CFC vs Lockton Employment Practices Liability Insurance

CFC includes employment practices liability only inside its US Management Liability package. Its brochure lists 'standalone EPL' among the risks it declines, so a business cannot buy this coverage from CFC on its own. ⁵Company-reported. Brochure's 'What we decline' list, which pairs standalone EPL with California-domiciled business as declined risks.

Lockton designs EPL insurance programs for clients as their risk advisor and broker; it does not underwrite the coverage it places. ¹¹Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23.

CFC's regulatory page discloses CFC Underwriting Limited's FCA authorization and CFC's Lloyd's Syndicate 1988, managed by Asta Managing Agency Ltd, but neither the regulatory page nor the management-liability brochure names the carrier or syndicate that would issue a given US EPL policy. ^4,5Not publicly disclosed. Regulatory information page and brochure as read on 2026-09-23.

The EPL page does not name the insurance carriers Lockton places employment practices liability coverage with. ¹¹Not publicly disclosed. EPL product page checked 2026-09-23.

CFC's brochure lists California-domiciled business and US publicly traded companies among the risks it declines for the package that carries this EPL coverage. ⁵Company-reported. Brochure's 'What we decline' list; underwriting still applies to any individual business.

Lockton says any organization that engages people for hire, regardless of size, industry, location, union participation or use of independent contractors, faces employment-related risk and should consider EPL insurance. ¹¹Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23.

CFC says its employment practices liability section gives cover to the entity, directors, officers, management personnel and employees for claims brought by employees or third parties. ⁵Company-reported. Brochure's 'Employment practices liability' description; the issued policy wording determines who and what is actually covered.

CFC says it can include cover for wage and hour violations, immigration investigations, and costs following a workplace violence event as part of employment practices liability. ⁵Company-reported. Brochure's 'Employment practices liability' description and 'What else is in the policy?' list; availability of each extension depends on underwriting.

Lockton says a typical EPL policy it places covers legal defense costs for employee claims and official employment investigations, third-party discrimination or harassment claims from non-employees, punitive damages where insurable, and immigration-related employment claims. It separately offers standalone wage-and-hour coverage for claims like misclassification and unpaid overtime, since wage-and-hour claims are typically excluded from EPL policies. ¹¹Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23. Describes typical policy features Lockton places, not a specimen form for any one client.

The reviewed brochure does not publish a separate dollar limit, sublimit or retention for employment practices liability. Those figures appear only on the quote and declarations. ⁵Not publicly disclosed. Brochure as read on 2026-09-23.

Not described in the reviewed sources.

CFC provides a US claim-notification route by phone, email and online form, and says a dedicated claims adjuster manages a claim from notification through resolution. ⁷Company-reported. Claims page as read on 2026-09-23; not specific to EPL claim outcomes or timing.

Lockton's Professional & Executive Risk Claims team integrates insurance and claims counsel within the broking team from the start of the engagement, which Lockton says is meant to prepare the claims strategy before an EPL claim arises. ¹¹Company-reported. EPL product page as read 2026-09-23.