits, BOP/in-home exclusion). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Get business insurance. U.S. Small Business Administration; Six common types of business insurance table. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  4. Professional Liability – US Direct Errors and Omissions Insurance. Hiscox Inc. specimen; About this Policy / Coverage for Claims Made Against You; I.A Insuring Agreement; I.B Defense; I.C Settlement; II.A Notice of Claims; II.C Optional Extended Reporting Period; III.A, III.K, III.M, III.R, III.S Exclusions; IV.A–B Limits and Deductible; VI.O Professional Services; VI.U Wrongful Act. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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