Chubb vs Founder Shield Cyber Insurance

Chubb underwrites Cyber Enterprise Risk Management (Cyber ERM) directly. It covers cyber, privacy and media exposures for organizations of any size that handle sensitive data or run a network or website. ³Company-reported. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products page, Cyber Enterprise Risk Management section.

Founder Shield is a retail insurance brokerage, described on its site as “the innovation arm of The Baldwin Group,” and places Founder Shield Cyber Liability Insurance with third-party carriers rather than underwriting the policy itself. ¹¹Company-reported. About-us page; applies to Founder Shield's brokerage model generally, restated here for this line.

The reviewed pages describe Chubb as the carrier but do not name the specific Chubb-group underwriting entity for cyber policies; the issued policy would name the entity. ^4,3Not found in reviewed sources. Both cyber pages as read on 2026-09-23.

Founder Shield says it places policies, including Founder Shield Cyber Liability Insurance, only with carriers rated A- or better by AM Best, chosen for the client's industry. It does not name the issuing insurer for this line; that depends on which carrier the policy is placed with. ⁷Company-reported. General carrier-selection FAQ, not specific to this line's placements.

Chubb says there are no minimum premiums and premiums scale for all risk sizes, offers Cyber Central and Marketplace quoting for risks under $100 million in revenue, and a customizable large-account cyber risk management solution for organizations over $1 billion in revenue. ³Company-reported. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products page eligibility and quoting description.

Founder Shield calls cyber coverage a priority for healthcare, financial services, SaaS and e-commerce companies, citing their exposure to data breaches and business interruption. ¹⁰Company-reported. Cyber Liability product page.

Chubb lists first-party cyber incident response fund, business interruption (with contingent business interruption for outsourced technology providers), digital data recovery, and network extortion; third-party cyber/privacy/network security liability, payment card loss, regulatory proceedings and media liability; and cyber crime coverages (computer fraud, funds transfer fraud, social engineering fraud) available by endorsement. ³Company-reported. Cyber insurance coverage list on the products page; subject to exclusions and the policy as issued.

Chubb offers a Widespread Event Endorsement with separate limits and retentions for systemic cyber events, a Ransomware Encounter Endorsement that lets buyers tailor limits and retentions for ransomware losses, and a Neglected Software Exploit Endorsement that gives a 45-day grace period to patch published vulnerabilities before risk-sharing shifts toward the policyholder. ³Company-reported. Innovative coverage concepts section; endorsement availability depends on underwriting.

Founder Shield lists loss or damage to electronic data, income loss and extra expense from a system outage, cyber extortion payments, and breach-notification and reputation-management costs as the branches of cyber coverage it places. ¹⁰Company-reported. Product page; the issued policy and declarations control actual coverage.

Founder Shield says cyber policies typically exclude loss of value from stolen IP, internal technology system upgrades, and possible future lost profits. ¹⁰Company-reported. Product page; specific exclusions depend on the issued policy.

The reviewed pages do not publish specific per-policy limit or retention amounts; Chubb says it can build large insurance tower programs with substantial primary limits for organizations over $1 billion in revenue but gives no figures. ³Not found in reviewed sources. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products page as read on 2026-09-23.

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Chubb says cyber policyholders get access to a panel of pre-approved incident response providers, a 24/7 hotline and Cyber Alert app, a Cyber Threat Intelligence Team, a Vulnerability Management Outreach program, and the Chubb Cyber Index for trend and cost data. ⁴Company-reported. Cyber Insurance for Businesses page, Cyber Services and Beyond Risk Transfer sections.

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Agents and brokers can quote cyber alone through Cyber Central or bundled with other lines through Chubb Marketplace; multinational programs can be serviced locally in more than 35 countries. ³Company-reported. Cyber Insurance Coverage & Products page quoting section.

You request Founder Shield Cyber Liability Insurance through Founder Shield's website or an insurance advisor rather than binding coverage directly; Founder Shield says its placement team then approaches carriers on the client's behalf. ^11,7Company-reported. About-us and carrier-selection pages describe the general placement process, not a line-specific application form.

Chubb reports 24/7 incident response availability by hotline or its Cyber Alert app, and publishes an annual Cyber Claims Landscape report analyzing claim frequency, severity and ransomware trends. ⁴Company-reported. Cyber Insurance for Businesses page; claims scenarios and report are company-reported.

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